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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2011, 12:17:28 am »
"the one thing i cant do very well, is make bows"

Thats a big bunch of bs aero. I've seen a couple great bows you've made on here. My favorite style in fact.
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline seabass

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2011, 12:38:35 am »
that is one nice bow rack buddy.i have three by Ryan Gill (twisted limbs) and they are all great shooters.i am having one made right now by Tim Ott (timo).i can't wait for this one.he is a true craftsman.maybe one day i can get PatB and Pappy to make me one.i am going to try and butter them up at the classic this year.i am going down to try and learn for myself.if i can learn from those guys i'll be for the bow swap for sure.lots of talent on this site.hopefully one day i can be as talented as you guys,steve
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Offline okiecountryboy

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #17 on: February 14, 2011, 01:03:30 am »
Half Eye
I think that it is perfect that you started this thread. You sent me a couple of bows, one finished that i posted with all congrats to you, and one unfinished. Both high quality. I'm not sure, but I believe you were seeing the frustration that I was going through in my posts. You sent me a PM and not much later...a couple of fine sticks in the mail. You put be back on track. Not to mention the wealth of knowledge (don't want to hear any modesty now) I gleaned from our conversations.
What i am trying to say is that you and many others on this site have been very patient and gracious to so many of us newbies....We know who we are ;D ::) ;D.

Anyway, THANKS to all! PA, and it's members, are the best!

Ron
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2011, 02:03:53 am »
I'd be interested in the bow swap. I'm in one on TradGang now. The trick is giving enough time for folks to fit it in to their lives. On TradGang we have from January until July 9. Plenty of time to screw one up and still get her done.  ;D
  Rich, I am amazed at the good bowyers that are out and about these days. You can hardly swing a stave without hitting one.  ::)  The quality of the bows, and bows from newbies, is incredible!  When I started building wood bows the occasional article in Field & Stream or Bow Hunting and later Traditional Bowhunter that got the juices flowing. Then I found Jay Massey's The Bowyers Craft and the fire was lit.I remember getting excited about an ad in Traditional Bowhunter for an upstart magazine called "The Primitive Archer". I sent a check for a subscription that day. It was months before the premiere edition came out but I knew I wanted to get involved. I still have, and reread every one.  The history of todays archery through Primitive Archer's eyes is a capsulation of some pretty dramatic changes in archery...and all of us are a part of it!!! 8)
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline DEllis

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #19 on: February 14, 2011, 02:11:43 am »
I'd be into a swap as well.......but would need plenty of time to get a stave ready........like, several months for sure :-\.
There sure are a bunch of talented guys on here.
Darcy :)
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2011, 02:16:58 am »
I'd be into a swap as well.......but would need plenty of time to get a stave ready........like, several months for sure :-\.
There sure are a bunch of talented guys on here.
Darcy :)

Given time, I would be in.

Bevan
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Offline NTD

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #21 on: February 14, 2011, 02:33:03 am »
Nice collection of bows Half Eye!

I'd be in for a swap but would need a few months as well. 
Nate Danforth

Offline SA

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2011, 02:46:13 am »
bow swap sounds good ,im in..there are some very talented craftsmen on here.
Shawn Acker

Offline fishfinder401

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2011, 02:57:18 am »
I HAVE A GREAT IDEA, INSTEAD OF A BOW SWAP, EVERYONE COULD MAKE SOME AND SEND THEM TO ME >:D NOW DOESN'T THAT SOUND FUN


Ps: if anyone takes this seriously i wouldn't mind ;D
warbows and fishing, what else is there to do?
modern technology only takes you so far, remove electricity and then what

Offline 1776J

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2011, 03:35:35 am »
1776,
     That first static recurve is a hickory self bow by Ken 75....screamin butt fast and smooth as silk.
rich

Hickory?  Looks great.
Looks like a really sweet little toothpick! ;D

Offline hillbilly61

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #25 on: February 14, 2011, 09:06:26 am »
Well Pat. Looks like ya need to start a new thread asking who would be in for a swap. I  think we already know the answer to that ;) ;D
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  My God, in Him I will trust."  Psalm 91:2

Offline ohma

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #26 on: February 14, 2011, 03:45:50 pm »
sounds great, count me in on a swap.i have lefts and rights  ready to go.
if your not dead you are getting older so get out and shoot some arrows.

Offline Mark Anderson

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2011, 04:18:18 pm »
I'm all in for a bow swap!!! Got me some nice elm ready to go!
Mark
"Mommy some guys just don't know how to shoot REAL bows so they have to buy them, probably at Walmart and they have wheels on them."  Caedmon Anderson (4yrs)

Offline fishfinder401

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #28 on: February 14, 2011, 06:48:01 pm »
i would do the bow swap, but i only have 2 bows and they are my first so they are special, when do you think it would be happening? ???
warbows and fishing, what else is there to do?
modern technology only takes you so far, remove electricity and then what

Offline Bevan R.

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Re: Quality Bowyery from PA Members..........
« Reply #29 on: February 14, 2011, 06:50:05 pm »
i would do the bow swap, but i only have 2 bows and they are my first so they are special, when do you think it would be happening? ???

There is a new thread "Primitive Archer Bow Trade" and there is discussion on the date and other questions going on there.

Bevan
Bowmakers are a little bent, but knappers are just plain flaky.