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Offline carpholeo

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Mesquite recurve
« on: July 01, 2014, 10:01:46 pm »


Not finished yet but its getting close 63"  i'm trying to let the bow tell me what it wants to be for draw length and  pull

Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2014, 10:37:39 pm »
Purty sir, I like that wood and those curves

Offline SeanStuart

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2014, 11:22:21 pm »
I love mesquite! That's a nice looking bow.

Offline Pat B

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2014, 11:57:35 pm »
Very nice. Looking forward to full draw.
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Offline DavidV

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2014, 02:17:03 am »
Gorgeous profile and wood right there.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2014, 05:18:55 am »
Don't know how it will turn out but right now she is a beauty. :) :) Got to love that. :)
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2014, 09:40:29 pm »
Looking real nice so far! Gotta love a wood you can cook with and make a bow out of ;) I've never tried making a bow out of it, gonna have to put it on the list.

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Offline Badger

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2014, 09:55:14 pm »
  Will be watching this one closely. Very rare to see a mesquite bow. Beautiful wood and design.

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2014, 10:03:06 pm »
I'm with Badger! I've only had enough for over lays and knife scales. I always thought it was a pretty wood. Where did you get a piece that long?
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Offline Crogacht

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2014, 10:27:22 pm »
Man it's nice, stop making me want to do recurve when I can't even do straight yet  >:D

Offline Arrowind

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2014, 12:04:08 am »
Yep!  Look'n good.   Can't wait to see it when it's done!
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2014, 08:38:54 am »
I like the look and design of that one too, hope you post more pics of this bow as the work progresses Carpholeo.
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Offline nakedfeet

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2014, 10:32:48 am »
Very pretty. Really like the dark streak down the center of the belly. I'm sure it will really come alive when there is a finish on it.

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2014, 10:58:31 am »
That is a pretty piece of wood.  Nice curves.  Looking forward to seeing how it finishes out. 
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Offline dane lund

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Re: Mesquite recurve
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2014, 12:11:26 pm »
OK, who knew you could build a bow from mesquite?
I live in AZ, mesquite on every street corner, and every lot in town. Grows wild in the desert like a weed, and they are imported from Chile here because the Chilean ones are thornless.

Do you know what variety this one is?

Also, is it from a branch, or a split stave? (Mind is going a mile a minute!
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