This was a very clean stave, no knots or holes, but had a deflex (upper limb and a reflex (lower limb) right at the handle portion. I decided for an r/d bow and heated the lower limb from reflex into deflex. It was quite a way to travel, about 11” measured at tips. This caused the red color on lower fade and a drying crack in the handle, you can still see it. The outer curves were steamed in. Only little adjustments for string alignment.
She got tip overlays from a super nice brownish cow horn and a leather grip with a decorative lacing. The camo on the back is no skin, it is painted. I liked to have a pattern fade out at the tips. The dark color is ironchloride dye, the bright is the natural osage. It looks like much work, but it isn’t – took me no more than 20 minutes (+ drying time).
Maybe I make a little tutorial on one of the next painted bows.
My draw is about 28”, but this bow can be drawn to 30”, maybe more.
dw/dl: 57#/28”
ntn: 64½”
bh: 5”
max. w.: 1½“
reflexn: 1¼”
mass: 635 gram
asymmetrical
stiff handle
species: maclura pomifera
08”: 09,5
10”: 16,3 (+6,8)
12”: 21,8 (+5,5)
14”: 26,3 (+4,5)
16”: 30,7 (+4,4)
18”: 35,0 (+4,3)
20”: 39,2 (+4,2)
22”: 43,5 (+4,3)
24”: 47,9 (+4,4)
26”: 52,3 (+4,4)
28”: 56,8 (+4,5)
