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Offline bowmo

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Bamboo back bamboo belly...(WITH FULL DRAW PIC)
« on: February 26, 2007, 04:05:39 pm »
Just about done with this one. Bamboo back with an osage core that has a thin redheart stripe in it and a bamboo belly. Redheart underlays and sheep hoof, red heart, and yew tip overlays. Yew and redheart handle. The bamboo back is covered with rattlesnake skins. 64" long, 56# at 28". Made this one for a guy who posts over on another site. Almost going to be hard to send this one off. A darn good bow.

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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2007, 04:07:17 pm »
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2007, 04:28:00 pm »
that's really beautiful and well done.  I have always wanted to do one of those.

Davce
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2007, 04:46:06 pm »
That is pretty.  Does the boo taper away at the fades?   How about at the tips were the redheart starts.  Justin
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2007, 05:12:13 pm »
Thanks!

If you look you can see that the bamboo on the belly tapers into nothing in the fades. At the tips I belt sanded through the bamboo and into the osage a bit before I glued on the redheart, so it laps over the last 1" of the bamboo and onto the osage core.

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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2007, 06:06:58 pm »
Holy COW! What a good lookin' bow! How well does she shoot?
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2007, 07:17:47 pm »
That is what it looked like, I just wanted to make sure.  Is the boo at the fades tapered from the inside (belly) and the outside (back) of the piece?  Did you pre-tiller each piece?  Justin
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2007, 07:26:45 pm »
 Another one to purrrty to take into the woods  Great!   Ridge
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2007, 09:56:46 pm »
Dan, that is a great looking bow.
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2007, 12:36:04 am »
My, my your bows just keep getting better and better. That one's some real eye candy!
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2007, 12:50:56 am »
Thanks!

She shoots great...sweet in the hand and packs a real wallop!

The bamboo is tapered from the outside of the piece in the fades...it cuts through the power fibers but it's in a non bending area so it doesn't matter... Ya, I definitely pre tiller each piece. I just held them in my hand and flexed them though...

dan
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2007, 09:10:30 am »
Beautiful as always bowmo.
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2007, 03:53:03 pm »
Thanks! :)
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2007, 04:35:10 pm »
that is quite a peace of work,...an all other level there :), great attention to details
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Re: Bamboo back bamboo belly...(pics)
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2007, 08:43:52 pm »
Absolutely gorgeous. Such nice lines. How about sharing with us a photo at full draw? -OldBow
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