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Offline Del the cat

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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2013, 03:33:28 am »
 ;D  great story and cool pics.
Passin' it on... that's what we love.
It's great when people really want to lean and take the trouble to come and have a go.
6'3"  :o keep him away from those warbow boys George  ;)
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2013, 07:55:29 am »
Wow, thanks you guys.  I woke up sore this morning, guess I need to do a little more draw knife work to stay in better shape?

Hey Del, I told Jack he could have any stave in the shop...except a certain piece of English yew.  I think I might put the draw knife to that beauty this week.  It's funny how having a friend over in the shop gets my bow making juices flowing again.  I'm thinking it might make a really nice recurve?  Also, I'm sad to say that a friend I have in Yorkshire told me a couple weeks ago that he had a tree service come and take out a large yew tree in his yard.  I nearly cried, can't believe I had never told him I made bows. :'(

George
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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2013, 08:49:08 am »
   SWEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
   Looks like you've made a friend for life.
   Nothing makes my heart soar like helping a young man out.
   
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2013, 09:46:12 am »
Good on ya George.  That's what it's all about.
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« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2013, 10:50:39 am »
You lucky dog George! Teaching somebody who is truley insprired to learn is awesome. Im hoping my son finds that spark some day.
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Offline rps3

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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2013, 12:07:22 pm »
I love a good story with pictures. Keep posting your progress together.
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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2013, 12:15:00 pm »
Great story George.That won't be the last one that boy makes.
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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2013, 01:11:14 pm »
You guys here are great to learn from,but i sure wish i had some "hands on" teaching in the start like that boys getting.
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Offline Badly Bent

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« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2013, 01:12:52 pm »
Great thing there George, teaching a young man a primitive craft. Seems he has a good deal of skill and enthusiasm which makes it all the more enjoyable for both the mentor and the teacher. That young man is going to learn more
than bow making skills from this experience and one day you can bet he'll look back fondly at what you did for him and he'll pass it on to another young person down the road. Very rewarding ain't it George, your a good man. :)
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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #24 on: September 02, 2013, 08:10:22 am »
Jack emailed me that he's thinking about how to get a snakeskin for his bow.  His parents take a dim view of him terrorizing the local water moccasin population. ;)  This would be a great time for a local rat snake to make an appearance around the shop.  Might go dove hunting later today and will keep my eyes open for snakes if I do.

Roy, I totally forgot about that string. :-[  I'll make it up today and send it off tomorrow.

I'll do better with the camera next Saturday, but I don't expect us to be shooting it as it'll need at least 2 heatings to take out twist.  I agree that this won't be his only bow.  I gave him the option of me doing the heat bending this week so the bow could be shooting next weekend, but he wanted to learn that part of the process.  Gotta  love that.  :)

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Offline lesken2011

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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #25 on: September 02, 2013, 08:55:31 am »
Cool story, George. I wish I had gotten started that young and had a mentor like you!!
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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #26 on: September 02, 2013, 01:58:16 pm »
Sorry it took so long for me to get on here guys, had to wait for admin approval :-\. I was just looking through some old threads on the Texas boars forum and I saw George offering to help people build their first bow, he's a great teacher for anyone looking to get into primitive archery and I can't wait till Saturday.

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Offline criveraville

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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #27 on: September 02, 2013, 02:34:31 pm »
That's really cool George  ;)

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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #28 on: September 02, 2013, 03:48:31 pm »
Quote from: jstason on September 02, 2013, 01:58:16 pm
Sorry it took so long for me to get on here guys, had to wait for admin approval :-\. I was just looking through some old threads on the Texas boars forum and I saw George offering to help people build their first bow, he's a great teacher for anyone looking to get into primitive archery and I can't wait till Saturday.

Jack
Welcome aboard Jack :)
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: My New Friend Jack
« Reply #29 on: September 02, 2013, 04:20:09 pm »
Hey Jack, good to see your post.  I'm looking forward to Saturday too. ;D

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