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Title: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Barrage on November 21, 2009, 02:55:06 pm

This is the first sinew backed bow I have done and I gotta say, wow!  It's a snappy shooter and very fun little bow. 
As for details, it's 48" ntn.  Around 48# or so at 26" with a bit of bend through the handle.  Maple was recurved, pretillered and heat treated prior to sinewing.  2 layers of sinew where layed down with knox.  The handle is leather strips that were laminated and glued on after sinewing to the back and belly, and then shaped.  No reflex was heat treated in, but the sinew did induce a small amount, probably a bit over 1".  After shooting in, it was back to straight.  Nocks are basically pin nocks.  Thanks for looking!

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Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Pat B on November 21, 2009, 03:07:27 pm

Great little bow, Travis.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on November 21, 2009, 03:11:49 pm

Yeah, Pat is right

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: radius on November 21, 2009, 03:14:29 pm

it's cool, man, very cool.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: OldBow on November 21, 2009, 03:18:12 pm

A lot talent and skill went into the bow. 48" no less - very impressive. Bookmarked for Self BOM fun, too.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Josh on November 21, 2009, 03:55:13 pm

nice one!!  tiller looks great.   lotta work went into that bow and it shows!   Bet she's fast as lightning too.   :)  -josh

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: kylerprochaska on November 21, 2009, 04:16:00 pm

Looks great...I agree with Josh bet she slings an arrow pretty fast!

-Ky

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: medicinewheel on November 21, 2009, 05:11:08 pm

Looks G R E A T !!!

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: dragonman on November 21, 2009, 05:20:11 pm

looks good, amazing what sinew can do  on a short bow!

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: El Destructo on November 21, 2009, 06:20:24 pm

Did a Nice Job Travis....tiller looks really nice...and I am a sucker for a Simple Sinewed Bow...and this is as simple as they get....Bendy Handle and all....I like it......

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: mox1968 on November 21, 2009, 07:59:04 pm

nice job ,did you heat the recurves at the ends or was that just the sinew??

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: ricktrojanowski on November 21, 2009, 08:30:16 pm

Great bow,  I really like those sinewed shorties. 

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: The Gopher on November 21, 2009, 10:19:29 pm

fantastic, i really like how the leather handle is so smooth

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Okie on November 21, 2009, 11:33:57 pm

Great job. I really like the braced and full draw profiles.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Gordon on November 22, 2009, 01:31:16 am

What a neat little bow - I just love it!

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: gmc on November 22, 2009, 06:00:13 am

Very nice!

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Bonsai on November 22, 2009, 06:46:33 am

Really cool locking Bow!

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Cooper on November 22, 2009, 07:53:14 am

A very fine bow and this laminated leather-handle is a great idea, very cool.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Marc St Louis on November 22, 2009, 08:42:41 am

Very nice little bow.  Well done

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: George Tsoukalas on November 22, 2009, 09:12:40 am

Very nicely done! jawge

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: adb on November 22, 2009, 09:15:48 am

Very nicely done, sir!! What did you use to dye the back the black color?

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Barrage on November 22, 2009, 10:34:17 am

Thanks everyone.

Mox, the recurves where steamed in, and I had to tweak them later with dry heat.  The sinew did induce a small amount of reflex, most of which is gone.  You can still see a tiny bit on the outer half of the limbs.

adb, it's actually painted with acrylic.  Burnt Umber (a dark brown) was the color name, and red paint for the sinew wraps.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Ryano on November 22, 2009, 11:02:12 am

That is a pretty cool looking little bow. Congrats. Looks like a good shooter.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Keenan on November 22, 2009, 11:58:33 am

Very nice bow, I just love those short sinewed bows. Congratulations.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Barrage on November 23, 2009, 11:11:47 am

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments. :)

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Hoot on November 25, 2009, 12:48:50 am

very very nice.  the lines are so smooth looking, you did a great job.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Pappy on November 25, 2009, 05:07:36 am

Great looking bow,very well done.I bet it will fling and arrow. Nice. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Wolfgang on November 25, 2009, 06:44:35 am

Hi Barrage,

what a wonderful bow. What's its strength and speed? Looks worth doing it like you did!

Cheers,

Wolfganglike

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: snedeker on November 25, 2009, 11:10:18 am

Nice one.  Sinew's working!

Dave

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Dakotian on November 25, 2009, 11:48:58 am

That's a beautiful little thing. Nice work.

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: John K on November 25, 2009, 07:32:55 pm

I love it ! Looks like a nice one for a ground blind ambush !!

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Mangeur de lard on November 29, 2009, 12:52:09 pm

Great looking bow my friend. I just started working on a 68" maple flat boardbow but I'm seriously considering cutting 10 inches off each end and sinewing it...

Great inspiration
Cheers
Matthieu

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Rich Saffold on November 29, 2009, 01:08:01 pm

Looks great!

Title: Re: Short sinewed recurve
Post by: Barrage on November 29, 2009, 07:38:42 pm

Thanks guys.  :)