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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2007, 11:39:25 pm »
  And Justin, When that heartwood blows,It is duck and cover time.Looks like confetti.
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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2007, 05:54:07 am »
Thanks for the info Marc - that was all I needed to continue with that one :).
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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2007, 07:23:39 am »
Marc Thats a killer bow. Cant wait to send you the monster yew stave, it should build a 160# bow. marlon ;D

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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2007, 07:28:01 am »
Marlon
You are giving me some really good upper body exercise building these monster bows :).
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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2007, 01:28:28 pm »
You did well Marc. I only wish I could have known in advance that the stave was going to go side ways when dried.I have a few staves from the same section your stave came from and they all did the same thing. I usually get a fair read on a log. I missed on this one.My staves arn,t real bad ,just enough bend to be aggravating.:)

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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2007, 04:38:24 pm »
Marc, could I ask how deep you drill the hole in your nocks? I'm worried about having too much dead weight at the end of my bow.

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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2007, 08:15:00 pm »
Hi Marc,

Nice looking bow, good bit of foward set. Horn nocks look large though?

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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2007, 09:59:02 pm »
Simon
These go in about 1 1/2" into the nocks.

Nick
Perhaps a bit large, certainly larger than the ones I made for Marlon's Yew bow.
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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #23 on: August 31, 2007, 04:47:35 am »
That´s beautifull bow Mark!!... 8)..REALLY IMPRESSIVE mate!!...
I´ve also a little log from "Juniperus Thurifera" that got last year, this species is really like the look and properties of "Juniperus Virginiana" but from Spain.. ;) ;D...
Hope to make mysef a warbow out of this log but perhaps not as heavy as yours Mark...
Oh!! Marlon, you´ll for sure have fun shooting in such a cool "monsters" that Mark is crafting for you!!..you are really luckly mate!!... ;)..
Cheers...
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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #24 on: September 06, 2007, 05:26:15 pm »
Wow Marc, that's really nice.  Just goes to show what a good bowyer can do (ie the impossible).

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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #25 on: September 06, 2007, 05:27:23 pm »
Wow Marc, that's really nice.  Just goes to show what a good bowyer can do (ie the impossible).

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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #26 on: September 06, 2007, 09:00:21 pm »
Thanks guys.

ERC heartwood is brittle but the sapwood is not and this bows back is sapwood. It doesn't have the elasticity of Yew or the compression strength but it makes a good bow.

You must be really impressed Josh to be repeating yourself :)
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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #27 on: September 07, 2007, 10:58:39 am »
That's the nicest looking piece of ERC I have ever seen and it looks like a proper English bow from here...
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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #28 on: September 08, 2007, 09:08:55 am »
Why thank you Rod. Coming from you that is a compliment :)
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Re: ERC Warbow
« Reply #29 on: September 08, 2007, 09:13:12 am »
Marc, are you insinuating that Rod is a critical judge of ELB,s ? :)