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WhistlingBadger:
I finally got some buffalo sinew on my juniper recurve over last weekend! Now I'm letting it dry and looking for a good snakeskin or two to cover it.  It's kind of rough looking--my next one will be a LOT better, I think--but it isn't peeling off and it's pulling the bow into some reflex, so that's gotta be good, right?

I'll try to grab a few pics tonight and get them put up tomorrow.

WhistlingBadger:
OK, here it is.  It's a rocky mountain juniper recurve, backed with bison sinew. Got the sinew on last weekend. It was my first experience sinewing a bow, and it looks like it--not nearly as smooth and pretty as I would like. But I'm pretty sure it worked.

Now I have to wait several weeks to it to dry, shrink, pull the whole thing into a bit of reflex, and otherwise work its sinewy magic. In the mean time, I plan to put on some bison hoof tip overlays, try to find a nice bull snake skin (or a couple rattlesnake skins) to cover and waterproof it, and think happy thoughts.

mmattockx:
More static tip photos...

One tip glued up on the form:




Straight off the form:




Cleaned up:




I still have underlays to glue onto the tips, they are on the pre-form right now. Will pull them off tonight, let them dry overnight and then glue them on tomorrow.


Mark

Allyn T:
Looks good guys. Thomas I think you did a great job with the sinew

Allyn T:
Well I was told yesterday that my design for the bow I had wouldn't get me the poundage I wanted without a ton of set so I'm starting fresh. Debarked a new stave last night. Gonna rough it out tonight after my son goes to bed.

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