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Offline mosestejas

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Intro and a white ash self Bow
« on: May 18, 2012, 08:20:15 pm »
Hello all ye toxophilites I am a longtime lurker from the woods of new hampshire who would like to share a bow.
This is a white ash self bow that i just finished for a friend. It is from a 4 inch diameter sapling that i cut in my yard last summer. The rings dare relatively thin for ash but it was a decently dense sample. The specs are
66" by a little under 1 3/4" at the fades tapering lazily to 3/8" tips
heat treated on the wood stove (it gets cold up here) into 1/4" setback and holds at 3/4 string follow after 30 full draws
55# @ 28 inches (drawn to 26 in the pics)
tips are cocobolo and bone
handle is wool and tb3 over a leather overlay and a buckskin arrow pass (for a lefty)
the back is painted with oil paints thinned with turpentine and dabbed on with a paper towel
top limb has a 1/4" positive tiller for improved shooting characteristics (not really sure if that really make a difference)
Any critiques are more than welcome >:D . Thanks for looking
« Last Edit: May 19, 2012, 12:37:57 am by mosestejas »
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Offline mosestejas

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2012, 08:25:14 pm »
more pics
« Last Edit: May 19, 2012, 12:26:44 am by mosestejas »
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2012, 08:28:26 pm »
I cant see the tiller, but your finish work looks very detailed. Nice work there.
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Offline Range Guy

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2012, 08:30:15 pm »
hey welcome out of the woods.  Being new here myself I know how it feels to watch from the bushes, but thats all over now LOL.  The bow looks very good to me.
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Offline mosestejas

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2012, 08:34:21 pm »
thanks. i couldn't figure out how to make the pictures any without going over the pixels maximum for posting attachments. an help would be great
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2012, 08:40:41 pm »
If you crop them first, then resize you can get good size pics at maybe 100-150 mgp
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Offline SA

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2012, 08:44:34 pm »
nothin wrong with that one, looks like a good bow . tiller looks good too.
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2012, 10:02:02 pm »
great looking bow. good job
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2012, 11:54:32 pm »
Welcome to PA, and thats a great lookin bow!

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Offline hammertime

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2012, 11:59:40 pm »
Sweet looking bow you got there!Welcome and good shooting-Hammertime
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Offline mosestejas

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2012, 12:39:19 am »
thanks fro all the kind words guys :)
thanks to th replies i got I finally got the pics resized so you should be able to see them better
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2012, 12:46:50 am »
That is a mighty fine looking bow there buster! I have a feeling we will be seeing more of your work in the future.  Welcome to the clan
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Offline okie64

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2012, 01:53:27 am »
Beautiful bow and great pics.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2012, 05:48:55 am »
Sweet bow and cool pics.
'Tapering lazily' nice turn of phrase  :)
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Intro and a white ash self Bow
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2012, 09:23:14 am »
Good bend on that one and nice tips!
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