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Offline Keenan

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Re: Norway Maple Selfbow
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2008, 05:22:52 am »
 Very nice Dave, love the finish you did on that one.  How do you like the holmgard style as opposed to other styles?   Keenan

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« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2008, 07:32:02 am »
Very nice Dave,job well done. :)
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Offline Woodland Roamer

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Re: Norway Maple Selfbow
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2008, 09:25:12 am »
Another nice looking bow Dave.

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Offline snedeker

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Re: Norway Maple Selfbow
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2008, 11:02:32 am »
The limb design is a good one for medium weight woods that need to be pretty wide in the lower half of the limb.  There is no need for all that extra wood out in the outer limb though.  Have to remember to keep all that narrow area thick early on.  I muffed it on that a little, or this would have been a 60# bow.  I sort of forgot about it being simillar to Holmegard style.

This was my first use of leather dye.  I think I rushed it a little and it looks a little amateurish.  Better next time. 


I had a couple bows I had been working on all fall, this being one of them.  Life was a little stressful in the fall due to work related goings on.  Now things are all nice and relaxed.

Thanks.

Dave

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Re: Norway Maple Selfbow
« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2008, 04:55:32 pm »
No more stress ? Can I come up there ta live ? ;D.bob