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Offline steve b.

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2013, 12:58:30 am »
That is cool.

Offline Prignitzer bowman

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2013, 02:33:57 am »
One day I am going to be good enough to make a bow like this, one fine day hopefully!

Peter

PS. Please give us some stats, did you thin the ash down from a piece of wood or from a veneer? Looks very very pretty.

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2013, 07:48:52 am »
Thats looking good,should be a beauty when you get all tillered and finished up.
Looking forward to seeing more. :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2013, 09:07:19 am »
I'm liking this bow Pat. Can't wait to see pics of this one finished up, gonna be a beauty.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2013, 09:27:14 am »
Thanks guys.
Pb, I worked an Ash stave down until it was a backing strip and glued it down and then actually worked it down an additional growth ring since it was still a bit thick.
 I soaked and steamed the ends of the strip to ensure that they would bend to fit the radius of the recurves easily.

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2013, 11:04:22 pm »
Here's a few more. Ignore the quickly made knotted spiderwire tillering string. I'll sand to fine-tune the tiller now.





Offline bow101

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2013, 11:06:28 pm »
Very interesting bow. Good gig on those tips, one of a kind.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2013, 12:11:52 am »
That is a very cool recurve.  8)
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2013, 12:56:58 am »
Pb, I worked an Ash stave down until it was a backing strip and glued it down and then actually worked it down an additional growth ring since it was still a bit thick.

I was wondering how you did that.   That is an awesome build.  How long is that? 
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Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: Bulletwood recurve
« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2013, 01:49:49 am »
Nice work Pat!

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