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240's sheep horn bow build with Tom Lucas

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Redhand:
I would have to agree with chuck this is a A+ build along. 
Thanks 240 for taking us along on your journey to a great bow.

NorthHeart:

--- Quote from: loefflerchuck on April 09, 2018, 11:17:31 pm ---I'm going to give this build-a-long a A+. This is the best step by step I have ever seen for these bows. I'm not going to question someone's methods just because I do it another way. I will say, if you want a smoother sinew application you can use a comb to comb all the fibers straight before dipping it in sinew. If need be you can use the comb while laying it on the back too. One of the reasons I don't apply all the sinew at one time is I use 3 to 4+ ounces of dry processed sinew( 8 layers). When this much sinew dries it will draw up into canyons on the back. I try to do it in 3 applications over 3 weeks.
 I saw someone question the deflex application. This will decrease the early draw of the bow but I have read an old accounts of this method being used on old plains bows. I can not remember the exact region. I would need to go back and find this info.
 Nice work! This will help anyone in the future make one of these bows on the first try.

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Thank you very kindly Chuck. :)

About tying these bows into deflex...did the old accounts of plains bows pertain specifically to horn bows...or just wood?  Id love to see the literature if you can find it.

NorthHeart:
Guys, i picked up the bows from Toms house a few days ago, and i am now permanently living in Missoula, MT.  Indeed the sinew flattened down quite a bit.  Also i noticed that this method of splicing seems to make one limb come in at a slightly steeper angle at the "fade" area near the handle.  We will see how this affects tillering.  Here are the pics with side profile shots.  Next step is to cut them loose in a few weeks to a month...

Oglala Bowyer:
Interesting.  IMHO, It looks as though the one with a kink off the fade appears to not be on the board evenly. Perhaps that’s the reason it kinks?  I can only guess from my standpoint.

BowEd:
It's cool to see though no special clamps,forms,or other tools besides a good farriers rasp and a vise to get there to this stage.Bracing those really high reflexed bows is an adventure that's for sure.Hence the deflexed position at first.I made a peg board myself.

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