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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: bow made from metal?
« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2014, 02:56:31 pm »
This bow has been discussed quite a bit and, as Randman said, the consensus is that the bow is an "import" and not American made.

IMO, it came to North America through a Russian trade route that serviced the West Coast.  Many items came that way including Japanese swords, Russian beads, and various Chinese-made goods.
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Re: bow made from metal?
« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2014, 07:06:43 am »
If you need some spring steel the tines of some time of farm equipment might be a good source. I thought of hooking two of them together for a cross bow. They might need some thi
nning but if you work carefully they would not need a reheat treated.
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