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Syringa character bow (updated)
Ryano:
Keenan, I never heard of syringa. Is it some type of flowering bush/shrub?
Keenan:
Ryan, It's a flowering bush, check out the syringa arrow buildalong that JJ is doing. He gives a little more detail and pics of the bush/tree Keenan
Ryano:
Thanks Keenan. I know it as mock orange. There's a big clump of it in my mom's yard next to the drive way. I have to trim it back every year. Ive wondered about making arrows from it, never thought of it as a bow wood though. now you got me really interested....... :)
Keenan:
Ok, so far things are going good. The stave survived the night without checking, but the for next few days it should be losing alot of moisture.
Here are some pics of the handle section. As you can see there is a slight natural cant to the left in the handle area. This might be best to be a left handed bow? Being right handed I usually make right handed bows. However I have had some request for lefties. Maybe leave the handle natural for shooting off either side. But it would be good to wait and see string alignment later. Keenan
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Gordon:
I like how you are utilizing the natural shape of the wood for the handle.
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