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Offline mullet

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Re: MAN TALL
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2008, 07:36:28 pm »
  I like mine around my height or about 2" shorter. I'm 66" tall.
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« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2008, 07:45:29 pm »
The longest bow I've made was 70 in. I'm taller than that. Though when I've made bows for my wife and my daughter 'v emade them woman tall. Jawge
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« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2008, 09:27:30 pm »
  I am 72" tall. The second bow I ever made was 75". It came in at about 35#@28". This was before I had a scale and I didn't yet know How to judge the weight by feel. Since then, I've chopped it down to 68" and it draws 46#@28". Right now I'm working on a Maple board bow that is 72" long, but that is only because it is a narrow board, and it doesn't have the greatest grain orientation.
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« Reply #18 on: February 02, 2008, 02:27:06 am »
The first bow I ever made was 65" ntn. Most since have been from 56"-62". I shoot something around 62" best. I think that's a good compromise, not too short for a 27" draw, yet not so long that it's cumbersome.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2008, 02:33:14 am »
Though when I've made bows for my wife and my daughter 'v emade them woman tall. Jawge
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Re: MAN TALL
« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2008, 03:44:45 am »
I'm 72( Math) inches long and my bows always end up stuck at 68" I guess I'm obsessed with the number 68.
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« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2008, 05:04:33 am »
12 inches is one foot, right?? - sorry, i'm metric...

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Re: MAN TALL
« Reply #22 on: February 02, 2008, 11:40:13 am »
Yes Frank, 12" is a foot.  I am 6'3" tall, or 190.5cm if you prefer.  ;) Justin
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Re: MAN TALL
« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2008, 03:42:58 am »
hey justin, me too, 6'3" same as you. so man tall would be 73"; that's a big bow...

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« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2008, 02:02:39 pm »
75" tall bow Frank.  Yes very big, probably why I never made one.  ;D
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Re: MAN TALL
« Reply #25 on: February 03, 2008, 02:25:08 pm »


SEE!!! told you...can only count up to 4! - need a crow to calculate for me...
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Re: MAN TALL
« Reply #26 on: February 03, 2008, 07:51:15 pm »
 :D :D :D
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Re: MAN TALL
« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2008, 08:02:07 am »
Arrows taller. ;D ;D ;D that's a good one justin,Also thanks Lennie.
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