Sugar Shack more pictures on pg 2 for upstate

[bjrogg]

It’s that time of year again. Time to cook that sap down into Maple Syrup. A good neighbor has given me several nice HHB trees over the years. I decided to make him a bow last spring. I finally finished it up tonight. Just in time cause the sap is running.

I went with a Maple leaf theme. I really dug my airbrush out for this bow. I wanted to do something a little different. I put seven layers of maple leafs down with a different color wood stain each time and a couple coats of spray poly to seal each layer. I gotta admit there was a lot of times I was really wondering if I could somehow strip it all back off. I like how it turned out though. I gave it a good rub down with 0000 steel wool to knock the shine off and give it a worn used look.

I put a buckskin leather wrap on and cut out six maple leafs from two different colored buckskins. I used “beads” I made from river cane  and to space out the maple leafs I threaded on the tag strings from the handle wraps.

Water Buffalo horn tips

HHB
64” ttt
40@27”
I’ll try to profiles tomorrow

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

2 more for now
Bjrogg

[Swampman]

That is a nice looking bow.  I bet those maple leaves were time consuming.

Full draw pick still coming?

[bjrogg]

That is a nice looking bow.  I bet those maple leaves were time consuming.

Full draw pick still coming?

Yes Swampman it took awhile.

Yes the profile pictures will be coming. Hopefully tomorrow

Bjrogg

[HH~]

Very very nice BJ.

Moving purty close to center. Bet you can shoot that ST8up?

Shawn~

[bjrogg]

Very very nice BJ.

Moving purty close to center. Bet you can shoot that ST8up?

Shawn~

Yes Shawn this one is really close to center shot. Last night I shot a bare shaft that would have been to stiff if this had been a wider handle without a arrow pass. It flew perfectly. This one flings a arrow surprisingly well.
Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Here’s the profile pictures

Thanks for looking

Bjrogg

[Stickhead]

Man, you’re getting fancy!  Great looking bow, and I love the leaves.  Gives it a nice camo pattern.

[PaSteve]

Looking good BJ. Those maple leaves came out really nice. I bet the recipient will be very pleased to get such a nice bow.

[Hawkdancer]

Real nice!  Natural camp pattern.  Hopefully, we are several weeks from the sap rising, February was a very cold month on average here.  Got too many things going on in too many different directions!  Have to make some time for bow work!  Nice artwork!
Hawkdancer

[bjrogg]

Thanks Jerry. So far March came in like a lamb so your guess is as good as mine what it goes out like. Right now it’s looking like a possibility of a early spring. Of course that’s what it looked like last year at this time to.
Bjrogg

[Stick Bender]

That's a sweet looking bow you have there BJ !

[paulsemp]

Turned out to be a pretty cool camo pattern also

[bjrogg]

Thanks Stickbender.

Thanks Paul. I was kinda going for a camouflage  pattern with it . I might try something similar in the future but change a few things.
Bjrogg

[Swampman]

There it is!  Very nice bend on that one.  Nice job.