Well here she is all done up and ready. This one i'm going to call "Eve" because she was a lot of firsts for me: first bow from a stave, first character bow, she's strung with my first handmade string, first rawhide backed bow (THANKS AGAIN BEVAN!!). Coincidentally, i also cracked my lower left rib
while she was coming about lol (but not as a result of working on the bow). I Think Eve is a fitting name.
57" ntn, just a hair under 20#@25", 1 1/4 inch wide for most of the width, narrows to about 5/8" tips. Not much set to speak of, surprisingly, i think about an inch. The midlimb wrap on the top limb is functional, the others are just deco. I've never decorated a bow this much, i usually let the wood shine, but i think i like it:
borrowed this pose from Ken i think
And the money shot:
This is my son doing a good job helping with the pics. My wife didn't want to have her pics on the internet lol
I REALLY appreciate all the help and encouragement given by all the folks here, couldn'ta done it without ya! Looking forward to doing one like this in a hunting weight!
