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Elk antler bow in the works

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Redhand:
I will do a little more shaping, maybe add a piece over the lap splice on the back of the bow, and add the sinew.

bjrogg:
I'm watching to Redhand. Kinda out of my league but maybe someday. Thanks for posting
Bjrogg

BowEd:
With the wiggle in the handle area seen from the top view profile do you expect to straighten that out?Or leave it?Does antler have a longitudal grain as wood does?I'm sure the crown line probably is the factor there.Guess not considering you already glued the handle together where the wiggle is.Having a close to center shot antler bow in the process.

Redhand:
bjrogg I don't think a antler bow would be out of your league.  I seen the bow you posted that thing is a beauty. 

Beadman I left that wiggle in the handle, I was going to try and straighten it out some.  But then I decided to go for a center shot with on this one. As far as I can tell antler doesn't follow the longitude grain like wood.

I did a little more shaping on this bow.  With the other antler bows I have made I learned to take the pithy part of the antler down to almost the hard part of the antler.  Leaving a little bit of the pith help the sinew to stick, along with the scoring of the back of the bow.  I did wrap the the handle splice with sinew.  And so far I have about 5 coats of sizing.  I will probably put on 5 or 6 more sizing coats on before I add the sinew.  I have started the pain task of pounding and pulling sinew.  My fingers are a little sore this evening.  LOL

Morgan:
Wow! I'm very interested to see where this goes! Is the marrow the belly? If so, you are covering the belly with sinew? Will there be any wood involved? Sorry for the questions, this is the first time I've ever seen the likes of this.

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