First glass bow

[carpin'mark]

Great looking bow, nice colors, what are the limbs, bamboo, maple? Looks great together.
Don't worry, Roy is gonna come out of the wood shed one of these days.
Uh-Oh, I may have just made 'the list'.

[critman]

My eyes aren't that good anymore. Just ship it to me and I will closely examine it over the next few months....seriously, that's one fine bow. Great job Randy.

[Crittergetter]

Thx for the great comments everyone. Carpin Mark, it's boo veneers over action boo. All the accents are from the same piece of bocote. Everything came from KennyM. Starting a new form for a more mild rd soon. I'm thinking bout cocobolo with myrtle veneers. Still debating.

[EHK]

Nice job and a beautiful piece of bocote there.

[red hill]

Pick, Pick, Pick, Nope! Nothing to pick on that I see!
Sweet bow!

[kennym]

Randy, great job man!!

[Bodork]

That looks like a very nice job to me! Your patience has paid off!

[day_stalker]

Great bow.  Really motivates me to get my 1st started

[goobersan]

what a great first bow Randy! Nice to see some wood guys not AFRAID to give glass a try (Roy)
Super job    

[Crittergetter]

Thanks a lot guys! I really enjoyed this build. I think I like this glass stuff! Got an idea for a mild rd, and doing a Hill has been weighing heavy on my mind lately! Then Roy's trade bow got me wanting to do a boo back bow. I've got a black walnut stave that should be dry by now! Aaahhhhh! So many bows and so little time!!!!!!  Maybe I'll be ready to do a trade bow myself next year and just swap Roy some glass for one of his beauties!!

[mike hall]

Great job. Beautiful wood choice. What type of finish did you use?

[Crittergetter]

After talking with KennyM I went with automotive clear coat, sanding between coats. Works surprisingly well. 5 coats on the riser and 3 coats on the flat areas of the limbs. The last coat I sprayed from further away to give it more of a matt finish. I was going to hit it with some 0000 steel wool to dull it a bit more but I just couldn't make myself do it. Thought it was to pretty the way it is.

[mwosborn]

Love the wood choice - think you made the right choice on not hitting it with the 0000 steel wool!