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Offline straightarrow

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2010, 01:05:54 am »
Great job and congratulations!!! A character bow will teach you a ton. You must have done your homework. My first shooter was a character osage bow and it really taught me ....thanks to the TBB 4 and this web site. A straight stave will be a piece of cake now. Osage is tuff on the body and tuff on tools. You will see other woods are a lot easier to work with....but its hard to beat the durabilty of osage. The stuff makes a great bow....Again CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2010, 01:33:27 am »
VERY impressive for your first bow. Good job!
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2010, 03:14:52 am »
I love the straight as a ruler side profile!
Great first bow!
Welcome to the addiction!
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Re: My first bow
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2010, 06:14:24 am »
Very nice job on you first,congrats. :) Wished my first looked like that. :)
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Offline Steve Milbocker

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2010, 08:01:31 am »
Thank you all. This is a great site, I'm happy to be here. Marc,it doesn't shoot as well as the black locust you made for me. It's a little on the shockey side by comparison.
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Re: My first bow
« Reply #20 on: August 26, 2010, 09:55:20 am »
awesome!
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Offline ohma

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #21 on: August 26, 2010, 10:30:05 am »
very nice work there steve. you couldnt have picked a better tutor than Gary, he is a class act.as many on this site are.
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Offline youngbowyer33

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #22 on: August 26, 2010, 02:12:02 pm »
beginner's luck ;) excellent job!
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Offline Josh

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #23 on: August 26, 2010, 02:16:42 pm »
If it has too much handshock for ya you could always take a little more off the tips to reduce mass there.  Anything past the string grooves is just dead weight. You could probably narrow them a little more too if you wanted.  Both will reduce the handshock you feel.  Once again VERY nice first bow.   :)
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Offline Steve Milbocker

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #24 on: August 26, 2010, 02:46:46 pm »
Josh, I'll probably just live with this one,but I'll do differently next time ;) I wondered if the antler overlays being heavier than wood was a contributing factor? Oh well, I'll always be in pursuit of the best shooter.
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Re: My first bow
« Reply #25 on: August 26, 2010, 02:59:36 pm »
LOL welcome to the addiction.  ;D
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Offline Stingray45

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #26 on: August 26, 2010, 05:32:05 pm »
Real nice bow. Great looking tiller!
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Offline Parnell

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #27 on: August 27, 2010, 11:39:37 am »
That's your first?!  Wow!
I can hardly wait to see number 20 or so!  Congratulations, and welcome, as well.

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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #28 on: August 27, 2010, 03:17:34 pm »
Steve
I am glad to to see you finished your bow , also glad to see you on here!
Life must be good for ya !!
Did you go to cloverdale this year ? I did not make it down there. maybe I will see you next year ! And yes It like cheating to have Gary teaching you But many have had that opertunity and failed to take it so its realy their loss not ours! And as Gary now says its all in the video ! Good job keep it up see ya !
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Offline Steve Milbocker

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #29 on: August 31, 2010, 08:39:57 pm »








Well I finally finished it up. I took Josh's advice and reduced the tips a bunch, it shoots much better. I thought I'd post a couple of pictures with the grip installed. Once again thank you all for your compliments. By the way, I finished the bow with Teak oil  after the modifications were made. That is a nice finish to work with.
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