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Offline bowralph

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yew self bow
« on: February 23, 2010, 05:43:43 pm »
hi all ,
at first ,i like to appologise for my english .
i´m spying a few months on you ,seeing great craftmanship and art you´ve been an inspiration to me all the time
nevertheless i´d like to show some work of mine
this is a stave wich nearly was decided to be fire wood then it took nearly two years from roughing out to finishing
it is 63 ntn draws 36@28
ralph

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Offline John K

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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2010, 05:47:35 pm »
Great looking bow Ralph ! Lots of character, i like it !
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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2010, 05:55:42 pm »
Very nice!
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2010, 06:00:47 pm »
Beautiful bow   :)
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Offline Josh

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2010, 06:09:54 pm »
wow!!!!!  :o  that is a very nice bow, good save man!
 I love the character  in it!    :)
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Offline OldBow

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2010, 06:27:10 pm »
That is just an excellent character bow! And bookmarked, too, for Feb Self BOM fun.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2010, 06:35:50 pm »
Welcome Ralph. Looks like you will fit right in here at PA.  Beautiful yew character bow.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2010, 06:41:38 pm »
That a very nice bow Ralph!
Nice colour yew; where did you get it from??
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Offline rileyconcrete

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2010, 06:43:48 pm »
Wow! That is awsome, I love it. Good job. Welcome to the message boards!

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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2010, 08:24:40 pm »
Wow! That's  a great bow. Very nicely done. Jawge
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Offline Keenan

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2010, 08:33:44 pm »
Ralph, Welcome to Primitive Archer. That is a very, very nice character bow.  It takes some serious skill to turn out that good of bow from a stave with so much character. I'm very impressed with your work and looking forward to seeing some more of your bows. Congratulations.     Keenan
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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2010, 08:34:46 pm »
 Welcome Ralph. And a great looking, challenge of a bow.
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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2010, 09:10:21 pm »
Nice Job on a Gnarly Piece of Wood! What's Next.......... ;D
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Offline Josh

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2010, 09:32:49 pm »
...do you have a braced picture of the bow?  I would really like to see the brace profile if you have one!  Again, great bow man, lots of talent to make one from that piece of wood.  :)
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: yew self bow
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2010, 09:51:14 pm »
You've done a great job getting a bow out of that piece of Yew.  Well done
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