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Ritchie

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My first bow.
« on: July 02, 2008, 11:39:31 pm »
This is my first atempt at building a bow..It is a learning experince that im enjoying. The bow is made out of black lockost it is 68"nock to nock. Right now it's around 55#@27"..My Dad (knightd)begged me to shorten it but I wouldn't let him. I wanted a long bow they are awesome!!! Here are a few pic's I will post more after it is done..the first one is showing the profile before tillering on it.the other's are self explanetory I hope?

Thank's for looking
                          Ritchie

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Offline Ryano

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2008, 11:45:41 pm »
Nice is it sapwood backed or is it backed with some other material ?
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2008, 11:48:28 pm »
Congratulations on a very fine bow. Jawge
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Offline recurve shooter

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2008, 11:54:18 pm »
nice job dude.
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Ritchie

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2008, 01:20:16 am »
It is from a stave so I guese it is sapwood backed. thank's for the coment's guy's.

Ritchie
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Offline knightd

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2008, 09:20:53 am »
I also tried to get you to steam out the one limb but no!! He wanted to leave it just like it came off the tree..I see a true primitive bowyer in the making.. :)

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Offline DanaM

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2008, 09:26:28 am »
Looks pretty darn good :) Thanks for sharing eh
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Offline Pappy

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2008, 09:31:14 am »
Nice bow Ritchie ,dad maybe you ought to stay out of it. ;) ;D ;D ;D Very well done.I have never left the sap wood on a BL bow but it looks like it worked for you.Be sure and keep us updated on how it holds up. :)
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Offline shamus

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2008, 11:07:08 am »
That's an nice first bow. congrats!
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Offline Sparrow

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2008, 12:18:36 pm »
Nice Bow.Looks like your ready for the next one. Frank
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Offline knightd

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2008, 06:30:55 am »
I cant get him to stop shooting this one long enough to start building the next... :D..He had to leave the sap wood on this one.. the stave wasn't thick enough to take it down to one ring..

 dad
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2008, 08:48:28 am »
Good looking bow. Some of the old Cherokee locust bows were sapwood backed. The contrast between the sapwood and heartwood looks great. Looks like you did a fine job on this one.
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Offline GregB

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2008, 08:56:12 am »
That one turned out really nice. Great job on your first bow!
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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2008, 11:57:28 pm »
very nice! looks like you nailed that tiller too. good job man!

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Re: My first bow.
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2008, 10:42:41 am »
Got your bow bookmarked for July Self Bow of the Month.  This is all about fun!
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