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Offline Pappy

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2009, 06:54:10 am »
Very simple and cool bow,very well done. :)
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Offline Dane

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2009, 07:36:03 am »
Thanks, Frank and Pappy. I appreciate it.

You know, this was probably the most fun bow I've attempted to date. Maybe I had less expectations with so many challenges in that sapling, and as the bow formed, it became really exciting.

Time to start a new bow!

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Greenfield, Western Massachusetts

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2009, 08:50:36 am »
Now that had to be a challenge! Great looking bow, very nice work! :)
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Offline cheapshot

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2009, 09:01:51 am »
Very cool bow. I never would have seen a bow in a piece of wood like that. very impressive.

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2009, 10:07:46 am »
Very nice! That camera makes it look like osage in the 2nd pic ;D
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2009, 10:32:58 am »
Congratulations on an outstanding bow! Jawge
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Offline venisonburger

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #21 on: February 16, 2009, 09:42:13 pm »
Thats a neat bow, you really got a nice tiller out of it considering the knots and snakey nature of it.
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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #22 on: February 17, 2009, 12:04:08 am »
A very nice bow  out of a challenging piece of wood.  Always wanted to make a bow out of a maple sapliing.  Have inlaws in NH so may get a chance to  one day.

Offline Dane

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #23 on: February 17, 2009, 07:11:20 am »
Thanks Greg, Jawge, Tracy, Cheapshot, VB, and xin. I do feel like I reached a milestone with this bow. Tracy, it is magical, how it became Osage for that one shot! :) I wonder if I can make it yew next time?

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #24 on: February 17, 2009, 07:37:53 am »
damn nice bow man! and a real challenging looking stave too, congrats!

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Re: Maple Sapling Bow - my first
« Reply #25 on: February 17, 2009, 07:50:07 am »
Finnish, thanks man. I appreciate that. It will be a good day thanks to you.

Dane
Greenfield, Western Massachusetts