Winter project #1 (TG trade bow)

[Roy from Pa]

Looking sweet Pat.

[Osagetree]

The olde stoves a real beaut! Thanks for the extra time and pics Pat!!

[red hill]

Pat, when you "saturate" with super glue, how much glue?
Great bow.

[KellyG]

Pat that is really interesting handle.

My grand parents had that same stove in there house when I was growing up.

[Pat B]

No problem Joe. This stove is our primary heat. It does a good job at heating our 2000sqft house.
 Wait til you see the tip overlays, Kelly.
Red, until it won't take more. It really doesn't penetrate a bunch. After I smoothed it with a rasp I found places I'll have to reapply.

[mwosborn]

Nice looking bow!!

[DVSHUNTER]

Lookong good pat. Those rocks can be handy for lots of stuff.

[Pat B]

Thermal mass, DVS!
 I added leather tip overlays and shaped the tips and overlays. One tip was off a bit so I shielded the leather tip and rawhide with aluminum foil and gingerly heated and straightened it.
 I have her tillered out to 50#@26". I braced her to her regular brace height and left her to "sweat" for a few hours. Then I went out and shot about 15 arrows. She has a bit of hand shock at my 26" draw but whenm I stretched out the shock was lessoned.
Here is a pic of the tip with thr raw leather added...
 

...and the overlay shaped...


Here she is at her regular brace height...


...and from the end...


and after sweating for 2 hours and shooting 15 arrows here is what she looks like just unbraced...


not too shabby for a lil' old 2" osage pole!

[razorback]

Thats a great looking bow there Pat. One of these days I'll be able to do something that nice.

[Pat B]

I was getting a bit of hand shock so I re-shaped the tips to eliminate some of the physical tip weight...





She is now tillered out to 28" and just over desired draw weight...

[Pat B]

The cave type drawings on this bow will be similar to these...

[Bel007]

Pat

What type of ink are you using on the rawhide and then how will you finish the bow, tru-oil?

Looks great.  Very inspiring work.

[Pat B]

India ink and Tru-Oil, Brian.

[SportHunter]

Great bow, turning out very nice. Now I know what to do with that osage pole in the garage, thanks.

[WestTexan]

Really nice Pat.....wasn't many days ago that was just a stick.

[Osagetree]

NICE!!!!!

[KellyG]

Pat you are one of the master artisans on this site. I know and this swap proves they are many such artisans.  But still I am always impressed with your work.

[Pat B]

Thanks so much guys. I just do what I do. When I started building wood bows there were very few guys doing it. Just seeing how many folks are interested and involved gives me a big thrill. Being part of it all is a bigger thrill!

[John Scifres]

nice

[ranger 3]

Pat, I still don't understand (even after a 1/2 doz bows) how you tiller out a bow and get no set. Great bow.