Home made sinew backed juniper bow

[damoc]

I built this about 6 years ago from juniper and sinew backed to increase performance and prevent breakage.Juniper is very knoty and sluggish so the sinew backing makes a big difference even this light coating

 

[Armored farmer]

Beautiful bow. Congrats.
Beautiful country in the background.
<<Fellow traditional shooter here.

 

[damoc]

Im going to re upload this vid the audio is out of synch again

 

[damoc]

I got the audio fixed.

 

[WestKentucky]

Seriously cool bow. I want to build a primitive bow but have never gotten around to doing it. What is the string material?

 

[damoc]

Seriously cool bow. I want to build a primitive bow but have never gotten around to doing it. What is the string material?

The string material is polyester yes I am cheating on the string sinew would be a good natural string but most of the strings I used back in Australia were twisted rawhide. This is how I made the polyester string Paracord could be used this way as well or on its own for a lighter survival bow.

 

[LoonWulf]

Very nice! I've never gotten around to a true "stick and string bow"
This made me smile, I'm just getting back into shooting traditional and working on bows.
Closest I've come to a real traditional tho is a red oak board bow 5 or 6 years ago. I just twisted up a new 12 strand 452x string for my takedown, but it's not what I'd call a real stick bow.

 

[theotherwaldo]

I'd never thought of using juniper - it's just too full of knots.
My only long bow is red oak with a canvas back that pulls at fifty pounds.
I need to get it out more often... .

 

[Mullo98]

Nice bow, have you made others before and after this one?

 

[damoc]

Nice bow, have you made others before and after this one?

Made many before and only a couple after I need to keep it up.