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Offline koan

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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #30 on: December 27, 2008, 01:43:59 am »
Just keep comin back to this one...cant believe you got that out of an oak board :o....Brian
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #31 on: December 27, 2008, 11:41:31 pm »
I forgot to post pictures of the recurves and the string grooves running along them. I'm slow on pictures, so yes, it took this long for me to get them. :P :D
The grooves are also on the original.
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #32 on: December 27, 2008, 11:45:25 pm »
Sean, what kinda string is that? Dont look like B-50...Brian
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #33 on: December 27, 2008, 11:49:21 pm »
It is B-50, but it's a little old. It fits better with the bow. ;D

PK, I've been feeling a bit under the weather recently, so I've not been shooting. I'll get some up when I get back to it.
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #34 on: December 28, 2008, 01:10:59 am »
Thats Ok, get feeling better, real nice bow, its enough work just to show pictures.Phillip

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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #35 on: December 28, 2008, 06:47:31 pm »
Thats the coolest boiled oak board Ive ever seen! Congrats,you rock!
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #36 on: December 31, 2008, 05:14:25 pm »
Shoot that one could rate # 1 in the 8 coolest bows I've ever seen. Way COOL! Thanks for showin it.

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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #37 on: January 01, 2009, 12:51:40 am »
HEy Sean,

I definitely agree with everyone, that bow is sweet!!  I really like the look of that red oak, man, well done.  Is that thing backed or no?  It sure doesn't look like it is.  I'll have to start looking at making a red oak bow of my own after seeing that one.  Great job!  Now take that bad boy out and kill something with it!
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #38 on: January 01, 2009, 04:02:11 am »
Wow, your pushing the limits of that board right there.....Great job. Would'nt have thought it would have made it with no backing.... ;D Again, Great job Sean.  ;)
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #39 on: January 01, 2009, 01:19:25 pm »
For some reason I missed this one.....until I saw it on the BOM list.  Great Bow!
(I will not admit that I voted for your bow.....besides, I don't want to sway anyone else's vote...so don't ask....I will never admit it... ;D)
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #40 on: January 02, 2009, 07:55:35 am »
same here.  just found it and i'm deeply impressed.  beautiful bow.  love the lines.

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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #41 on: January 02, 2009, 04:40:35 pm »
Sean,

Congratulations on a very nice oak "paddle" bow. I love this style bow. I am particularly impressed with the boiled & bent recurves, nock & string groove.

How thick is the handle? The diagram in TBB1 (p178) shows 15/16" thick, but all the 1x3 oak boards I have seen are only 3/4" thick.

Dave

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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #42 on: January 03, 2009, 11:51:53 pm »
Great looking bow! I am new to bow building, but that is one of the nicer bows that I have seen. Hard to believe it started out as an oak board. Beautiful.
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #43 on: January 04, 2009, 11:36:16 pm »
Thanks again guys. ;D

Billy- no, I didn't back it, I don't like to wait for any glue to dry, so that inclines me to be more creative with my self bows. :D

Woodbear- I made it thinner at the handle, just enough to get it to bend some. I couldn't see making the handle that wide and not having it bend at all, lol.
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Re: West coast replica flatbow
« Reply #44 on: January 05, 2009, 03:42:41 pm »
Howdy Mr. 1/2Prim.,

Many congrats on this eye catching weapon - Cool.  (I can imagine you watching mouths drop open when you walk into a local archery shop with that!!)

Thanks for the close up shots of the recurved tips and the string grove.  I'm wondering if you would post a picture or two of the form you used.  And/or, could you include a few more words (details) on how you went about making the recurses?

Did you have the bow nearly completed (tillered) before you bent the tips?  (If so, what was the draw weight at full draw before recurving?)  Or, at what stage of the game were you when you did the re-curving? 

Thank you for sharing,
Canoe

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