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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2015, 09:09:00 am »
Excellent! Love the tiller! Jawge
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2015, 09:42:19 am »
You nailed that one chuck,  love that unbraced profile.  Beautiful skins and tiller too.  Is that all sapwood?
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2015, 10:05:02 am »
Man oh man!  That's is exquisite in all regards!  Very nicely done Sir!  Josh
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2015, 12:51:29 pm »
50" long, 60# at 24" Gotta love that!  8)
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2015, 01:31:23 pm »
 SWEETTTTTTTTTTTT
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Offline loefflerchuck

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2015, 02:04:24 pm »
Thanks everybody. Bent, contact me any time. Ryan, I think some kind of timber rattler. I forgot. Have to ask Clint. Yes all sapwood.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2015, 02:46:40 pm »
very nice,, I like the short bows,, :)
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2015, 03:35:46 pm »
Beautiful!
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Offline JonW

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2015, 04:27:06 pm »
KILLER!!  That is what I picture when I think of a sinew backed bow.
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Offline MXer

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2015, 08:40:52 pm »
That is awesome!  I need to figure out how to work with Juniper because I have a lot around here. 

1.  Do work with fresh staves made from limbs? ...or are they dried for a long time?

2.  How do you get it to bend in your favor and stay that way?

Thanks.
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Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2015, 09:18:59 pm »
Very Nice!
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Offline redhawk55

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2015, 03:17:40 am »
Yes, I think also that this design is the best you could do with jupiter.
Great work!
I would like to make the same bow, but in Germany you can't find jupiter such wide.
Michael
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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #27 on: December 10, 2015, 02:09:20 pm »
great bow!
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #28 on: December 11, 2015, 04:06:14 pm »
I really like the front profile and the reflex you managed to keep in that short little bow.  I bet it's 'fun' to brace!  :o

...and of course the full draw just closes the deal!  Truly beautiful!

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Offline loefflerchuck

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Re: Ishi style sinew backed juniper
« Reply #29 on: December 11, 2015, 06:59:58 pm »
MXer, This bow is from a trunk. After I split it into staves I roughed out 4 bows within a month of cutting it as it bends easy with steam when it is green and tends to crack after it is seasoned. I don't have problems with warping or checking. Sometimes I make the bow right away and back it with sinew and let the wood season while the sinew cures.

Onebowonder, my method of stringing is putting my foot on the handle and flattening the bow on the ground, then stringing. I use it for stringing bows with way more reflex than this. Never had a problem.

Thanks everybody.
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