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soy:
Hi all i did mot want to tie up the nows section rambling on about my trials on this one hope y'all enjoy/have helpful hints and criticism  :D
Some of this is a repeat from the trade section so please bear with me


We will start with the wood it is walnut that i had cut as a dead standing tree so no trees were harmed in the making of this bow ;D it was rotted and bug riddled as i have stated i had to go down ring by ring to get to undamaged wood to the tune of 28-30 years worth
 

soy:
The farther i went the more character it developed
 
 
 
 

criveraville:
A snake skin would look good on that bow :o

That wood is purty!

Cipriano

soy:
The first thing that came to my mind when i was thinking about a trade bow was a raw hide backed walnut with carp skins(inspired by Keenan's carp backed bow of the year) and as luck would have it about that time boath turtle Creek and legionnaire had said items up for trade...what timing ...so i get the raw hide soak it for a few hours its ready than i notice i cant find my ace bandages but have no fear i have plastic wrap ...i joint tbe edges aply tb3 to the bow than do the same to the rawhide slapem wrap em and come back in 45 min to take the wrap off and no good!everything is wet and glue coverd with nothing sticking so i take it all apart (with a few kind words)wash it up and wait a day ...after getting some ace bandages, and some coaching from gun doc i find i did a few things wrong 1the temp needs to be above 50°f 2 dab the access water off and 3have some patients .......so after round 2 i claim victory

soy:
I got the edges trimmed and let it dry. I than filed and sanded the edges about 1/8"in around the whole thing so it had smooth transition lines for the skins
 
 


Have no fear those are not air bubbles just rough spots on the surface  ;)

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