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Offline cowboy

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Little Hickory for dad.
« on: October 28, 2007, 10:59:12 pm »
Been giving all my bows away here lately, gaining experience along the way so it's all good :). This is a short light one (dad picked out the stave). I kept it light cause he doesn't have the upper body strength anymore. It's 60" N/N, 42#'s @ 26". Did a little experimenting with finishes and such - felt like it had a pretty good tiller - till I looked at the full draw picture, oh well it still flings an arra plenty good enough.

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Re: Little Hickory for dad.
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2007, 11:00:54 pm »
More.

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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2007, 11:34:24 pm »
Cowboy that's  just to cool.Love the finish and especially the deer tracks.You've been turning out some real nice work.tradrick

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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2007, 11:42:06 pm »
way cool, i saw a cattle gate in the back too, so i think we can be friends  ;)   no reailly, the finish and art blew me away.  looks like it took zero set too.   very nice
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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2007, 12:10:39 am »
nice bow cowboy! that dark to  light looks great and the tracks are neat lookin. youve been buisy aint ya! bet your dad loves it. do you guys shoot much together? -whitewood
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« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2007, 12:13:14 am »
Great profile on that bow and the tips are really well done. I love it!
Gordon

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Re: Little Hickory for dad.
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2007, 12:31:25 am »
Very nice Paul. I love the dark/light contrast on the belly. That would be a good back camo.    I bet Dad loves it!   Pat
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Re: Little Hickory for dad.
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2007, 07:15:31 am »
Sweet looking bow.I love the colors.
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« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2007, 07:28:55 am »
Excellent bow Paul....Colors are outstanding

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Re: Little Hickory for dad.
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2007, 08:19:23 am »
Thanks all! That was another learning experience for me - tiller is all screwed up and kinda light, I need to perfect some method that works for finish tiller besides eyeball ;D.
 I forgot to mention that it's deerhide backed. The stain job headed south too, it took on the zebra look after I 0000 steel wooled out all the fingerprints. On a more possitive note - It does go back straight after awhile if not a little backset and the tips are improving, hehe :).
 I'll be spending more time with dad now (showing him how to shoot), and hey Keith - that's out at the poor farm where I grew up, they've always got some kind of critters to feed. Most recently horse's.
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Offline Woodland Roamer

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« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2007, 09:21:28 am »
Nice bow cowboy, really uniqe finish and nice artwork.

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Offline DanaM

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« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2007, 10:47:50 am »
Looks good to me cowboy especially like the tips. Well done.
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Re: Little Hickory for dad.
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2007, 01:31:52 pm »
Darn nice gift for Dad. Do you shoot with him? Got you bookmarked for Oct Self Bow of the Month for sure.
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Re: Little Hickory for dad.
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2007, 05:00:44 pm »
   :o  Damn, Paul-how'd you get so good at this so quick?  :o That's a beauty! Tiller looks good to me, a little stiffer on the bottom, but that's a good thing sometimes.
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Re: Little Hickory for dad.
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2007, 06:38:02 pm »
I believ the term "functional art" fits perfectly ;D