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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Tracker0721 on February 28, 2017, 10:55:42 am

Title: Let's see your skins!
Post by: Tracker0721 on February 28, 2017, 10:55:42 am: What do your bows wear? Picture and species of skin posted below. Let me start us off

Split timber rattler I got in trade from on here.

Hoping this can be a catalog of sorts so people looking to skin a bow know what's out there and how it looks.
Title: Re: Let's see your skins!
Post by: Eric Krewson on February 28, 2017, 11:34:33 am: Not a skin but my friend George backed one of his bows with a pheasant tail feather.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/pheasantbow.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/bow%20making/pheasantbow.jpg.html)
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Post by: Eric Krewson on February 28, 2017, 11:44:58 am: A nice copperhead.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/special%20bows/copperhead%20and%20quiver_zpsq6ptldhs.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/special%20bows/copperhead%20and%20quiver_zpsq6ptldhs.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Let's see your skins!
Post by: osage outlaw on February 28, 2017, 12:11:53 pm: Broad banded water snake

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC18841_zpsc9oahlf9.jpg)

Corn snake

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC18318_zps6pmhu8zy.jpg)

Black Rat snake

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17711.jpg)

Western Diamondback

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Photobucket%20Desktop%20-%20CLINT-HP/New%20bow%20stuff/SDC15651.jpg)

Black Rat snake belly skin

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC14887.jpg)

Coral snake

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC18294_zpsqyxcryva.jpg)

Timber rattlesnake AKA Canebrake rattlesnake

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17516.jpg)

Small common water snake

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Bows%202014/SDC16720.jpg)

Water moccasin

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/20160916_215107_zps1dtghpm9.jpeg)

Black Racer

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Photobucket%20Desktop%20-%20CLINT-HP/New%20bow%20stuff/SDC15608.jpg)

Albino black rat snake

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC18649_zpseil3yosh.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's see your skins!
Post by: osage outlaw on February 28, 2017, 12:14:16 pm: Some artificial backings:

Snake skin pattern cloth material

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Bows%202014/SDC16253.jpg)

Tissue paper

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC15246_zps9805fb96.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's see your skins!
Post by: High-Desert on February 28, 2017, 01:02:53 pm: Very cool. I love seeing this stuff

Eric
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Post by: bjrogg on February 28, 2017, 01:56:17 pm: Prairie Rattler
Bjrogg
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Post by: bjrogg on February 28, 2017, 02:02:00 pm: 2 western diamond backs 1 prairie rattler one rawhide
Bjrogg
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Post by: Hans H on February 28, 2017, 02:05:34 pm: thanks for posting this, really cool stuff
Hans
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Post by: Bob Barnes on February 28, 2017, 03:41:42 pm: Cobra skin
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Post by: John Scifres on February 28, 2017, 04:20:38 pm: Here's a boa:

(http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r607/jdscifres/Bows%20for%20Sale/DSC08932.jpg)

Timber Rattler:

(http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r607/jdscifres/DSC08115.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's see your skins!
Post by: John Scifres on February 28, 2017, 04:25:03 pm: Grass Carp

(http://sticknstring.webs.com//photos/2010-Pictures/stcbcollage.jpg)
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Post by: Greenriverwoodcraft on February 28, 2017, 08:35:25 pm: Mahi Fish skins
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Post by: Danzn Bar on February 28, 2017, 08:43:21 pm: Very impressive collection Mr. Outlaw...cool
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Post by: Greenriverwoodcraft on February 28, 2017, 10:21:43 pm: Outlaw that coral snake bow is a masterpiece
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Post by: osage outlaw on February 28, 2017, 10:24:24 pm: Thanks Bill

Thanks Green River. I can't take all the credit on that one. Will H did the hard part.
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Post by: selfbow joe on March 01, 2017, 06:27:06 am: All of these are beautiful. Nice pictures
Title: Re: Let's see your skins!
Post by: bjrogg on March 01, 2017, 06:44:32 am: Quote from: selfbow joe on March 01, 2017, 06:27:06 am
All of these are beautiful. Nice pictures
I agree Joe, I really like the broad band water snake, coral, boa, grass carp, pheasant well I guess pretty much all of them.
Bjrogg
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Post by: Tracker0721 on March 01, 2017, 09:26:09 am: Grass carp and broad banded water snake are my favorite so far!
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Post by: Bob Barnes on March 01, 2017, 10:12:46 am: boa
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Post by: Aaron H on March 01, 2017, 10:51:59 am: That is a sweet looking bow Bob
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Post by: Bob Barnes on March 01, 2017, 11:25:22 am: thanks Aaron...but looks can be deceiving... there's way too much Ipe in the limbs and it will rattle your teeth. I was thinking about working the limbs down some while I was posting the pic...