first self bow

[Son of Rooster]

made my first selfbow. my wife got me a stave for christmas from Pine Hollow Longbows. Did a lot of reading (TBB VOL I, II, III) Bent Stick by Compton, researching the web, asked much advice on some FB bow forums and have produced a functional bow. learned a lot doing this....especially patience.
Have heat treated belly and sanded to 220 and steel wool all day today. Shoots quiet and fast.
pull 52lbs @ 28
I am going to stain and seal later this week....I am hooked.
 
unboxed
 
tools of the craft
 
hacking away
 
didn't need them, did antler tips anyhow
 
 
my tiller rig I made
 
strung to tiller pulled to 28 inches

[Son of Rooster]

first shot ....
http://vid173.photobucket.com/albums/w80/Son_of_Rooster/hickory%20bow%20build/20170206_214525.mp4

[passion for knowledge]

That's the thing about making bows.

Just one time and you are addicted!

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=014139;p=1

[Pat B]

Excellent first bow. Well done.

[mwosborn]

Originally posted by Pat B:
Excellent first bow. Well done.

Yes sir, well done.

[Lazyeye506]

Looks great! What kind of wood is that? What's the bow length?

[scrub-buster]

Great job on that bow!  The tiller looks perfect.  I wish my first one turned out that nice.

[Son of Rooster]

Originally posted by Lazyeye506:
Looks great! What kind of wood is that? What's the bow length?

I am sorry.....
It is Hickory and it is 66" long.

[Roy from Pa]

Very well done, congrats.

[Son of Rooster]

thanks for the kind comments, I appreciate it. I am not sure how many hours I have total with the work, reading, watching videos.....I lost track of all that.
I have a couple cherry staves curing from last year, will give me something to do this spring  

[twitchstick]

   

[George Tsoukalas]

Very nicely done! Jawge

[LittleBen]

Nice job. Stellar work for a first bow.

[Bob at Work]

good job!  congrats.

[Mike Yancey]

Looks great!

[Wolftrail]

I'm no whimp,           how the heck do you you guys pull over 50#..?  In my hay day I would go up against any man.  I'm over 60 now.

[passion for knowledge]

#60 is about my max - when I can get out a lot I can keep in shape. Winter I get soft and drop to #50ish depending on which bow I decide to shoot.

My bows range from #40 - #60

On my 63rd trip around the sun.

I just enjoy shooting, weight doesn't matter that much (within reason)

[mwosborn]

I can pull 60# but my form suffers severely!  The older I get the more I enjoy shooting 45# and less.  And I shot better too!