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Inspired by Rodney Wright's Firehawk: Osage and Hickory setback/recurve
radius:
Here is a new attempt for me. I advise everybody to go to Youtube and type in "making a bow" . You will find a 5 minute clip of Quebec bowyer Rodney Wright making a bow after which this one is patterned.
First pictures are of the form, and a piece of osage 3/8 thick in the form. It was too thick, and cracked a bit. I ended up ripping the piece in half, sawing the broken part away, cutting the other strip in half lengthwise, and sanding the inward ends of those two halves to taper down to almost nothing.
Here is the crude version of the handle inset.
Here it is after a little more work.
A few pictures of the dry run.
Notice that the form itself does not include recurves. To leave my options open, I just carried the line right through. In this case, where I wanted to add recurves to the tips, I simply taped a block to each end.
The handle section. This is rosewood.
Here is the whole thing wrapped and clamped.
And here is the handle section. Hope it's good!
So, I used rosewood for the handle and used a couple thin pieces of it for tip accents, which can't be seen in these pictures. I used to wonder why they called it rosewood. Now, having cut some, I know.
Is it just me, or does Osage smell like soap when you cut it?
Enjoy guys!
Jesse:
very cool
Dustybaer:
great idea. thanks for taking the time.
radius:
happy to take the time!
we'll keep ya posted!
radius:
The firehawk is now out of the form. I haven't done any work on it yet. But here it is.
These handle pictures make the thing look like candy or ice cream. I like the contrast between the osage and the rosewood.
And here's one just to show how ugly it really is!
Somebody give me some idea about tillering this thing...should I make it pyramid shaped? or taper it down from mid-limb? Or even, Run it wide most of the way, tapering only at the end? Thanks.
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