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Offline loefflerchuck

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sinew backed juniper with eyes
« on: July 05, 2010, 04:40:25 pm »
  Cool piece of Utah juniper. the wood had knot holes that just came right out leaving sound wood to work with. 2 layers of elk sinew with a pine pitch finish. Brain tanned deer handle with juniper bark cordage. 3 ply sinew string. 45" bow pulls 46# at 23" and shot a 21.2 gram alder foreshafted cane arrow 189 yards

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Offline youngbowyer33

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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2010, 04:42:04 pm »
thats killer!great job!
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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2010, 04:46:00 pm »
Nice primitive bow. Sharp!!
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Offline Postman

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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2010, 06:42:19 pm »
Wow- great job working with those knots!
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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2010, 07:10:54 pm »
spooky...it's watching me as I move around the room.
Great bow.
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Offline gmc

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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2010, 07:20:21 pm »
Boy, that's extreme. Well done.
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Offline hammertime

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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2010, 07:22:17 pm »
very primitive very cool! tiller looks great well done .Hammertime
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Offline Pat B

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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2010, 08:42:45 pm »
Very cool little bow!  8)  Well done!
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2010, 08:52:55 pm »
Nice bow.  It reminds me of the ones that Ed Scott makes.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2010, 09:04:46 pm »
Very nice bow! Jawge
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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2010, 06:14:03 am »
Sweet bow,I like that a lot. :)
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2010, 08:13:59 am »
Sweet little bow.
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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2010, 10:58:13 am »
very nice bow man!   :) 
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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2010, 11:11:18 am »
Awesome bow!
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Offline Barrage

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Re: sinew backed juniper with eyes
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2010, 12:55:39 pm »
My oh my, that is just gorgeous!! :)
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