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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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my old reliable bow
« on: June 26, 2011, 07:42:50 pm »
Well After shooting my new twisty bow i decided to pull my old bow from the last couple years out and shoot it some more. its a few pounds heavier and definitely has more spunk to it. And I am just addicted to it.  after killing a few deer with it, i just cant seem to hang it up.  I just want to keep it in service.  The tiller needed a little adjusting which i did with some heat (no scraping at all) and got in back in 100 percent order.    so here is some pics of that bow....

so I need hald deciding what to do with it.  the finish work is not up to my standards nowadays, lots of tooling marks that never got sanded, tips are all beat up from the rocks  and i would love to see it in "new" condition, all refinished and such.
   
But.. i hate to sand away all that aged color, the color you see it is all natural age darkening which as you know takes years to accomplish that rich color.  I hate to get rid of its aged character that it has served a few years to get.   

so what on earth do i do?  sand it down and make it gorgeous? or  leave it alone and enjoy its "story" with the character, and battle scars that it has?
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Offline Josh

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2011, 07:48:32 pm »
i'd leave it alone if it were mine. 
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2011, 07:54:17 pm »
x2 on leaving it.

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Offline druid

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2011, 07:55:17 pm »
Leave it!!! Good hunt, man...
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Offline Alpinbogen

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2011, 08:07:28 pm »
I'd leave it alone, too.  Those tool marks and battle scars weave a long story that would be erased with a new finish.  In fact, I've got a few like that myself.   :)
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Offline mullet

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2011, 08:15:25 pm »
I'm with the rest of the guys. I still hunt with my favorite osage. It's dark and pretty. The snake skin is scraped on one section and it has a lot of scratches crawling through briars blood trailing, but those are a lot of good memories. ;)
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Offline Kegan

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2011, 08:17:35 pm »
Leave that one and make an "updated" replica >:D
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Offline johnston

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2011, 10:05:08 pm »
Never did have much use for beauty contests. And if that bow hasn't already met your standards it never will. Leave it alone.

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Offline bubby

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2011, 10:13:53 pm »
ya know, chicks dig scars ;D, Bub
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Offline BowJunkie

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2011, 10:44:46 pm »
Beautiful bows are nice to look at,
and some are so nice I wouldn't take them into the woods for fear of scratching them.
But being a guy with a production background, I am all about Form, Fit and Function.
Some might consider your bow to have "cosmetic" issues, and some may see it as "character".
So with that said, I would leave it alone. You just cant beat a beat up looking bow, that meets the "F-3'' criteria.
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Offline Elktracker

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2011, 10:49:50 pm »
Leave it alone great pics and memories with that bow let it be!
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Offline DEllis

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2011, 01:03:58 am »
I agree with the concensus so far......don't mess with it........obviously has good medicine ;D
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Offline Gus

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2011, 01:22:42 am »
Clear coat it as is?

Best of both worlds...

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2011, 10:26:38 am »
I would leave it as is,got to love them when they get some age and blood stained. :)
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: my old reliable bow
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2011, 12:21:58 pm »
 
   
 I can tell you what I do. That helps give you that new look with your old bow. I do this every year. About 15 or so years ago I started sealing my bows with WAX with a hair dryer. Each year I add a new layer of wax hair dryer it and you have the OLD BOW WITH A NEW LOOK
   Plus I do something I can just see people cring at. Sence I started building bows because But on my personsl bows I make the bottom n
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