Koa Hill Style Finished

typical2 · August 05, 2016, 06:40:00 PM

I have a friend that is a knife maker. His favorite wood (most days) is koa and I don't blame him. He is making me a knife so I wanted to make him a bow. I found a nice koa riser block on the big auction site and some koa veneer from veneersupplies.com.

typical2 · August 05, 2016, 06:46:00 PM

I decided to go with walnut for the cores. I love the way it looks and performs.

I finally got the time to glue it up last night. Total stack - .65" with a .010"/" taper.

The bow is 69" ntn

As I peeled the tape off this morning it felt like Christmas morning and I really liked what I saw.

typical2 · August 05, 2016, 07:00:00 PM

After rough cutting out the profile the bow was initially quite heavy. 70 some pounds at 26". Not the low 50s at 28 like I was hoping for.

However, I started a bit wide and after slimming it down to just under 1.1" at the fades and .4 at the tips it was down to the mid 60s. I really do like to round the limbs significantly but I thought it would still be tough to get the bow to its target weight. This kind of pleased me though. Maybe this means I get to keep it

typical2 · August 05, 2016, 07:06:00 PM

Time for finish.

bjansen · August 05, 2016, 07:36:00 PM

Very nice I work

M60gunner · August 05, 2016, 07:56:00 PM

I like it! I also like Koa and have a few chunks I picked up a our "Woodworkers Source" store. The wood came from Gibson Guitars. Hoping someday to have a riser made from it.

jsweka · August 05, 2016, 08:36:00 PM

That's gonna be really nice when it's all finished. Well done!

breazyears · August 05, 2016, 10:37:00 PM

Awesome bow! Your friends a lucky guy.

Trux Turning · August 05, 2016, 11:04:00 PM

Great looking bow- those koa veneers really look good and some finish will make them come to life.

frank bullitt · August 06, 2016, 10:02:00 AM

Cool looking stick!

Naturally camoflaged too!

typical2 · August 10, 2016, 03:21:00 PM

It's not perfect but I love how it turned out. Just feel a bit silly covering up this wood with leather!

Crittergetter · August 10, 2016, 03:50:00 PM

Beautiful!!!!!

Wolftrail · August 10, 2016, 11:32:00 PM

Blends in Naturally with the surroundings. Nice job.

bamboo · August 11, 2016, 08:05:00 PM

real nice!!

monterey · August 11, 2016, 11:03:00 PM

Nice work.

inksoup · August 12, 2016, 02:24:00 AM

very nice ...

i really would like yo have one of those... :D

bowhntineverythingnh03743 · August 17, 2016, 10:00:00 PM

Gorgeous. Love the wrap around of the veneer at the arrow shelf!

jsweka · August 17, 2016, 10:03:00 PM

Wow, that turned out nice!!!

typical2 · August 17, 2016, 10:52:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by bowhntineverythingnh03743:
Gorgeous. Love the wrap around of the veneer at the arrow shelf!

Thanks guys.

I like the look on the belly side of the shelf too and try to cut the shelf there by design

Jon Kaw · August 17, 2016, 10:53:00 PM

I like that a lot! Well done.