Here is my sinew backed mulberry bow that I just finished up just in time. It is 65" long. It is 1-1/2" wide at the fades then tapers down 7/16 of an inch wide at the tips. It is 48lbs. at 28". I did flip the tips just a little at the ends as you can see. The top limb is an inch and a half longer than the bottom. The tips have overlays of Gabon Ebony. This is the first successful sinew bow I have done. I tried an eastern red cedar with sinew and it blew up. Sinew is totally amazing stuff. There are 2 layers of sinew and I darkened it with brown shoe polish then sealed it with several coats of polly. And the good part about it is the first time I took it hunting I was rewarded.
Sorry guys I can't figure out how to send pictures from photobucket to here.
Over on Photobucket, copy the stuff in the IMG CODE window and paste it over here. Pretty simple
It won't let me paste my pictures. I click on the last code and it says copied. When I go to paste the picture it won't let us. Got any ideas? Dean
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Now it is posting the same picture every time.Any way it is a hell of a nice bow. Dean
LOOKS REAL GOOD DEAN WANNA SEE THE TILLER ON IT BROCK
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I think I finally got it figured out how to post pictures. Dean
good job dean relley like the way ya finished it and did the tiller looks right on to me brock
Nice bow, Dean, and obviously effective. Good shooting. Pat
Great job Dean!! Must be a shooter!
I like it. I have been putting it off, but I have some mulberry billets I recurved. I should get on that bow..
Thanks guys for the nice compliments. I am mainly an osage man but I am impressed with mulberry.It is definently lighter in weight compared to osage. It is a beautiful wood when sanded and finished. My main drawback of Mulberry is pin knot's. It seems mulberry in my neck of the woods has a-lot of pins. There are several pins on this bow.Hoping the sinew will help in keeping the problems with pins under control. Dean
pretty good job, Dean. ;)
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Great job on the bow. Good to see some self bows on this site again, seems all the old builders/contributers have left or just don't post much anymore. Keep up the great work.
Tim
Nice job, yes Ilike sinew it just takes so long to do.Shoe polish works great.My first 2 bows were sinew backed black locust they still shoot.Yes it is great stuff.Back then I water proffed mine with vafane works great by the way.When I started 18 years ago I water proffed all my bows with it.Try it out if you never tryed it.Puts a thin plactic coating over it.Comes in a spray can 2 coats your done.Won't crack with use ,last forever.Now I do it a simpbler way ,and this will work on sinew also.It only takes wax and a hair dryer.After you stain it the color you want.Just melt it into the pours.Do it couple times a year or more if you wish.You can't put to much.
Nice bow I have a place in my heart for sinew ed bows.My first 2 bows were sinewed black locust.18 years later I still have them.Retired like a few others.Water proffed mine with varifane.Works great,comes in a spray can,2 coats your done.Thin plactic coating,no were last forever.When I first started building bows this is what I used for a few years.Now I do it a little simpler now.Wax and a hair dryer.
Nice bow I have a place in my heart for sinew ed bows.My first 2 bows were sinewed black locust.18 years later I still have them.Retired like a few others.Water proffed mine with varifane.Works great,comes in a spray can,2 coats your done.Thin plactic coating,no were last forever.When I first started building bows this is what I used for a few years.Now I do it a little simpler now.Wax and a hair dryer.
Very nice bow. Jawge
Nice looking bow Dean. Congrats on the deer with it. You got a couple of great looking kids there also.
Brian