belly-tempered hickory pyramid

[Pat B]

Marius. I use 0000 steel wool between coats.  Pat

[Dustybaer]

thanks guys

[Traxx]

DB,
I forgot to ask about the specs,on this bow.How wide is it at the fades?

[Dustybaer]

traxx, it's 4cm (1.57") wide tapering to 9mm (0.35") nocks and it's 1 cm (0.39") tapering to 9mm (0.35") in thickness.  all strait tapers

[medicinewheel]

dusty! - i just came back from a tour through southeast asia with a band. at a craft's store in cambodia i watched folks handpaint silk scarfs and stuff and thought i would do something like this, too.
very nice bow!! could imagine the handle shape helps to avoid wristpains in the bowhand, doesn't it?!
frank

[Dustybaer]

dunno frank, since i don't seem to be able to make a bow over #40, i never had any wristpains 

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice bow. Gluing the silk on seems to have changed the tiler slightly. I would take just a few light scraped from the outer top limb

[Dustybaer]

thanks marc, that's what i thought too.  i still want to shoot her some more and see what else shows up and then fix it all at one time.

dana, i put the rawhide handle wrap on it last night.  i'll post some pictures when i get home from work.

[GregB]

Hey Marius, are you going to bring a bow with you to the Tn. Classic?

If you want to conserve space to maybe carry more home with you, we can come up with plenty of bows for you to shoot if you'd like. I have I think three bows right now that I'm not shooting. All three osage, ranging from 50-57 lbs. @ 26".

Just wanted to let you know that option was available to you if you're interested...

[Dustybaer]

actually, with the restrictions on importing wood, i might not be able to bring a bow.  but since i'll participate in the challenge, i hope to end up with a shootable bow    i thought you guys had already roughed one out for me   

but arrows, if i could borrow some arrows, that would be nice.  i'll try to make some with pat at the campfire, but just in case. 

greg, that was very nice of you to offer and i would like to keep that as a fall-back option, if you don't mind.

[Dustybaer]

dana, as promissed:

the raw hide is from a dog chew bone from the pet store. 

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[Gordon]

Best not be leaving that bow around where a dog can get at it - it might like it as we do

[Dustybaer]

yep, this guy would have made short order of it (and the bow with it).  unfortunately he died 2 years ago.

here's a link to his page:

http://fara.netfirms.com/Leonberger%20Dogs.html



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[AndrewS]

The first piece of rawhide for the handle that i offered Marius was eaten by a nice little dog

[DanaM]

I really like that handle wrap Marius, It looks like it will provide a sure grip.
One more question what ya gonna seal the rawhide with so it don't get wet?
Beautiful dog Marius. St Bernard? Dang he probably pooped bigger than my Yorkies

DanaM