barramundi skins for backing?

[clinton miller]

has anyone skinned a bow with barra skin?? or any other fish skin for that matter? pics......

i might be able to get some good skins......

[Goblin]

There was an awesome yew selfbow with a halibut skin backing on Paleo Planet recently. Paleo's forums are down now though, says something about maintenance... I'll link it up tomorrow, it was really cool.

[longbow steve]

The Barra skin I have seen down here is very thick and has loose scale pockets so it may not be ideal but it is a nice skin. I like the look of Sturgeon skinned bows in the States. Steve

[Trad Bound]

Talk to Mike dy He has a Howard Hill with Shark on it and i have seen mike with fish hide in hand that he has bought. Don't know if he uses it on bow or his leatherwork.
TonyJ

[otis.drum]

steve, thats exactly what i found. big loose scale pockets (judt didn't know what to call them)

i had some tanned ready to go on but chose not too as they just didn't look all that good.

[Goblin]

Here you go, Halibut Skinned Yew.

Very cool looking bow.

[otis.drum]

clint some carp skins off another site.

the skins of the barra i did looked much like this

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quite a nice look on the bow

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good skin along on here

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/inde ... 105.0.html

[clinton miller]

mmmmm....... i need to learn to make myself a selfbow!

[otis.drum]

is there a mill there??? get some stringy. or a piece of ironwood.

then again... don't!..... you'll never do anything else