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Offline Jmilbrandt

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My first two bows
« on: March 10, 2009, 07:20:25 pm »
My first two bows. The Osage bow was my first and pulls 40 pounds at 28" and is reflexed just over two inches when unstrung. The Yew bow is my second and pulls 60 pounds at 28" and is reflexed one inch when unstrung. Both are spliced at the handle and are made out of two sets of billets I bought for just twenty dollars. :) I actually got five sets of perfect osage and yew for fifty dollars. If you see anything wrong with any either of these bows feel free to let me know I want to know if i'm doing something wrong.

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Offline El Destructo

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2009, 07:29:52 pm »
Nice Bow Jim.....I wish that I could say that my first two Bows I made looked like them.....hell I wish I could say my 11th and 12th Bows looked like them............ ;D
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Offline Kegan

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2009, 07:47:22 pm »
I agree with El Destructo- nice! Only thing I can see is the tips, you could make them a bit sleeker, or more rounded. Beyond that, I can't see anythign wrong.
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Offline Ryano

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2009, 07:50:03 pm »
I second Kegan's comment. They look great for your first couple bows.
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2009, 08:06:19 pm »
Yeah the tips were the only things I didn't really like on those bows but being my first I was a little scared to do anything more to them. My tips now are much narrower and rounded. Thanks for the comments.
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Offline Timo

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2009, 10:15:07 pm »
Very nice bow!
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Offline Pat B

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2009, 10:55:42 pm »
You did a great job on both bows. Looking forward to seeing future work. 8)
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Offline OldBow

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2009, 11:31:55 am »
Ditto and both bows are bookmarked for March Self BOM fun.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2009, 11:47:49 am »
Same as the rest ,wish my first turned out that nice.Keep up the good work. :) Great to
see you young guys starting out early in life and turning out such work. :)

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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2009, 11:56:57 am »
Great job! Well done. Jawge
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Offline DanaM

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2009, 12:05:38 pm »
Good work, if the first two are that nice, I can't wait to see the 3rd :)
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Offline Keenan

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2009, 12:58:53 pm »
Very nice. You show some great skill for your first bows. What are the lengths of the bows?
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2009, 01:19:03 pm »
Excellent job, they look great! :)
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: My first two bows
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2009, 05:05:04 pm »
Thanks for all the great comments. Good to know I'm doing something right. :) I guess I forgot the ntn measurements though so here they are the osage is 63" ntn and the yew is 67" ntn.
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