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Offline Blacktail

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Bow for my love dove
« on: April 22, 2012, 11:36:44 pm »
 ;) This is a bow I made for my wife for Valentines day. It is a yew wood bow, 59 inches nock to nock, 6 inch brace height, and 59 lbs at 29 inches of draw. It does have just under 2 inches of set and that is my own fault cause I rushed the piece of wood on the drying. It still came out pretty nice, my wife LOVES it! The handle is an inch and a quarter wrapped in cherry bark. It is an inch and a half at the fade outs and tapers down to half inch at the tips. The wood is from the top of a tree and it came from an elevation of 4000ft. But, it has wide rings in it which tells me it had a cushy life because it was not under a canopy of trees and it was pretty much exposed to the sun. It has two snake skins on it from here in Central Oregon. Hope you guys enjoy!













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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 12:07:28 am »
Nice piece of work! I can see why she likes it. Good job!!
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Offline portlandfire

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2012, 12:36:13 am »
     Sweeeeeeeeet!
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Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2012, 12:40:41 am »
That is one AWESOME handle, and some nice skins to boot, great jib all around
-Billy
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2012, 12:51:54 am »
Very nice bow, John. I'm sure your valentine loves it.  ;)
  Your bow building sure has improved over the last few years. Keep it up.  8)
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2012, 01:14:16 am »
Beautiful bow. love the handle wrap. the set just makes a smooth shooter, looks great pulled back
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2012, 01:35:33 am »
Beautiful bow! And you must have a strong wife too :o 59# is alot.  :D
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2012, 01:41:24 am »
If you keep make making bows like that John I'll have to start calling myself your love dove   :laugh:
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2012, 01:50:19 am »
Can I be your valentine next year?lol!!!

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2012, 02:39:28 am »
  That's a beauty!!!!  Well done Blacktail.
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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2012, 07:53:18 am »
Excellent! Nice piece of wood. The snakskins and bark handle really add a unique touch to it. I wish I could get affordable snakeskins here in Europe...*sigh*
You call that "wide rings"?  :o Then I need to see your thin ringed yew!

All round a really nice bow with a great tiller. Kudos for the photography as well.
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Offline druid

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2012, 08:45:03 am »
Very nice bow and interesting draw weight.  ;)
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2012, 08:47:44 am »
Love it,and I bet she dose. :)
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2012, 08:59:23 am »
Nice!!! I like the 2 different skins. Keep up the great work, and I bet she does love it. My wife would kick me in the shin if I gave her a bow for valentines day. :o Side note- Blacktail, you need some ink on the top half of your arms ;).

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Offline johnston

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Re: Bow for my love dove
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2012, 10:06:21 am »
Seriously nice bow John. This is the one you have been looking for.

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