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Beaver Tail Handle Wrap
Grant Thompson recently sent us some wonderful pictures of a new yew selfbow he created and dressed it with a beaver tail handle wrap. |
Hi, Jim, |
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I am really happy about the way the beaver tail handle on my new bow turned out! We misjudged just a little on the size when
we were cutting because the grip on my bow isn't parallel, so the seams don't quite come together at one point. Other than that, though, I think it is just about perfect! Before
applying the tail, I scraped it quite a bit to get some of the residual tissue off the skin and we used acetone to take some of the moisture and "goo" out.
I come from a long line of Oregon State University alumni. Our mascot is the beaver and our colors are orange and black, hence my choice of beadwork in the photos.
I gave your card to my bowyer (John Strunk) who said he was in the market for some hickory staves.” |
 Grant's
Beaver Tail Handle Wrap |
| Thanks, Grant |
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Philip Martin recently purchased a hickory stave and sent us these pictures of his finished bow.
Phillip tells us this is his first bow made from a stave, his first recurve bow and it was made entirely with hand tools. Phillip reports that the bow is 63" long, 55# at 27" and draws
especially smooth and has a sharp, clean release.
Congratulations Phillip on a nice bow! |
Phillips First Bow! |
| Ryan Clark of California
recently sent us some pictures of his FIRST! selfbow. |
Jim,
Here are a couple of photos of my first wooden bow; 68" hickory, 60lbs@28", snakeskin backed with a beaver tail handle. All are your supplies. I even studied
the Paul Comstock book "The Bent Stick". I'll be ordering more soon.
Thanks for your service.
Ryan Clark |
Ryan's First Selfbow |
| Erik Steinbring recently
sent us some pictures of his FIRST! Selfbow. |
Here are some pictures of my first selfbow! It is a keeper! Thanks Jim!!!!!!!!
The bow is 68"N-N, pulls 49# at 29”, shoots a 430 grain arrow 154 fps.
Best Regards,
Erik |
Erik's First Selfbow |
| Daniel Wakolbinger recently sent us some pictures
of a gorgeous osage recurve selfbow. Daniel is 19 years old and a very talented bowyer as you can see from the pictures! |
Daniel's Osage Recurve Selfbow |
Jim,
Here it is all done. Pulls 58# at 27" and is 62" ntn . Your skins over two layers of sinew and your silencers on the
string.
Daniel |
 Daniel's Recurve Selfbow |
| Doug Day from Kentucky recently sent us some pictures of a bow he made from our hickory staves. |
Doug's New Bow |
| Jim,
I purchased 3 staves from you back in January, after 2 bows from the first 2, this stave hung around in my water closet until march of this year, and she really started calling my
name. A few weeks later I ended up with an awesome hickory bow!
66" long
4.5" handle with 2 " inch fades
1.5 " wide limbs down to midlimb then tapering into 5/8" limbtips
1 inch wide handle
Only about 1" of string follow after several hundred arrows!
Final results : 66# @ 28"
I dyed her with rit dye,a two tone fade on the belly and diamond back skins on the back,and 7 coats of spar urethane, and a brown leather handle! She shoots a 600 gr. cedar arrow
with authority and hits exactly where im looking!
I'm looking foward to working with more of youre hickory staves!
Doug Day |
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