Taught my first time bow making workshop in the last few days. Bud, our mail man, brought his friend David over to see the bows I have been making. Bud is kind of taking care of David cause David has throat cancer. They grew up together. David is an accomplished knifesmith and a life long hunter and fisherman. The two of them have been trying to build bows for the past four years and they have broken about twenty. I happened to have two re/de's BBI glued up with overlays on ready to tiller when they came over. One thing led to another and I agreed to lead David through the making process with one of my glue ups. Five hours later David was shooting his new bow. I really felt good about this workshop because David is a good fellow who is pretty sick and he now has the goal of killing a deer next bow season. He is looking forward to something besides cancer treatment.
My reward is the satisfaction of helping another old man, a fine custom knife, permanent permission to flyfish 1/4 mile of private trophy water, and half a deer.
Here are some shots. The bow pulls 50# at 26" and David is going to do all the finish work.
