one of my latest

[canid]

yeah; i'd like to see that stave too. i only get to work wth board lumber at the moment.

[Gray Wolf]

Real nice work Canid!!!

[trax]

Yep, what GW said, very impressive canid.

[MANABA]

Very nice bows, I wish I had the patience to make them. I do have a compound that I use quite often (although its extremely old). But, I always prefer thing I make with my hands better even if they dont always function as well. But again excellent work keep it up, might be able to make a few extra bucks off a hobby that you are great at.

[pgvoutdoors]

Thanks Candid - The stave looks OK but is bowed a bit (concave on the bark side) but straight. No splits or blemishes. The weather here in northeast Ohio during the Winter is cold and dry. Like I said, I've kept it indoors over the past year. I plan to doing something with it by Spring.

I'll take a picture of it so you can see what it looks like.

[canid]

that's a good direction to have it bowed. if it's straight and there's no significant twist, your bow might be fine just the way you lay it out.

[pgvoutdoors]

I forgot to take a picture of it but I will. It seems straight and not twisted at all.

[canid]

here's some more of what i'm working on atm:

the two matched shafts @ top are going to be a wall mounted display for allen [the kid the small bow was given to]. it's going to have the olive cock, and black hen feathers. i'll probably finish it out with a couple more matched shafts with field points before all is said and done.

i found a geat local supplier for fletching materials, and various small fur peices of many different animals, natural and dyed, in a fly-fishing shop in town. the owner is friendly, and offered to make special orders from one of his distributors, and give a bulk discount if i need it.

i'm putting carribou fur silencers on my strings now, and a short-haired soft mole fur on the arrow pass/shelf of my favorite bow.

the knife is probably going to a friend in china who is well missed back home.

[crashdive123]

Thanks for the pics. Beer bottle tips?

[canid]

nah, those'ns are obsidian from glass buttes oregon and somewhere near paradise ca.

[canid]

the white one is porcelain from an old sink i found along a roadside [i have another knife made from that aswell].

the obsidian ones at the middle right are two of my first attempts at yahi/ishi points.

the two small ones at bottom are for a pair of ear rings for my neighbor.

[crashdive123]

Nice work.

[welderguy]

Wow canid, Nice knapping there. nice pic's thanks

[Arsey]

Can I ask, how long does it take you to make a bow like the first one you kindly showed us?

[canid]

well, slow and sporadic working aside, i've invested about 8 hours into that bow of actual work at a best guess.

with bows i make for others, i put a couple more into cosmetic care and aesthetics.

[Gray Wolf]

Very nice work canid.

[canid]

i'm especially liking this little knife, but as usual [in line with my luck] i have the back edge straight as a razor, and had a bit more trouble with the blade edge, so it waves a bit.

i with i had some bigger spalls left.

[vthompson]

Nice job, a beautiful piece of work. You definately have a talent.

[hoosierarcher]

Really nice work purdy bow!
Although useless for me as I have a 29" minimum draw length. If my legs were the length Leonardo DeVinci says the are correct for me I'd be 4" taller because I am 6'1"; but finger tip to finger tip I am 6'5" I wear the same sleeve length shirt as my best friend who is 6'6". That's why my draw length is that long. When I was training for the Olympics back in my youth and using the under the chin anchor I had to use full length arrows from uncut aluminium as I drew 34". I started to build my first selfbow and used the draw length times 2 plus 6 inches for the length formula I read somewhere. A 66" bow is actually what I built. Broke after 10 arrows; but dadgum it drew smoooooooooth.

[canid]

i draw between 28 and 29" at a comfortable full draw, but this is not that sort of bow. every archer who plans ever to hunt should be encouraged to practice drawing short, as many hunting situations will not allow a full draw shot. this bow is for hunting, and it's made to be a shorter draw bow so that i am used to drawing it that way consistently.