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Offline BowEd

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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2013, 08:06:34 pm »
Another very nice bow simson.Did'nt exactly read everything everbody said to ya but I think that bow has a sudbury type look.That elm does pull smooth that's for sure.
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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2013, 09:52:44 pm »
That's a great looking bow... but that arrow caught my eye, could you tell me about the fletching?
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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #32 on: January 17, 2013, 02:44:12 pm »
Quote from: ryoon4690 on January 13, 2013, 06:43:53 pm
Beautiful bow. I like the extra long fades and the inlay. How wide is it at the fades and tips?

Ryoon, please excuse the late answer - but here it is:
(measured in millimeters, this inches are a horror for me!)

w/d
at handle: 22/45
at fadeout: 41/17   (7" from handle)
at midlimb: 38/15
at tip: 12/15

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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #33 on: January 17, 2013, 02:50:58 pm »
Quote from: Youngboyer2 on January 15, 2013, 09:52:44 pm
That's a great looking bow... but that arrow caught my eye, could you tell me about the fletching?

Fletching are two full length turkey feathers (dyed dark blue and black) inbetween are two strips of white rabbit fur. All is glued on and wrappings at end and beginning. Shaft is bamboo, click on nock with horn insert.








Thank you all for your interest

edit: pics inserted
« Last Edit: January 20, 2013, 04:38:48 am by simson »
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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #34 on: January 18, 2013, 03:00:40 pm »
Now THAT is a bow! I really like your bows, it's impressive you get so little set with your designs. I guess you know what your doing lol  O:)
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Offline doulosparachristos

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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #35 on: January 18, 2013, 03:26:54 pm »
I keep coming back to this one. Somehow "simple" is much more elegant. I LOVE this bow.
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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #36 on: January 18, 2013, 07:10:31 pm »
Looking good ;) really putting out some bows there
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #37 on: January 19, 2013, 03:12:24 am »
Very nice!  You are turning out some fine bows.  What species of elm is that?  I have tried a couple out of winged elm that have turned out good.   Elm seems to work well in any design. 
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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #38 on: January 20, 2013, 05:35:22 am »
hrhodes: this is ulmus glabra, I also had good results with ulmus minor. Sorry for the latin names, not shure in the english names. I'm with you: several different design work well with elm.

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Re: elm flat 65#/28
« Reply #39 on: January 20, 2013, 09:02:23 am »
Okay, thanks.  I think that it's commonly called wych elm and it sure makes a good bow from what I have seen posted from other European bowyers.  Yours sure looks like a good shooter to me.  I don't think we have that particular species in the states, but I may be wrong.  I have never been let down by any of the elm species that I have tried.     
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