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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2013, 09:06:30 pm »
Since I gave you such a hard time on the last one I will let Chief Pappy decide on this one !
Good to see ya playing and explosive wood as well !!
Fun stuff right there
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2013, 09:26:27 pm »
Duuuuuuude.....that is so sweet!   Great job on the construction.  Tiller looks excellent and what beautiful wood!   The rawhide looks cool and I like the design you drew on it!  Top notch as always man!
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2013, 09:27:00 pm »
That looks like a real nice piece of ERC! Nice bend.  You have are going to spread that longbowitis all over this place if you keep it up ;)
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Offline rps3

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2013, 09:30:05 pm »
That's a pretty bow, and looks to be bending just right.
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Offline okie64

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2013, 09:33:33 pm »
Great lookin bow and tiller bh! Did you have to thin the sapwood? Ive cut erc with super thin sapwood and some that had sapwood halfway through the tree. It seems to have more sapwood/heartwood variance than any other tree species Ive cut.
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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #20 on: December 11, 2013, 09:49:55 pm »
Thanks amigos :)

Longbowitis is a good thing Carson ;)

Okie I did thin the sapwood down quite a bit and pretty much followed one ring....the sapwood is about ~1- 1 1/4" thick on this stuff
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Offline Will H

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2013, 09:51:15 pm »
Man o man! That's a classic right there! You pulled that off nicely!!
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Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2013, 10:19:51 pm »
    wow, well done, from what i here hard to do w/touchy wood

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Offline DuBois

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2013, 10:27:35 pm »
Man that is really nice! In a weekend!!  :o
I don't know how you do it and probably never will. Never saw the little bow but it must be awesome as well.
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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #24 on: December 11, 2013, 10:32:08 pm »
(Hides his longbow)

Very nice bluebeak ;D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #25 on: December 11, 2013, 10:53:33 pm »
Nice Chris. Very classic indeed.  8)
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Offline wapiti1997

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #26 on: December 11, 2013, 11:00:50 pm »
Nice looking bow Chris! Cedar is a beautiful wood!
 
I have roughed out a couple of cedar staves but not touched them since.  I don't want to back mine..

I think you ended up with a few of the cedar staves I brought to moontree as well, mine was really tight ringed.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #27 on: December 12, 2013, 12:12:46 am »
Mmmmm...nice.  Some day I am going to make one like that.  I need to get a lot better first though. 
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Offline hedgeapple

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #28 on: December 12, 2013, 12:28:45 am »
Great bow there, my friend.  Man, I gotta get in the shop and make a stick bend.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Eastern Red Cedar American Longbow
« Reply #29 on: December 12, 2013, 12:53:36 am »
Bout time you posted this!  I been chompin' at the bit to see this one.  I reckon it was worth the wait.  Lol!  Josh
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