john's ashbow...

[medicinewheel]

guys! - this gentleman here is my best friend john edwards, australian, out-to-lunch-grad: 5.7 (richter scale)

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[Minuteman]

Glad ya got friends ... where's the picture of the bow?

[medicinewheel]

he lived in Cologne (1hour drive up north from here) for 5 years now and he'll go back to OZ in 2 weeks time.
last few times he came to visit he built a bow from ash and i helped him with the tillering.
the bow is symmetrical 68" ntn, tiller is 1/4" positive. tiller is not perfect, but we didn't want to lose more draw weight; the bow is 40#@28".
some problems with the back around some pinknots, so we put on a deerhide backing.

john had sketched out some aboriginal influenced artwork that i put on for him (india ink and acrylic paint) and due to leak of time i worked out the tips for him, too.

thanks for looking,

frank


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[catfishon]

i like it  !

[Dano]

That artwork is awesome, very nice bow.

[sailordad]

thats a nice looking stick there

but you gotta teach/learn to slow down,patience is  a virtue

the guy in the photo looks like hes hauling butt to get that one done lol

                                                                    peace,
                                                                         tim

[The Burnt Hill Archer]

beautifull artwork. nice bow youve got there!

Phil

[medicinewheel]

but you gotta teach/learn to slow down,patience is  a virtue

the guy in the photo looks like hes hauling butt to get that one done lol

no, it's really only the photo (no flash used): for real he's been going slow...

thanks for the comments; i'll try to shoot few more pictures when it stops raining.

f.

[Justin Snyder]

Nice work John and Frank. 

[medicinewheel]

thanks justin.

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btw. the bow took 2" of set starting from 1" of natural reflex.

the tips are stiff needletips as you can see below.

frank

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[Dane]

Frank, he looks insane in a good way. I love the art - it looks quite a bit like a digeradoo I have next to my desk here, very striking designs.

Dane

[cowboy]

That is a nice clean looking bow Frank! Good to have friends in the shop with ya from time to time .

[GregB]

A very unique bow from an artistic standpoint, I really like it!

[medicinewheel]

Frank, he looks insane in a good way. ...

john is actually a really great guy; for real he never looks like on that upper photo 

thanks for the comments!

frank

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow,very nice for such a limited amount of time,good to have good friends.Love
the paint work and tips.
   Pappy