Finished Up A New Selfbow

[Ddog]

Osage static, 66" (64" NTN) 49#@28"
Back and belly stained with vinagroon, Canebrake rattlesnake skins, beaver tail grip, walnut/whitetail antler tips.
Home-rolled PO Cedar arrows. Great shooting set.

 

[Ddog]

 

[UncleBone]

Thats bad ass!!

 

[Ddog]

Thats bad ass!!

Thank you kindly!

 

[UncleBone]

When I was a kid I was always trying to make my own bow and arrow. I never was successful. Now as an adult, I don't have any confidence I could pull it off. Good work man!

 

[Ddog]

When I was a kid I was always trying to make my own bow and arrow. I never was successful. Now as an adult, I don't have any confidence I could pull it off. Good work man!

I dove in 3 years ago after wanting to do it for a long time, lots of reading and watching videos before I tried (besides as a kid with sapling bows, etc)
I learn something new every time, especially from the failures (2). I started with gnarly osage staves and learned a lot quickly, the nice straight ones are gravy in comparison. Give it a try, it's not rocket science. If I can do it anyone can.

 

[Montana Slim]

Very cool! Love the unstrung profile

 

[Ddog]

Very cool! Love the unstrung profile

Thanks, lots of prep into the thickness tapers to the curves. Getting better with each one.

 

[Montana Slim]

I bet... are you drawing it to 28"?

When I first started out, I tried to make one and ruined a decent (too short) stave... turns out inexperience, impatience, and being an orangutan (honest 31.5"-32" draw) wasn't conducive to my project surviving very long. Hahaha haven't tried again, but I think there's one in my future somewhere.

Keep us posted if you connect with it!

 

[SliverShooter]

Nice bow!

You Done Good!

 

[Ddog]

I bet... are you drawing it to 28"?

When I first started out, I tried to make one and ruined a decent (too short) stave... turns out inexperience, impatience, and being an orangutan (honest 31.5"-32" draw) wasn't conducive to my project surviving very long. Hahaha haven't tried again, but I think there's one in my future somewhere.

Keep us posted if you connect with it!

Yessir, true 28" draw. That's funny, a buddy wants to swap me a flintlock build for a bow. His draw is 31", I'll have to make him a 72" bow lol

 

[Ddog]

Nice bow!

You Done Good!

Thanks, appreciate it!

 

[Shawn Hultquist]

Awesome looking sticks. Best of luck with it. Get some blood on it !!


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[Ddog]

Awesome looking sticks. Best of luck with it. Get some blood on it !!


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Thank you, that's the plan!

 

[Yoder]

That is like a piece of art. Awesome job.

 

[Ddog]

That is like a piece of art. Awesome job.

Thanks!

 

[TxxAgg]

Looks great

 

[Beendare]

What a beauty!

 

[Ddog]

Thanks guys!

 

[Undomesticated]

Looks great. I finally purchased an Osage stave, still haven't made a bow with it.

I've been working on a hickory static recurve. It had a blemish in the limb that I became rightfully concerned about. It broke during tillering.