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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2018, 08:11:09 am »
That is a lovely bow.  Very well done
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #16 on: June 14, 2018, 10:33:41 am »
I am just amazed that you have no set with that stave. You are the man.  The deflex idea is intriguing. I gotta try that on a 58” elm stave i have curing. How muck did you deflex?  With steam? Thx, Hoosier
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #17 on: June 14, 2018, 02:02:53 pm »
Very nice bow! Really good tillering job with that length and so little set
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #18 on: June 14, 2018, 07:31:37 pm »
Wow, thats impressive. You know how to work elm. 
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2018, 08:11:27 pm »
Thank you!I have to give the credit to the wood on this one!
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #20 on: June 15, 2018, 06:12:07 am »
Nice work, lot of bend on such a short stick, but looks like you pulled it off just fine. :)
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #21 on: June 15, 2018, 03:15:48 pm »
  OH, my gosh!  You got 60 lbs out of that skinny little crooked sliver of ditch-bank wood?!?!   Amazing!  That's really good work.  I love elm, but you got a lot out of that stave.  Nice profile, great tiller.
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #22 on: September 05, 2018, 01:51:47 pm »
So I got around to finishing it up.i l hope the guy I made it for likes it?I had planned on putting on overlays,so I filed in tillering nocks as usual.but after speaking with him I found he preferred self nocks.i regret not having diamond shaped but oh well.i however did reinenforce the tips with art sinew.i sanded off the poly and reapplied a grass and charcoal finished and wiped it down with mink oil.the handle is the exterior side of elm bark decorked and some wraps of jute.the feather is a great grey owl.just thought I would show a slightly different fit and finish using the jute. Lots of tool marks left as requested.i didn't try to copy any particular style just something that looked somewhat primitive!thxs bush!
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #23 on: September 05, 2018, 02:23:33 pm »
Few more
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2018, 03:58:44 pm »
Outstanding work on that short bow!
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2018, 07:24:53 pm »
That looks awesome bushy. I'm sure he'll love it!
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #26 on: September 05, 2018, 08:03:36 pm »
Sweet little bow bushboy.Very nice.
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #27 on: September 05, 2018, 09:01:20 pm »
Thxs!.on side note I slaughtered thick with mink oil(the shoe stuff) and let sit for a few days and it seemed to absorb most of it.i read recently that  a bow has to breath for longevity from a very respected bowyer!
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #28 on: September 06, 2018, 08:20:22 am »
Just a great piece of work.
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Re: Elm,53ttt,55\60#@26/27"
« Reply #29 on: September 06, 2018, 10:57:37 am »
Wow bushy, what a bend,
You squeezed out out all of that stick.
It was a good decision to let that primitive look.
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