Flats or Bust

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow BJ, very nice job.
 Pappy

[bjrogg]

Very nice bow Bj.  Love your work.   Maybe a contender for flight one day too.   

Wouldn’t it be great to get a bunch of bowyers from here to meet up at the flats to fling arrows as far as we could?

I know Arvin would love that and so would I.

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Nice bow Brian . What’s the spec?

In all honesty Arvin I’m not positive. The way I remember it was right around 50@25”. I usually pull about 24”.

I figure I can shoot and hunt with this one now. When I take it to the flats I can take some off, have a fresh belly. Get it out to 28”, lighten up the tips and recurves. Then see how far it’ll fling an arrow.

That works!

Well that’s my plan and I’m sticking to it. Hope to see you there.

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Thanks Pappy. I don’t know if it’s the prettiest bow I ever made, but it certainly is a beautiful shooting bow.

Bjrogg

[Pat B]

Very nice bow, Brian. Looks just right for blood letting. 

[bjrogg]

Very nice bow, Brian. Looks just right for blood letting. 

Thanks Pat. My goal is to get it to the flats someday. Even if I can’t pull it and have to have someone else draw it for me.  A successful hunt or two along the way would be nice though to.

Bjrogg

[PEARL DRUMS]

Nice rig, BJ

[bjrogg]

Nice rig, BJ

Thanks Chris. Maybe we can drag you out there too. I’d like to see how far you can fling one.

Bjrogg

[PEARL DRUMS]

Never gonna happen, pal. My interest in wood bows lies elsewhere.

[bjrogg]

I guess part of me wants to make an arrow fly far.

I remember for a short time we had a green fiberglass bow. We were little kids and we would see how far we could shoot an arrow. It’s always entertaining to me watching an arrow sail through the air.

I don’t know what happened to that bow. I’m guessing it might have had something to do with another thing we did. Shoot an arrow straight up and watch it disappear. I think mom may have made the bow disappear too. And unlike the arrow it didn’t reappear.

I’m not all that concerned about setting any records, but I do think it could be fun to get some of us together and shoot for the moon.

I understand though.
Bjrogg

[Piddler]

BJ
I still have my green f****glass bow from when I was a kid.
Piddler

[bjrogg]

BJ
I still have my green f****glass bow from when I was a kid.
Piddler

Don’t remember having it long but we sure had fun with it while it was around. I have often thought I would find it at my dad’s house but I haven’t. I can’t imagine my mom throwing it out. I did find an old compound that was my younger brothers.

Bjrogg

[Del the cat]

Handsome bow
Del

[bjrogg]

Handsome bow
Del

Thanks Del. It’s not yew, but it is a from a very nice piece of Osage.

Bjrogg

[WhistlingBadger]

Love the curves, antler tips, and the story.  And yeah, those are some great looking garden beds and fruit trees, too.  Still hoping our paths cross someday.    T