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blackhawk

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #30 on: January 18, 2013, 08:38:00 am »
The drawn profile looks great....it should be a decent casting bow. I think this is one of your better tillers I've seen....now just narrow down those last 8-10" some,and maybe start slapping on some overlays for a lil more refinement ;) ......you've come a long way grasshopper....I remember a few years back a 50" short elm bow that happened in disaster due to underbuilt,poor tiller,and overdrawn. Its fun watching folks improve and get better...keep up the good work sleekster.

Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #31 on: January 18, 2013, 09:15:03 am »
Nicely done Sleek. Glad it came around for you and turned into a fine bow, really like that front profile and it has a good drawn look to it as well. I know what you mean about the  fits and frustrations some bows want to give you through the whole build.  :)
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Offline autologus

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #32 on: January 18, 2013, 09:45:27 am »
It is a beautiful bow, you did a great job and I really like the tiller.

Grady
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #33 on: January 18, 2013, 12:43:59 pm »
Looks right to me,  ;).
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #34 on: January 18, 2013, 12:58:23 pm »
Good job. Nothing at all wrong with that one. I bet it shoots good.   Danny
"You know a tree by the fruit it bears"   God

Offline sleek

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #35 on: January 18, 2013, 05:46:52 pm »
Thanks for all the compliments guys, they mean allot.

Blackhawk, I remember they bow you are referring to and actually still have the broken pieces to it. It was an elm shortie, stiff handle, with a rawhide back. Yup, it was waaayyyy to overdrawn. Elm can take allot, but sometimes, its just too much. That bow was a mess.

I am going to be leaving the tips wide on this bow. Of course that will slow it down some, but I want this bow to be able to take all kinds of torture and abuse without concern of the tips breaking. And the tips are already working some at full draw, any more wood taken off will make them work even more. Not what I am after. I agree narrow tips do speed things up, but this bow shoots just fine as she is, with no hand shock.

Now I gadda get this thing in a shipping tube before I get to many people mad at me. Thanks again everybody for the comments, this bow was for whatever reason, whoopin my butt. So I have named it, The Whoopin Stick.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #36 on: January 18, 2013, 08:48:46 pm »
NIcely done! Jawge
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #37 on: January 26, 2013, 12:05:23 am »
You whooped that stick good and hard! Wytch elm? 
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Offline sleek

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #38 on: January 26, 2013, 08:47:51 pm »
That's what my guess is jw.
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