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Offline Pappy

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New Iron Wood bow finished.
« on: August 11, 2008, 07:50:36 am »
I finely got my IW finished and shot in,I have put abot 300 arrows through it and man it is a shooter.
It is 62 n-n 53@26.It has about an inch of back set after shooting and about 2 after rest.I first dyed it with yellow and planed on doing the lower half with a dark Orange like I have seen on here several
times but it looked like crap so I dyed it all over with the darker color and then sanded it down so just some of the bright yellow showed through.It is sealed with about 8 coats of tru oil and the a cover
coat of Satin poly. to dull it down.turned out looking pretty good,a little different but OK.Hope yall
 like it.By the way out of all the IW. I have had over the years this is my first bow from it.I always seem to give it away.I almost gave this away at the Classic but Greg talked me out of it,Thanks GregB.
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2008, 07:53:08 am »
It had a little character in the bottom limb that gave a little trouble tillering but seemed to
work out fine.A few more pictures.
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2008, 08:37:09 am »
Well, once Pappy finally kept a piece of hhb long enough to make a bow out of it...I think he done it justice!  ;) It really is a good shooter and I'd bet it see's some action in the deer woods this fall!

I wasn't crazy about the initial dye scheme just like Pappy wasn't...chance's you take when trying something new sometimes. But I like the combination he has on it now, turned out to be a good looking bow as well as a performer. :)
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2008, 09:12:48 am »
Great looking bow Pappy!

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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2008, 09:15:48 am »
Very nice bow Pappy.

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Offline DanaM

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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2008, 09:17:26 am »
Looks great Pappy, but you couldn't resist making it look like osage eh :D
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2008, 09:32:49 am »
Nice bow Pappy. ;D That hophornbeam is good bow wood. Now I gota get ya to try some elm. Did ya'll ever find that half of a log I brought ya? ???
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2008, 09:39:44 am »
Ya I am pretty sure we did,I think Greg was hoarding it up somewhere and had forgot
where he put it.From what I seen of yours I got to try some.Thanks guys. :)
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2008, 09:54:30 am »
That Greg. Always hoarding stuff up....lol.  ::)
I'll bring ya some more this spring if I can manage getting it there....Might not be as big a piece if we have to bring the car again. lol.
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2008, 10:23:30 am »
Great looking bow Pappy. 
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2008, 10:47:41 am »
Great job, Pappy. I like the dye job a lot too. Jawge
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2008, 10:50:30 am »
A very nice bow!
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« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2008, 10:52:08 am »
very nice pappy, and i like the faux-sage look to it! ;D

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« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2008, 11:36:43 am »
Great job Pappy.
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Re: New Iron Wood bow finished.
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2008, 11:57:17 am »
Thanks guys,I like it so far.I kind of wished I had went with another color but it sort of
grows on ya. :)
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