........and then, there was a beginning !!! ........ a pictures heavy thread

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

So, doing some reorganizing, I stumbled upon a bunch of stills of my very first bows.

...Those where the days I had no clue that internet archery sites even existed.

My very first one was a Guava, I pretty much copied my glass longbow, decrowned the back and made a farely flat belly.

I drew it to full draw as soon as it was shaped  ...than pushed the limbs back to strait  did a bit of what might be called tillering but I had no instructions at all.

well it actually sent arows to my targed,..I was quite amazed by that    i did feel a great sense of pride in the accomplishment, and I think I was hooked 


The tiller was amazingly quite even,  but most of the bend was at midlimbs

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

At the time I was reading Pope's book, so I started my second with a bit more of a clue 


Here the first is shown with the second in the works, ...and those where the tools I was using in the beginning

[adb]

Hey, Manny... very cool! How long ago was this?

[cowboy]

Looks like you were doing pretty good Manny, for someone who didn't know what he was doing .

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Thanks, this was november 2004.

thanks cowboy, but I was just lucky 


My 2nd was a Bamboo backed Eucalyptus,....got the bamboo strips out of one of my window blinds 

[burn em up chuck]

very cool, wish i had recorded my beginnings !

                                                             chuck

[Aosda]

I don't think my 10th(when I get to it) will look that good.

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

thanks fellas.



......by the time I got to my 3rd bow I did quite a bit of reading of TBB I, so I had a much better idea of what had to be done.

There was a mention on TBB I that folks new to the craft should stay away from caracter bows,..so of course I had to make a Guava with some caracter 

[Illuminati]

holy crap that last one looks really nice

[OldBow]

Holy Crap - they all look pretty nice!

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Thanks 

My 4th bow was the first I felt good to take hunting, it rewarded me with 2 mongoose the first day and a pig the next,...now I was really hooked

[Nightmyth]

Nomadic, you're work is always impressive. Good job brother.

[George Tsoukalas]

Good job, Manny. I kept my early bows, LOL, the ones that survived anyway. The ones that didn't are in the garden. Your bows look better than mine. Jawge

[bigcountry]

And then finally manny got a haircut and a shirt.   I really respect your bows, and the fact you went out and tried bow woods that no one else has tried. 

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

yeah, had to start wearing a shirt once I started posting bows on the internet