Two more Finished

[dawallace45]

Well I usually forget to post pictures of the bows I make or even remember to take pictures of them but Rod always reckons that more pictures of bow makes the site interesting

So here goes , first bow is 43# @28" and 68" nock to nock , 18" riser is Kwila with some sort of timber from around the Daintree , never did know the name of it and Sallie Wattle , laminations are Coffee Bamboo flooring












Next bow is for my wife and is 64" Nock to Nock and 32# at 28" , 16" riser is Zebrano Bamboo flooring and the laminations are Coffee Bamboo , I used my Binghams style Reflex / Deflex form [ sorry Jeff ]















David

[Alex]

Two fantastic bows there.
I am a recurve shooter so I liked a lot your missus bow (deflex/reflex).
Good workmanship, nice well done nocks, nice finish.
Your missus must be very happy.
Good on ya!

Alex.

[Roadie]

I agree 2 nice looking Bows,
Kwila is nice to work with, have used in a feature wall in a house I built years ago. Cheers Roadie.

[Stickbow Hunter]

They look very nicely made Dave. That Zebrano Bamboo flooring does look different. Thanks for posting up the photos mate.

I am a recurve shooter so I liked a lot your missus bow (deflex/reflex).

Good onya Alex.

Jeff

[Gringa Bows]

Davo brought these bows down to my place the other day and i think he's doing a good job on them

[longbow steve]

Thanks Dave, I am sick of looking at Rod's bows . The Zebra bamboo is interesting to work with, the bow I made with it is still one of my fave's. Well done, they both look nice. Steve

[greybeard]

Hi David,

Nice looking bows.

I particularly enjoy seeing how people style and finish the riser and the tips of the bow.

Daryl.

[ivorycollector]

Very nice Dave. Always enjoy looking & marvel at creations.

[Bill]

Nice

[dawallace45]

Thanks guy's

Roadie , yeah I really like Kwila , I built my entire kitchen in it and also the full length Vanity , also the office desk and server tower and the Entertainment units in the Lounge and main bedroom

Rod gets to see many of my bows as I often take them down to weigh them on his scales as I don't have a bow scale yet , keep meaning to get one but always forget when placing a order

Steve
Yeah the Bamboo is interesting but hell it smells funny when your cutting it or sanding , tough as nails

Daryl

I've made about 20 laminated longbows so far and have been changing the riser styles some what all through but have found I much prefer the basic style Howard Hill , of course this may just be because I shot a Howard Hill bow for many years

The Tips always cause me problems getting them just right and even with spending 4 hours on each of the tips on the last bow I still don't think them completely right but they are as good as can be and if I go any further I'll only make them worse , they seem to be a thing that actually gets harder with each bow as you want to make the next one better than the last , also my eye sight isn't as good as it once was and now I've taken to wearing the cheap magnification glasses to try and see better up close , even so I've found that the best way for me to see imperfections in the bow like sanding marks and such is to give a light coat of finish , let it dry and then look at it in the sun

Still on the tips , I much prefer the pointy style tips I do to the blunt styles , it's just personal preference but I think they do look better on a longbow

Gentlemen , thank you again for the kind words

Tony , Rod is still a few bows up on me and I love the last one he built , it still amazes me that he's gotten so good in such a short time as he doesn't come from a woodworking background , myself coming from a life time as a hobby woodworker should have a theoretical advantage over him but I don't , I go down and visit him probably at least once a month and we some time swap ideas and that is handy for me , we both do things a little differently from each other and while we have similar gear we use them differently , Rod is probably more open to trying new things than me

David

[UPTHETOP]

Dave thanks for posting the photos they look great. It is always good to look at other peoples bows I dont think I could ever get sick of looking at them.
Thanks again.

Cheers Wayno

[dawallace45]

Wayno , Thanks

Yeah , know what you mean , I love looking at bows , that was the main reason I turned up at the Longbow Muster , had to get some Bow Porn

David

[stringnstik]

Looking gorgeous. I especially like the second one. Great to see work like this being done here. Keep it up all