Author Topic: Lumpy bumpy maple recurve character bow(full draw added) (Read 12874 times)

Woodland Roamer · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2008, 10:12:11 pm »

Very nice Ryan! Great looking bow, can't wait to see the full draw.

Alan

George Tsoukalas · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2008, 10:21:14 pm »

Very nice, Ryan. Jawge

cowboy · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2008, 10:40:35 pm »

Wow, lumpy bumpy's right

. That bow's looking sharp - can't wait for the full draw. She's gonna love it!

Ryano · « **Reply #18 on:** August 29, 2008, 11:40:12 pm »

Thanks everyone! I came upon this stave by accident. I was cutting a big leaning dead red oak tree for fire wood and it fell and knocked this little maple tree over and simultaneously striped the bark completely off and split it. When I saw how cool and lumpy it was I couldn't pass it up so I brought it home and roughed it out and threw it in the hot box. I never would have cut that tree in a million years for a stave from the way it looked from the bark on the outside. I guess it was "just meant to be a bow".

hawkbow · « **Reply #19 on:** August 30, 2008, 12:18:15 am »

good madicine in that one bro... HAWK

snakebow · « **Reply #20 on:** August 30, 2008, 12:25:28 am »

Very nice bow. Your handle reminds me of a osage I did a few years back. Big knot in the middle of the handle. Looks like a revers handle bow.

Far East Archer · « **Reply #21 on:** August 30, 2008, 05:15:50 am »

Ryan

This is a really cool bow mate! It is very ....bumpy

I love the look!
Btw, you wouldn't happen to know what kind of maple this is would you?

Alex

ricktrojanowski · « **Reply #22 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:06:07 am »

Another beauty, I like all of the character. Looking foward to some full draw pics.

tom sawyer · « **Reply #23 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:35:16 am »

Cool stuff, almost looks like diamond willow. What made it grow that way, ants? I cut a little elm that had the dark spots like that, ants came pouring out of the bottom of the log.

DanaM · « **Reply #24 on:** August 30, 2008, 08:33:44 am »

Nice bow ryan I love to see hard maple character bows

The Burnt Hill Archer · « **Reply #25 on:** August 30, 2008, 09:22:45 am »

good medicine indeed! man the other tree did all the grunt work for you, it was beggin to be a bow!

Ryano · « **Reply #26 on:** August 30, 2008, 09:51:33 am »

Thanks guys, I'm not sure what caused the bumps or the black spots ? No ants were in the tree when I cut it.
It is what we call sugar maple or Rock hard maple Alex.

Ryano · « **Reply #27 on:** August 30, 2008, 04:08:56 pm »

Here's a full draw shot, with its new owner Alyssa, as promised.

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DanaM · « **Reply #28 on:** August 30, 2008, 04:56:06 pm »

Looks to me like she knows what she's doing! Nice tiller ryan.
Its fun to give bows away now isn't it

yellow feather · « **Reply #29 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:29:58 pm »

Looks really good,I like it. David

Primitive Archer

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