Congratulations to Željko Iličić (Screen name "Druid") from Lapovo, Serbia for winning July Self BOM!
From Druid:This is custom made bow for one big man, my friend Max. He wanted heavy gull wing bow so I did my best to make him happy. This is medium quality elm, 74" ntn (Max is almost 80" tall), 2" wide, a little over 1" of set, not heat treated. Upper limb seems softer but it already had that shape, I just followed, lower limb was little more reflexed than upper. I had problem with one ugly knot but I just deicided to ignore it, as usuall. Oiled and bee waxed.
Congrats! Here's some nice comments from forum members!"Man those are some nice curves on that bow. Obviously it can bring home some meat, If it could cook the meat I would consider proposing to it." -Bow Junkie
"That looks like a bow they would use in a movie because it's so darn sexy" -MattS
"wow that is incredible, really inspiring stuff - 85#? - that is just bonkers!" -Mister D
"That's an amazing looking bow! Nice job on that one. There is no way I could pull that one back. ...Maybe 10 years ago! LOL!!" -Lombard
"That's incredible! Excellent work Druid!" -Tattoo Dave
