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Offline Gordon

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #30 on: December 17, 2009, 05:31:32 pm »
If you make bows then you are a bowyer. How proficient a bowyer you are is another matter.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #31 on: December 17, 2009, 06:59:21 pm »
Quote from: Gordon on December 17, 2009, 05:31:32 pm
If you make bows then you are a bowyer. How proficient a bowyer you are is another matter.

I think there is no other interpretation possible.

If you play a note on a piano, than you are A piano player (at that moment), still long way to go to the Rachmaninoff etudes or the Köln Concert...
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #32 on: December 17, 2009, 07:48:47 pm »
"Who is Marion Webster and what does she know about it?"
Wasn't she Robin Hood's girl friend? :) Jawge
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Offline Dano

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #33 on: December 17, 2009, 07:54:13 pm »
That was her maiden name Jawge  ;D
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #34 on: December 17, 2009, 08:52:47 pm »
I can play "Three blind mice" on a piano...but I'm not a pianist
I can sing "Fishing in the dark"...but I'm not a singer
I can service my truck... but I'm no mechanic
I can even build a dog house, a brick one if I wanted...but I'm not a.........well, you know what I mean  ;D
 
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Offline Jesse

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #35 on: December 17, 2009, 09:27:14 pm »
Quote from: Saw Filer on December 17, 2009, 08:52:47 pm
I can play "Three blind mice" on a piano...but I'm not a pianist
I can sing "Fishing in the dark"...but I'm not a singer
I can service my truck... but I'm no mechanic
I can even build a dog house, a brick one if I wanted...but I'm not a.........well, you know what I mean  ;D
 
So your saying it must be your profession?  I have a drum set that I'm trying to learn and I admit I am not a very good drummer but I am still a drummer.   
I really dont care what the label is. Even a guy that makes crapy kids f/g bows for a living would be called a bowyer when he wouldnt have half the skills of someone considered an amateur bowyer with all wood. I consider myself a hobby or amateur bowyer. Its what you do that gives you the title not what you've done once. If you make bows and thats what your into then you are a bowyer just like if you love biking and do it all the time your a cyclist and so on. It's not like being a doctor where you need to meet qualifications or pass a test. There is no such thing for being a bowyer. If you make bows and thats your thing then you are a bowyer good one or not. Fact is a relatively new guy in this hobby can make a bow that rivals the old timers with all the improved info available to them.  Just had to make a stink ;D I really dont care one way or the other.   If you aren't  a bowyer Badger then they are a mythical creature ;D
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Offline El Destructo

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #36 on: December 17, 2009, 09:40:43 pm »
Quote from: Rod on December 17, 2009, 12:12:38 pm
You can call yourself anything you want, it won't make it so.

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                                                 My Wife has different Names for it though........ :P
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Offline woodstick

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #37 on: December 17, 2009, 09:46:16 pm »
i dont think iam i just make bows, i was told when you sell your first one. to each thier own.
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #38 on: December 17, 2009, 10:28:20 pm »
Make all the stinks you want Jesse. I can't smell 'em from here anyway ;D
 "To each his own" ;)
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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #39 on: December 17, 2009, 10:53:37 pm »
My Son has been drumming for 20 years.... He can play Drums as good as Peter Criss........Does that mean he's a drummer??....His Trade is Chemical Engineering....Thats His Job....

I build Bows and Knives...thats my Hobby....but I am a Crane Operator....not a Bowyer.......

I Scrape and Bend Wood to the Point where it Bends...and hope it doesn't break....I am a Wood Butcher....not a Bowyer


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Offline Traxx

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #40 on: December 18, 2009, 12:13:52 am »
My old Grandad used ta say,"A good hand is the one who can recognize a wreck before it happens and avoid it".
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Offline Dano

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #41 on: December 18, 2009, 12:29:52 am »
A bowyer= the guy that gets paid the big bucks. ;D
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Offline Gordon

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #42 on: December 18, 2009, 02:38:25 am »
bow·yer  (bō'yər)   
n. 
One who makes or sells bows for archery.

If you are good at making bows, then you are a good bowyer.

If you make bows for a living, then you are a professional bowyer.

If you are new to the craft, then you are a novice bowyer.

If you have staves parked in your garage for years but have yet to finish a bow, then you are a wanabe bowyer.

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Offline Del the cat

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #43 on: December 18, 2009, 06:56:32 am »
Quote from: Badger on December 17, 2009, 03:27:39 pm
Del, I know individuals who can lay tile at home for instance and do a great job, but it might take them 5 times as long as a pro tile setter, the results might be the same. Same way with a bowyer, an experienced bowyer may take 4 hours to do what takes a less experienced bowyer 20 hours. results may be the same. Steve
Ha, but conversely, when I had all my windows done, a proffesional fitter opened up a window to convert it to a patio door, but didn't cement or seal underneath it and it's just taken a month to get the mice out of the room!
I'd rather have a bow made slowly with love by one of you guys (most of whom I'd call bowyers) than one cranked out en masse in a workshop.
Anyhow it was meant to be a joke, based on the care we all lavish on our creations.
That's still a good list.

Del
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: WHEN CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A BOWYER
« Reply #44 on: December 18, 2009, 09:03:27 am »
Quote from: Gordon on December 18, 2009, 02:38:25 am
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If you have staves parked in your garage for years but have yet to finish a bow, then you are a wanabe bowyer.



So, everytime AFTER finishing one we become a wanabe bowyer again, right???  ;D ;D ;D

It's interesting to see how different all the perspectives seem to be, personally I think it's true as Gordon says!
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