Bamboo backed wooden bows

Beautiful Dave, I had never even thought to make a weapon, how do they shoot? I use to love shooting bows when I was a kid. Very nice work.

-- Cheers

these are beautiful.
Rick bow hunts and we’ve been talking about getting me a bow so that we could have target shooting competitions in the backyard = he has to hit the centre of the target and I just have to hit the bale of straw that the target is attached to.

Again, these look very very lovely

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very Interesting. What is the Massaranduba like? Is it hard or soft like California redwood? I assume it is compleatly different.

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waaaay coooool!

Thanks for posting. I would love to see you blog a story of how you make a bow from start to finish with photos if you want to do it.

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

Thanks,

They both shoot great, with the right arrows. The shorter one is a bit stronger shoots a little faster.

Massaranduba is much like ipe VERY hard and dense.

I took some pictures of the process as I built the last one. Maybe I’ll blog it. Although to be honest there are a some well done how to videos already out there for those interested in trying this.

Dave.

-- Dave.

I have been wanting to make a bow myself. Great work!

Theses are awsome. Does anyone know where i can find resources and info on bow making?

-- Mateo

Here are a couple of great places to start:

http://leatherwall.bowsite.com/TF/lw/THREADSx2.CFM
http://www.bowyersedge.com/

-- Dave.