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I'm lovin it certainly sheds a new light on doing things tough!, imagine if you only had stone tools in which to accomplish the task. Can we get a full draw pic?

Dam that's some fine shooting!!!
Beautiful bow to wayno

Thoroughly enjoyed watching this, Thank you for sharing.

Great work Nez! Bow looks ace
Was the Cypress from a board or stave?

Im certainty not one of the experienced guys here, but in my opinion we underestimate the woods we work with and what they're capable of. There are no rules This also coincides with what perry was saying about white man needing everything to be straight, precise & symmetrical Top job on the bow ...

Cheers Fellas Got her tillered out to 28" today !!!!......I went for the full circular tiller to reduce the stresses as much as possible, I dont have any scales but I'd estimate she'd be drawing a fraction over 50 pounds I'll weigh her up when I get a chance and let you all know how she went. H...

I was waiting for the two maestros of aussie bow woods to chime in

Hi Tyler
That's a great lookin bow! Very nice combination of timber, the black glass on the back even contrasts nicely
Excellent job I say....full draw pic?

Awesome lookin setup Rod! Nice work.
Just needs a little hidden compartment for the hip flask

Howdy all Did some shaping and floor tillered her today, I decided to skip the long string and go straight to brace height. Unfortunatly I made the string to short so she has a brace height of more than 7" which is far too much for a selfbow of this length so I'll have to make another string. H...

Facinating snippet into the yesteryears of archery!. Im getting the mental image of a bunch of burley peasant like fellows haphazardly loosing arrows in all manner of ways, some sound as if they had inherited a bunch of superstitious practice passed to them by their fathers who in turn learned it fr...

That's alot of osage!...So jealous

Very true Nezwin, here is one such example take off the Paleoplanet website "The bow measures 44" (421/2"ntn) in length (handle 5", bending section 11", tips 8.5"), the tips are tapering from 11/4" to 3/8" in width.The bows physical weight is 9oz" (bow is...

Hey gang, Just got started on a stave that I brought off Mick some time back (God bless him), It's Osage - 62" in length and large enough that it should yield two bows so I went ahead and split it. There's one gnarly knot in the stave but it shouldn't be to much of an issue provided I leave ple...

Nice lookin little bow .... love that arrow pass to, as for the set you know what they say, set happens

Cheers for the kind words gentleman. Your on the money with the single growth ring Daryl :clap: . It is a copy of a Cheyenne bow from the Nez Perce tribe who inhabited the pacific northwest region. This particular bow (namely the artwork on the back) belonged to Yellow Wolf who was a chief of the tr...

Lovin it Colin ... lovin the look of the linen backing opposite the teak, handle looks a treat to, has a really authentic look about it, good work mate!

Hey Gang Just thought I'd share with you all a little osage selfbow I just finished, It's unbacked and has a little horse hair tuft on the upper limb. Draws 30# @ 17" and is quite the little thumper for it's size Also in the pics is the first 'primitive' arrow I've made with 7" turkey feat...

very striking bow nezwin!!! Loving it got anymore pics of it?

Lookin good so far Colin!
If you put a bit more of that 'V' shaped reflex in you'd end up with a gullwing shaped war bow. ...now that would be a sight to behold

Hi gang I have recently read a small article on compression wood (compression pine) in particular. It seems that if a tree grows as such a31-lyly.jpg .......the side that is subjected to the lean and therefore supporting the tree produces a wood that has a greater capacity to resist compression or c...

That's a beautiful lil knife there Wayno!

That edge is lookin mighty sharp and the grip looks a treat. Like the old adage says, less is more
How'd you get that rough dimpled look? It's the icing on the cake and I reakon the knife would look quite mundane with out it. Top job

Here's a quick few photo's for Colin showing the splitting of an osage stave. As you'll notice Im splitting 'against' the growth rings so to speak and regardless of this it still splits like a dream. When you split it 'with' the rings it splits just as nicely Axe .... just take your time when pushin...

God there are some stupid people in the world
As always, the minority ruin it for the majority and it's a dam shame

Beautiful sunrise, or is it sunset? Thats a ripping good swag to! Where'd you get it from?

Nice work sylakone
Those timbers look good together, what glue did you use?

Looks good colin did you chase a single ring for the back?. How long did you let the stave dry for?

Scientist recently discovers where all the radiation from the Fukushima disaster went.

Hey Joe
Asian butchers are a good source, most of them usually sell ox tendons. I even have one near me that sells deer leg tendons but my oh my they are expensive! $30 a kilo whereas the ox tendons are $7 a kilo

Lookin good, love those bullet style tips...
Keep that one for yourself and give him one of your older ones...we wont tell anyone