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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Redhand on January 22, 2016, 02:56:35 pm

Title: Rocky Mountain Juniper
Post by: Redhand on January 22, 2016, 02:56:35 pm
I made this bow from a Rocky Mountain Juniper branch. 
The bow is 41 inches nock to nock.
This bow has 3 layers of sinew.
It pulls 42# @ 22 inches.
The handle is brain tanned smoked deer hide.
Its painted with blue earth pigment mixed with hide glue.
I put a sinew ball for the nock topped off with a horse hair tuff.
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Post by: Redhand on January 22, 2016, 02:59:45 pm
Here are a few more pics.
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Post by: sleek on January 22, 2016, 03:06:31 pm
Wow, you got that juniper figured out. I like that. How do you make your earth pigments?
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Post by: Aaron H on January 22, 2016, 03:06:39 pm
Very cool, well done Redhand
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on January 22, 2016, 03:24:59 pm
Work you sumgun! Work!

I love it. You got everything you could out of that branch.
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Post by: blackhawk on January 22, 2016, 03:36:26 pm
Cool stuff going on there!!! Makes me almost wanna dig into one of the rmj branches i cut last summer.
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Post by: sieddy on January 22, 2016, 03:47:41 pm
That little bow is freaking awesome! :-D
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Post by: Urufu_Shinjiro on January 22, 2016, 04:02:39 pm
Wow, what a wicked little missile launcher!
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Post by: Floridabowyer on January 22, 2016, 04:33:24 pm
Really cool bow. Tiller is spot on.
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Post by: wizardgoat on January 22, 2016, 04:36:53 pm
Sweet, I love RMJ! Great looking bow
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Post by: Danzn Bar on January 22, 2016, 05:33:57 pm
Wow....got all the bend out of that one....sweet
DBar
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Post by: bradsmith2010 on January 22, 2016, 05:40:32 pm
looks great,, congrats on a such a nice bow :)
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Post by: Stixnstones on January 22, 2016, 06:02:36 pm
Man thats a cool bow! Nice work outta you😄
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Post by: loon on January 22, 2016, 06:34:20 pm
niiice

What part of the branch did you use? compression side?
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Post by: jeffp51 on January 22, 2016, 08:31:42 pm
nice bow and nice to see another Utah Bowyer.  I have some juniper too drying in my shed, and a sinew/juniper bow that is still  3/4 finished--keep debating adding another layer of sinew and how to patch a cracked knot.
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Post by: knapperboy on January 22, 2016, 08:41:48 pm
Wow! Great like always! Good work
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Post by: ajooter on January 22, 2016, 10:20:01 pm
Great little blue beauty!!  I really wanna try a similar bow...but I will have to use something besides RMJ.
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Post by: Badly Bent on January 22, 2016, 10:53:25 pm
Nice bow. It has a cool primitive style and you did a heck of a job on it.
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Post by: Airborne890 on January 22, 2016, 11:32:56 pm
Awesome piece. I love the earth pigments and horse-hair tuft on this.
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Post by: Redhand on January 22, 2016, 11:38:08 pm
Thanks guys. It's a real honor to hear such comments from great bowyers.

Loon  I used the top of the branch as the tension side.
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Post by: Drewster on May 06, 2016, 06:36:28 pm
Now, that's a horse bow up one side and down the other........nice work Redhand.
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Post by: simson on May 07, 2016, 03:36:31 am
Nice little bow and really nice wood.
were did you get that blue pigment and from what is it made?
I also work with earth pigments and a blue is very rare!
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Post by: Redhand on May 07, 2016, 08:39:06 am
Thanks gentlemen

Simon - I don't know exactly what the blue is. I ordered the pigments on line. It's called natural earth paint.
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Post by: bradsmith2010 on May 07, 2016, 03:18:13 pm
really nice, congrats :)
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Post by: Carson (CMB) on May 08, 2016, 12:02:46 pm
 8) 8) 8)
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Post by: Montanaoutdoors on June 28, 2016, 11:48:34 am
Did you round the belly on this bow? Looks like a great shooter
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Post by: sieddy on June 28, 2016, 12:16:51 pm
Absolutely fantastic!  :D
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Post by: Redhand on June 29, 2016, 07:17:34 am
Montanaoutdoors - I slightly rounded the belly. The cross section is lenticular.
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Post by: Thunder on June 29, 2016, 07:14:53 pm
Beautiful work Redhand!

Thunder
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Post by: PaulN/KS on June 30, 2016, 08:49:04 am
Quote from: Redhand on June 29, 2016, 07:17:34 am
Montanaoutdoors - I slightly rounded the belly. The cross section is lenticular.
I had to look up lenticular..  :-[
It means what I thought it meant but I didn't know that's what it was called.
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Post by: bowmo on June 30, 2016, 09:41:17 am
Man that thing is sweet. The word Cutey comes to mind  ::)