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Offline wagnerwood

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2012, 12:41:50 am »
Wow! Another must build bow to add to my list.  Were those skins fresh and where could I get them?
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Offline maitus

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2012, 05:40:43 am »
Thank you all for good words :). I'm very happy that you like my work. This bow shold have been riflex-riflex bow but obviously i used too much sinew and the belly of the bow is lightly compressed. This amount of sinew i used is probably enough for hornbow  ;D .1 layer of sinew for ligh bow would have been enough.

Wagnerwood, these skins were  salted. But i have no idea where you could get them. If you lived in Europe i could send them to you. I have ostrich farm very near. But to send them to America is to complicated. To send them to you i should dry them before. I'm sure that there in your big country you can find a lot of similar farms  :).
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2012, 02:44:08 pm »
Nice bow, fancy backing!
Love it!
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2012, 07:36:32 pm »
I have a feeling we will be seeing you in the magazine in the near future! You should submit that for BOM.

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Offline straightarrow

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2012, 11:19:33 pm »
That bow is gonna be wicked cool

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Offline rps3

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2012, 11:45:47 pm »
I like it.
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Offline Steve Milbocker

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2012, 07:46:26 am »
That's one beautiful bow,great job!
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Offline Pappy

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2012, 08:28:15 am »
Very nice looking bow,she should love that,love the way the skin looks and the sinew job is excelant.  :) Can't wait to see it all finished up. :)
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Offline coaster500

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2012, 04:39:56 pm »
Those flippin bird skins are awesome!!!

You should try BOM with that one... very imaginative work!!!
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Offline Dictionary

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #24 on: June 19, 2012, 05:40:44 pm »
Jeez...your second?  :o
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Offline killir duck

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #25 on: June 19, 2012, 07:22:10 pm »
gee whiz if that's yer 2nd bow i can't weight to see the 3rd thats a BOM fer sure!!
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Offline Rufledt

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #26 on: June 19, 2012, 07:40:47 pm »
That looks awesome!  i'm will killir duck, if this is the 2nd, I can't wait to see the 3rd one! 
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Offline maitus

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #27 on: June 24, 2012, 10:14:13 am »
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #28 on: June 24, 2012, 10:38:50 am »
Whatever made you think of using ostrich leg rawhide?  I can think of 100 people on here that wish they'd have thought of it.  Very nice looking bow.  And for your second, your sinew job is fantastic.  It's obvious to me that you took your time on this bow. 
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Offline LJB

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Re: My second bow
« Reply #29 on: June 24, 2012, 11:06:22 am »
Hi Maitus!

Another great Bow! I got a some questions though ;)
What kind of Ash did you use here? Is this common Ash / Fraxinus excelsior, somewhere from Europe? I am really anxious to know how it responds to sinew backing. I thought it would not be strong enough in compression to handle sinew backing.

I really hope i am wrong though, still got some Austrich sinew and dried Ash around...

Best regards, Leo
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