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The Fred Flinstonish
« on: June 29, 2010, 02:59:55 pm »
Finished The Juniper Short Bow.Not a BOM.
Gotter at about 32#@20" 45" NTN
Put 2 Coarses of white tail Sinew,1st with Hide Glue and the 2nd with TB2.
This Wood has been a toghy to work with ,kept wanting to go back to it's natural state.
I used this side of the branch for practice, it is the deflexed.
Gonna use the reflexed side for a Gordon style Bow (l Like his Bows a Lot)
Anyway I painted the Bow with Acrylic trying to keep the colors earthy.
I coated the Bow with Mod Podge, kinda unorthodox but after it cures it seems to be pretty tough ( don't recomend it for a replacement finish) but I'm always tryin somethin different.
I might enter this in as a sculptor in a Gallery.
The Arrows and quiver I posted in arrows :)Phillip

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Offline ken75

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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2010, 06:00:07 pm »
nice bow looks like a lotta work !
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Offline hillbilly61

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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2010, 08:04:19 pm »
Nice looking bow. Like the handle and design. The unstrung looks like mine ::) I bet the reflexed will burn um up ;)
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Offline Gordon

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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2010, 02:18:57 am »
Cool bow Philip. Did you put the markings on near the handle? I like the whole package.
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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2010, 06:17:39 am »
Very nice,cool little bow. :)
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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2010, 11:57:25 am »
Thanks Gentlemen, I got a little uneven on the markings and have 2  markings under the grip and signed on the lower fade This is the first juniper to practice on , the next will be more realistic.Phillip
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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2010, 03:02:23 pm »
Very nice, I'm jealous of the variety of native bows in North America.
Although I don't recall ever seeing Fred Flintstone with one, and I'm sure we can take as read the archeological accuracy of the Flintstones? ::).
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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2010, 07:44:17 pm »
Looks like a fine bow.
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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2010, 08:07:33 pm »
That's on clean bow well crafted and perfect tiller.
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Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2010, 09:55:36 pm »
Nice craftsmanship!  Like ur designs too.

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bowkee

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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2010, 11:07:51 pm »
I'm pretty sure the flinstones didn't have bows but I felt like the artist this last couple weeks so figured it couldn't Hurt ;D
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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2010, 12:45:50 am »
very nice bow Phillip!  Glad to see you gettin use outta that white tail sinew!   :)
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Re: The Fred Flinstonish
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2010, 08:01:22 pm »
Thanks Josh, got enough to make 2 backings and a couple strings, sure is tough stuff.
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