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yew holmegaard--full draw pics--tru-oil finish
radius:
that sounds like a great idea Timo...i'll definitely try that...
and as for the hard to work stave, yeah it was a biotch no kidding. But i learned a lot and it is pretty damn good for so many knots. It wasn't easy, and almost entirely with handtools...the only thing i did with electric tools was trim some of the worst of the knots off with a bandsaw...oh and i used the bandsaw to rip the tip overlays out of a rosewood wedge...
JustAim:
It looks great from here! Well done.
radius:
thanks bro...
that painting above my tiller tree is by Robert Ives, a local artist of unbelievable talent. We recently did a trade: that photo for the osage/hickory holmegaard i made last year
radius:
ok, yesterday i gave it 2 coats of tru-oil...here's how it looks this morning...oh i should add that before oiling it, i sanded it from 80 to 120 to 150, wetting in between, and then boned the entire surface of the bow two times with a birch dowel.
that was a laborious 2 weeks of bowmaking, amigos...for a first stave, and a knotty mofo, i am pretty happy with my product here...be chewing on the venison soon...
thanks for coming along with me on this one...
Josh:
Wow looks really great Radius! Thanks for bringing us along on this incredible journey. Nice save from such a difficult stave!!! :) :) -josh
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