So what do everyones favorite primitive bows look like??
Here is one that I just finished. Its a snaky 56" sinew-backed osage.
Well this one was so much fun to work on. It had a snaky grain that sort of mirrored itself after the handle again. The tips lined up with a little heat at the handle and then there's the propeller twist of the upper limb, but it all worked out ok. I added some red food color to the glue for the last layer of sinew. There are three sinew layers in all, some black paint rubbed into the low spots on the sinew back then sanded smooth some hemp wraps, Purple Heart tip overlays and a buckskin handle wrap .then some tongue oil to finish. As far as I can tell it has no hand shock. Its 56 inchs long 1 1/2 inchs wide to about 3/8 inch at the tips, 60# @ 25".
Here is one that I just finished. Its a snaky 56" sinew-backed osage.
Well this one was so much fun to work on. It had a snaky grain that sort of mirrored itself after the handle again. The tips lined up with a little heat at the handle and then there's the propeller twist of the upper limb, but it all worked out ok. I added some red food color to the glue for the last layer of sinew. There are three sinew layers in all, some black paint rubbed into the low spots on the sinew back then sanded smooth some hemp wraps, Purple Heart tip overlays and a buckskin handle wrap .then some tongue oil to finish. As far as I can tell it has no hand shock. Its 56 inchs long 1 1/2 inchs wide to about 3/8 inch at the tips, 60# @ 25".