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Dustybaer

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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2007, 10:16:19 am »
beautiful bow, gordon (as always  ;D ).  i particularly like the red accents on your wraps
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Offline 1/2primitive

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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2007, 10:27:38 am »
Wow! You did a great job on that! I've always wanted to try a bamboo backed bow.
       Sean
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Offline 1/2primitive

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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2007, 10:28:41 am »
Because bamboo is amazing stuff, right? ;D
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2007, 10:48:55 am »
Thats just not right.  1st yew bow , 1st backed bow = perfection.
 Gordon are you sure your not an alien.
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #19 on: April 21, 2007, 12:09:35 pm »
   Gordon your skills are incredible!! Your bows are always a work of art no matter what style or type of wood. The color of the boo and horn tips is a great contrast and the profile is perfect. It just dosen't get much better than that.  Few people use boo and yew together yet I've found it to be a very good combination. One of the fastest and best shooting bows that I have made was a boo backed yew.   Congratulations, Im sure that going to be a strong contender for the BOM.    Keenan
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #20 on: April 21, 2007, 12:17:50 pm »
Good Grief - I thought voting wasn't until the end of April.  What a fine bow! Looking forward to seeing it again for April Backed Bow of the Month
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Offline AndrewS

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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2007, 05:36:23 pm »
It is not only the bo, that is amazing :)
For me it is the bow, that is amazing, may be the bo a little bit ;)
Congratulation for this fine and outstanding work.
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2007, 01:07:07 pm »
Thank you all for the compliments.

Keenan, I think you give me more credit than I deserve, but thank you.

BTW several persons have asked me how I stained the bamboo. I used a light brown leather dye for that.

Thanks again.
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2007, 03:52:58 pm »
Looks beautiful! Yep, isn't it amazing how much power that backing has when applied under tension! Nice work...

dan
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2007, 03:59:02 pm »
Truly another beauty, Gordon. Looks like your experience with the selfbows stood you in good stead with the laminated. I also love Bamboo (will someday use it in making a bow, I hope) and have it in about 3 of my personal bows of different types. Another great looking FD pic too - "Wooosh" (the sound of me lifting a FD pic - LOL)

(It's posted on my TBD pages now.)

(Why, oh why, did he have to pick April to try his first Laminated bow??? -  ;))
« Last Edit: April 22, 2007, 10:14:00 pm by ber643 »
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2007, 05:02:24 pm »
Great Gordon, you are setting some truly high standards out there to follow, both on selfbows and backed ones, your attention for details  is outstanding
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2007, 10:58:58 pm »
Thank you Manny. That means a lot coming from you.

Bernie, what is the address of your web site again? I'd like to look at some of the bows you have posted.
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2007, 11:59:25 pm »
Ah - my pleasure, Gordon - I love visitors to the site. Just click on the TBD section in the menu (and the other sections too, from time to time -  ;))

http://residents.bowhunting.net/bsdunn/index.htm
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #28 on: April 23, 2007, 07:53:18 am »

hi gordon!  -  hey almost didn't recognize you: what happened to the bavarian hat?? well, i got the idea it could be you from the beauty of that bow!!
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Re: Bamboo backed Yew bow w/pics
« Reply #29 on: April 23, 2007, 08:18:18 am »
Very nice Gordon as usually,you do some fine work. :)
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