Eucalyptus ELB, ..with a twist (pics) not for BOM

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

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[DCM]

Beautiful work as usual Manny.  Looks like you are refining your handle work, leather arrow pass.  Very nice.  Too bad it fret, but it still looked real good on the tree.

[Keenan]

 Thats a bummer Manny, That was a real nice looking bow and a real treat to see some more of your work. Thanks for trying the new wood, that is how we learn.  Keenan

[medicinewheel]

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glad you see it that way!!!

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Yeah David, I'm learning, I'm learning, I look at all the great bows that get posted, than i look at mines, and think "you better do better than that !"

..so I'm trying to get better in the refining stages, I'm spraying urathane on a Guava ELB, should be ready soon

[Pappy]

Yours look mighty good to me.Can't wait to see the next one.
    Pappy

[Jbell]

 That is a bummer Manny. Still is a fantastic looking bow. Are you going to put it on the tiller tree of death?  Come on lets see what happens when you pull that thing to 35".  Sorry I am just remembering the thread when you put some of your Guava bows to the test. Are you going to try Eucalyptus again?

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

yeah Jbell, I have a split from the same tree, I'll try something different

Pappy ,I'm spraying a finish on a nice Guava ELB, not much time to work on it because I'm buisy moving (again )

but I should post it soon

[mullet]

  Manny, Can you post a picture of what the leaves look like? I've been looking at Eucalyptus for awhile but I thought what we have here is too light in density.

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Eddie, this particular one I got because wile on a KOA mission I ran into this groove of trees I never saw before, I didn't even knew it was Eucalyptus at first, I cut it down because it was a farely strait tree , never ran into this species since.

[mullet]

 Manny, What we have around here is telephone pole straight.It has long, 6" narrow leaves and a shiney inner bark with a thin peeling outer bark. does this sound the same?

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

that sounds like the blue gum eucalyptus, or Lemon eucalyptus, or Mandhalay gum Eucalyptus, all of them quite superior to this one in my experiance as tree trimmer, and I made a bamboo backed lemon once that was quite good

[George Tsoukalas]

Manny, that tiller looked really good. Too bad that it chrysalled on you. Jawge