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Offline mullet

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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2013, 02:52:26 pm »
I hate hickory, but that's a pretty bow. Well done.
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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2013, 03:13:20 pm »
Thanks guys, and not just for the kind words.
Everyone say read the Bowyers bible and learn to make a bow..and yes it contains a lot of good info BUT!
The skill to make a bow is more in those little tricks and handgrips and other small things to watch out for.
That is what i have learnt over the time i have been hanging around here...So in short, Thanks for teaching  me to make a bow.
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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2013, 07:45:47 pm »
That's a beauty!  Very nicely done Sir!  Unlike Eddie, I loves hickory!  Of course that might have something to do with location and climate.  Josh

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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2013, 08:04:16 pm »
Great looking bow. Nice Work! You tillered that well.

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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2013, 08:04:58 pm »
Here's a tip:  That was not a "board" bow, just a mechanically decrowned stave!   >:D

Ain't nothing wrong with that bow, I love it.  Your tip overlays are simple and elegant.  The grip is an interesting looking material, it would have to be a very solid grip with that texture.  Nice, indeed.
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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2013, 09:05:07 pm »
Here's a tip:  That was not a "board" bow, just a mechanically decrowned stave!   >:D

Ain't nothing wrong with that bow, I love it.  Your tip overlays are simple and elegant.  The grip is an interesting looking material, it would have to be a very solid grip with that texture.  Nice, indeed.
"mechanically decrowned stave" Haha,i have to remember that one,fact is i payed extra to get good boards with almost no runoffs so its almost true.
The grip is very solid indeed,and it really hammer home my 540gn arrows .
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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2013, 09:11:32 pm »
Unlike "mechanically separated chicken", I will make use of a mechanically decrowned stave. 

I should be copywriting some of these terms.
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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2013, 10:25:34 pm »
NICE BOW!   I love hickory.  And to Gun Doc's point I live in AZ where it's very dry most of the time.  Hickory is great here.  Anyway NICE BOW!
Love the narrow tips.  the tiller looks great.
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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #23 on: July 27, 2013, 10:40:34 pm »
Nice Bow, good work. I'm just starting a hickory bow myself.

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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2013, 10:49:07 pm »
Man, I just keep going back to that full draw pic.  That is a sweet bend on that hickory stick.  Good work.  I am a hickory fan too, in spite of being from the humid deep south.  My bows live indoors in the air conditioning so I don't have a complaint with hickory at all.
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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2013, 10:46:50 am »
Cool looking bow there. I like the looks of that grip material. Well done.
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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #26 on: July 28, 2013, 01:23:38 pm »
You have made a very nice bow, I love the contrast handle/tips.
The rubber of the handle looks cool btw.
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Re: Hickory boardbow (pic heavy)
« Reply #27 on: July 28, 2013, 05:16:26 pm »
Nice bender :)