Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: OffTiller on April 23, 2014, 09:49:40 pm
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so I was wondering about some tiger maple and black cherry boards I have sitting around. this will be my fifth bow attempt and want to do something a little out of my league. I was thinking about a mollie, tiger maple or black cherry belly with a rawhide backing. or maybe a (excuse the phrase if not using correctly) tri-lam with the maple, cherry and rawhide as a backing. is this something that could be accomplished or is my inexperience allowing me to daydream beyond what reality will allow. I would just hate to store these away if something can be coaxed out of these beautiful woods. thanks for the feed back.
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Black Cherry and rawhide for the limbs, Tiger Maple just in the handle.
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tiger maple is really nice for static applications. knife handles, bow risers, tips, overlays... it makes a cool arrow for display too.
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Forgot about the black cherry; hickory, maple, rawhide, needs a tension strong backing.
anyone try thick sinew?