A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood

[SLIMBOB]

Very nice Rich!

[turtle]

Thank you for the nice comments. Turtle I hope you like enough to maybe slide a arrow through a nice fat deer we'll see after ya shoot it......

Mr. Gutshot, that is in fact the red fox cased skin ya sent to me sir....it is a Bodewadmi (Potawatomi) hip style quiver. Glad that you approve of it.

rich

If I don't get a deer with it , it won't be for lack of trying.   

[half eye]

Steve, I know it's quick and hits way hard .....made me proud on the shed door test   Lets just see how it does with your longer arrows?
rich

[FilipT]

Wait is ironwood slang for hop hornbeam?

[half eye]

Stalker, in these parts the Native Americans, and then the loggers and sawyers, call hop horn-beam Ironwood.  This is locally differentiated from "muscle wood" ( American Horn-beam ) which doesn't grow up in this area.
rich

[Redhand]

Beautiful bow Rich. Great job!  I really like that bow.

[Drewster]

WOW Rich, I'm bett'in Turtle is going to be delighted......and I bet some Native American would have been delighted in the past as well.   That's some fine work and think it's great that you used all natural materials.  Inspirational!

[FilipT]

For what I heard about the properties of hop hornbeam, ironwood is pretty descriptive name. Too bad its not so common in Croatia, here its a European variant, also tough as steel, perhaps little different looking in bark.

[GlisGlis]

pure beauty

[Stixnstones]

Just beautiful work Rich.

[Del the cat]

Yo, Rich, that's a beaut 
I think I know what the full draw will look like.... spot on perfect
Del

[half eye]

Thanks to all of you fellas for the nice comments.

Dell thanks but we will see when it's in Steve's hand.

Redhand, thank you sir your NA opinion carries a lot of weight for me.

rich

[Fred Arnold]

  Nice work there Rich. I can't believe how many of these bows you keep getting out into the hands of other people. It takes me a year to put out a half dozen and you seem to whip that many out a month. 

[Trapper Rob]

Beautiful bow Rich.

[turtle]

I heard a car door shut around 2pm today and looked out to see the mailman carrying a long white tube up to the house. It looks even better in person. After I got through drooling all over it I wiped it off, grabbed a few arrows and headed out to my target. I wasnt disappointed. It draws smooth, is quick, quiet, hits hard and only has a hint of handshock. I couldnt be happier with it. Thanks Rich.