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Offline gmc

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2009, 06:12:15 pm »
The tiller looks spot-on to me. Very nice bow.
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Offline NTProf

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2009, 07:14:20 pm »
Looks great!! What is sweet birch? I have a piece of yellow birch that I am working on at the moment, but I doubt that it will turn out anywhere close to as nice as yours.
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Offline snedeker

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2009, 07:26:28 pm »
Aww, it's just deceptively photogenic.  Like me  Up close, the girls in the office said yukk (about both of us) -- of course they like the nice shiny boo ones I make.

Sweet birch is Betula lenta. Also called black and cherry birch.  Has unmistakably birch leaves with bark sort of like black cherry.  Both yellow birch (B. Allegeniensis grow all over eastern US and are in the low to mid .60s specific gravity range.   

Dave
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2009, 07:59:40 pm »
Looks great! Tiller is excellent. Why do you think you got a chrysal, Dave? Jawge
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Offline snedeker

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2009, 08:51:59 pm »
Theres no reason I can see why a fret is there.  Maybe I'm wrong and its just some crazing in the finish.  I notice the birch doesn't take oil based stain well
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2009, 02:43:59 am »
Sure looks good!
Good tiller, nice finish!
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2009, 10:00:30 am »
Good looking bow, Dave. Don't see anything at all wrong with that.
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Offline zeNBowyer

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2009, 02:37:45 am »
Looks  good to  me:)
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Offline billy

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2009, 10:17:16 am »
beauty!  I also like the burned designs on the belly.....very cool....
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Birch Selfbow - Most Unsightly Bow of the Month
« Reply #24 on: October 29, 2009, 07:09:46 pm »
Looks mighty good to me too. I like it. God Bless
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