Here's an Osage bendy handle I just fine shed from a sliver of a split off. I was hoping for a bit more weight but the handle was barely scraped getting the tiller evened out. Overall it shoots quite well and smooth. It pulls 35# at 28" and is 56" from nock to nock and 1 1/8" wide at the handle and 3/8" at the nocks. The overlays are what I'm assuming is Brazil wood and Purple Heart. The fur and tooth are both wolf. The fur is sewn on with a little contact cement on the leather to make it grippier. The handle wrap is 6oz veg tan.

Thanks for looking,

Kyle

Really nice I said on Facebook
But the detail in more pictures here are awesome 

That's a very nice bow, MO. Well done.   :thumbsup

Looking great, are you drawing it to 28 inches in the picture?

Thanks guys! It was a fun one to fill up.

I'm pulling about 27" in the picture. It would be about 28" with a built up handle.but I'm pulling back a bit more than I normally do.my. Or map draw on a bendy handle is about 26" and 27" with a built up handle.

Kyle

The grip wrap and stitching is very impressive.  An art article unto itself.

What kind of wood is that on the tips?

Thank you! I've been messing with learning some leather work these last few years and trying g to incorporate more and more. Here the piece before I stitched it on.

I'm really not sure what the peachy colored one is. But I'm pretty sure it's Brazil wood then Purple Heart over that. I got a bunch of pieces from the exotic wood store in St Louis.

Kyle

Kyle hell of a job there brother

Beautiful tip overlays!  Do you think it's possible to do a full tip overlay splice like that on a glass backed limb without it coming apart? 

Thanks guys!

Kirkll, I'm not sure. I've never messed with glass so I can't say for certain. But I don't see why not. I would assume that as long as a good amount of the overlay material goes over the glass then it will hold the back glass from separating. Especially with how little stress there is at the tips anyway. I make the overlays about 2" long, so it's a nice shallow angle, so should catch a good amount of glass.

Kyle

Mo - that is a fine looking bow! The tooled leather grip is an eye catcher and sets it apart from other self bows. 

Are the edges skived or compressed?  Maybe both.

Thanks guys. The handle wrap is something g I've been messing with improving. And experimenting with stamping and tooling. For my trade bow I may have to do a carved in pattern. I think I'm going to try sticking to lace braids for these tooled wraps since the braid covers the gap that's hard to close up.

You got it Longceuise, I skived the top and bottom of the handle to make a smoother transition. It keeps the handle wrap from feeling so blocky. They an edge bevel and burnish helps round it out a bit more.

Kyle

Here was my first go at the tooled and braided handle wrap I did this fall.

Kyle

Man that is a cool looking stitch pattern on the wrap.... Where did you come up with that one?   Excellent!   

I found it in a video of a lady demonstrating a single lace braid. It's actually pretty easy to do. Next one I do I'll try to get some good pictures of the steps. But here's one picture of in the middle of the braid. It's essentially a normal whip stitch that holds the pieces then a back braid that both tightens it up and decorates.

Kyle

That is an excellent stitch pattern that should hold up very nicely. I've gotta give that a go on my next one piece bow with a leather grip.

Kyle - nicely done, impressive stitching you are doing. Kudos to you for sharing and posting. G

That's some very fine work. I do enjoy looking at a well made/ homemade bow!

Jim