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Offline dmikeyj

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2012, 04:44:00 pm »
Count me as a fan, druid- every bow you post has a perfect bend.

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Offline bubby

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2012, 05:21:44 pm »
heck Druid all your bows look the same to me, picture purfect, Bub
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Offline dragonman

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2012, 06:25:42 pm »
like your bow druid, perfect bend,   theres a lot of elder by me , I might try it one day after seeinng this bow
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Offline rps3

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2012, 08:02:20 pm »
Glad I got to see this, thanks for posting.
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Offline druid

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2012, 08:29:06 am »
Thank you very much for your comments my friends! I am trying to do every bow as it is the last one.  :)
Elderberry wood is great to work, hard, do not rise splinters, fine under sandpaper.
dwardo, I think I will never came over to the dark side and begun with shortbows.  ;D
This colour is its natural, just finished a little with pig fat, my necessery recipe.
Del, it is not difficult, just ignore everything.  ;)
Jodocus, it was baout 3 x 3 cm in the begining.
Dauntless, elderberry must be very overstressed to show crysales, it is both compression and tension strong but seems better in tension: I have made bows that had 90 degrees twist of the tips and it holds excellent.
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Offline Dazv

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2012, 04:32:01 pm »
you are an amazing bow maker.
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Offline soy

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2012, 07:14:50 pm »
That druid is very cool 8)
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2012, 11:05:51 pm »
Very nice. I really like that one.Good job. God bless
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #23 on: April 25, 2012, 12:15:08 am »
I could look at your bows forever, Druid. A perfect picture of beauty and function.  8)
  Do you know the species of the elderberry you used. We have 2 species around here, American elderberry(Sambucus canadensis) and scarlet elder(S. pubens). Except for having straight trunks, neither seem bow worthy. Maybe I'm missing something.  ::)
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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #24 on: April 25, 2012, 04:01:32 am »
Beautiful!
Picture perfect - i love it!
Is it Sambucus nigra? I have a stave drying thats about 2 inches diameter....wouldn't it be cool to do a rigid handle bow and have the pith going through the handle!
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2012, 04:51:14 pm »
Wow, druid....  you sure make some fine bows.  I am curious about the wood species too....  I think there must be a big difference in the type elder that we have here in Alabama.....  Ours is too soft to do anything with.  I love the way you tiller a bow.  Really awesome.
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