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Sinewed cedar bow
juniper junkie:
WOW! great job! did you induce the curve, or was it natrural in the stave? looks like it is snake backed. I use juniper some, seems to do well with sinew backing, I have found that the more heartwood, the snappier the bow, I live in central oregon and we have lots of it. more info on the bow would be great.
M-P:
Thanks for your kind comments. This bow is 67" tip to tip and draws 42# at my 29" draw length. It was spliced from billets collected from the top half of two horizontal tree limbs. The reflex at the handle was created during the splicing. The rest of the profile existed in the billets. There is one layer of elk sinew on the back covered with prairie rattler skins. It's been a while since I chronographed this bow, but my memory says it shot a 525 grain arrow at ~ 155 fps.
The junipers on the ranch all look very roughly the same and the field guides I have say the best way to differentiate between J.virginianum and J. scopulorum is that the berries mature in one year for virginianum and two years for scopulorum. I'm only on the ranch for one week a year so I am to some extent guessing on the species of the trees. Any body have a strong enough forestry back ground to tell more certainly? The tree the bow is leaning against in one of the above pictures is the source of the raw material for the bow.
Below is a picture of an exceptionally tall tree.
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DanaM:
Welcome to our playground Ron , sweet looking bow.
DanaM
jamie:
beautiful. very good job
a finnish native:
that's some mighty fine work. I just love those "B profile" bows. I just feel that they are snappier right away compared to D bows. Have you noticed any difference in the performance compared to D bows? Just lovely! if this one goes to the BOM competition you sure have my vote.
also love the fact that you did a sinew job on her.
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