Wood sinew horse bow

[bradsmith2010]

congrats on your build,, very beautiful,,

[Badger]

  That is coming out good Sleek, looking forward to seeing the finish!

[sleek]

Thanks Del, i am not certain how far ahead it really is, new construction is a lot different than repairs, and usually easier. However most of the build time for this bow was spent staring at ut, the materials and tools I had availabke and thinking to myself, " hkw am I going to get out of this mess. "

Upstate,  this is still a new style to me. I have been thinking on it for a long time and made only a handful of short bows to get to this point. I hadnt thought of the mammoth eating osage balss when I did this, i like that. Thanks.

Simson, thanks very much. It certainly took a lot of effort to figure it out. Hopefully as I build more I can make them easier.

PatM , that is an idea I will be putting to use when I get more sinew. I have a few more of these I plan to build. I looked up those bows you mentioned and mine are not unlike them at all. I wonder what their build process is?

Aaron, thanks man. It is a style I hope to perfect. Im certain its a design that can offer lots of performance.

Thanks bery much Brad. Most ornate bow I ever made.

Badger, you and I are both looking forward to that. I think Im gonna need a new bottle of it, probably gonna hit the store tomorrow.

[leonwood]

Wow that's some clever and creative bowbuilding there! Really nice that you took the time to photograph the steps, love it! How does it shoot?

[Stixnstones]

Wow man! what a cool bow, thanx for the ride

[BowEd]

That came out good for ya.Imagine it took some time though.

[Onebowonder]

That confirms it!  The Sleek Rule is, "We don't need no stinkin Rulez!"   Awesome work here sir.  You get by with more tricky stuff than most of us ever even try!  I mean how many guys start from a sinewed working bow and then decide to recurve the tips, CUT IT IN HALF, and then scarf joint it back together?  You were born under a very lucky set of stars Sleek.  - OneBow

[sleek]

That confirms it!  The Sleek Rule is, "We don't need no stinkin Rulez!"   Awesome work here sir.  You get by with more tricky stuff than most of us ever even try!  I mean how many guys start from a sinewed working bow and then decide to recurve the tips, CUT IT IN HALF, and then scarf joint it back together?  You were born under a very lucky set of stars Sleek.  - OneBow

Oh sure there are rules Eric. I just.... BEND them

[sleek]

Wow that's some clever and creative bowbuilding there! Really nice that you took the time to photograph the steps, love it! How does it shoot?

I really enjoy shooting this. It is certainly quick enough. How fast is a guess. But fast enough to lay venison down inside of ethical shot range to be certain.

[sleek]

That came out good for ya.Imagine it took some time though.

That took about a solid weeks worth of work. Most of it was spent watching glue dry and thinking about my next series of steps

[sleek]

Wow man! what a cool bow, thanx for the ride

Your welcome, it was fun. Hopefully it shows what can be done and a few others give it a go too. Id really like seeing what folks could come up with.

[---GUTSHOT--->]

That's just a cool build along! I really like that bow! congrats

[loefflerchuck]

Impressive! That thing is going to be a shooter.

[sleek]

At 43#@28 with a 435 grain arrow I got it to chrono at 155-162 fps. Not as fast as I would like, but considering its width, I dont think its too bad. It will make meat. It wasnt my chrono so i didnt do any snap shooting. I drew steady, held for a second to aim and released. Nothing speedy. Id like to know how that compares to other bows of longer length if anybody has numbers to share.

[sleek]

I am going to link these two threads togeather as they are the same bow.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,61441.0.html