Heating and tillering

This is my cousin bow Im making. It is a cherokee longbow. I took pictures of this part of the bow making process because it is one of the best parts. I heat the bow over a fire to make it stronger and more rigid and then begin tillering,.There is nothing like seeing the bow bend for the first time.The last picture is of my dog because she is a good dog and posed for the camera.

                                                   Heating fire

                                                    Tillering

                                             Annie my dog

Bow and spear combo

I love this one. It is a bow and spear combo. The bow and spear are stained with ash from my fire. They are beautiful both trimmed with fox fur. The spear has an aged metal tip.

Southwestern tribe Bird bow

This bow is based on the deflexed Southwestern bow with bird tipped arrows with duck feather  fletchings. This was made to fit nicely over my piano.

Apache short bow

This is my Apache short bow I made for my brother Wayne. This one was alot of fun. I took my time building it and it was worth every second. The bow is 38 lbs at 24 inches and is 4 feet tall unstrung. So enjoy these pics and let me know if you want one.

Here we are!!!!!!!!

Well now we are in beautiful Nibley,Utah. There is lots of bow wood here very excited. My latest project is my own idea of what Nephi's bow would have looked like so stay tuned.

Elven Bow and arrow

This is my newest creation. It is a 34 inch Elven short bow with a leather grip trimmed in gold paint. The arrow fletchings are pheasant feather. This is purely decorative but dang awesome.

Fantasy Bow

This is my 74 inch Fantasy bow. It is 30 lbs at 28 inches the knocks and handle are trimmed in gold paint. This is what I think the battle bow of a king should look like.

My first Bamboo

I made my first bamboo. It is a 73.5 inch 25 lbs with a 32 inch draw. The bow is cable backed with artificial sinew. I stained the wood with ebony stain. Right and left handed people can shoot this bow. I love it.

What I have been up to

This is my Assyrian long bow

Here are some pics of the latest bow I have been working on. My next one will be really Awesome but I will post that later.

Kyudo

Once I saw a Kyudo bow I was in love. In case you did not know Kyudo is Japanese archery and it is crazy. This bow is 8 feet tall and looks lopsided but is so neat it almost doesn't fit in the picture.

New bows

I have made two new bows. 1 is a 75 inch 60 lbs monster, I call it the war bow. I wrapped the limbs with leather and used turquose color beading. The other bow is 25 lbs Yuman Indian style bow with the deflexed ends very need bow has a surpising amount of spring.

Tomahawk

I build my first tomahawk hammers. The one on the left is ironwood and the one on the rt is mesquite. They were really fun to build. Next I will try a peace pipe.

Art Short Bow

   This is the new short bow I put on ebay.

    It is 43 inches long. This is an art bow only non functional.

     I love the handle on this bow,it is so soft.

It is made of alder, which is a pretty cool looking wood.

   I really like this one as a decorative piece it really is nice to look at.

Wayne's Bow

This  is my latest creation for my big bro. It is almost done. I have pics of it as a stick and then as a finished bow before it is backed and dressed. More pics will be added to this post. This maple bow is 72 inches.