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Offline sonny

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painted hickory, not for BOM
« on: August 23, 2008, 04:36:40 pm »
I've been messing with this bow for years,, really !
I was never happy with the grip....some other things but now it's finally coming along.
Finally I decided to paint the back, after seeing a couple of nicely painted bows here.
figured I'd show off the paint job, which I'm giving a few days to fully cure before applying final finish.

I need to decide what to put on the handle....I think I'm just going to wrap with some natural linen string that I have..

 



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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2008, 04:54:03 pm »
sonny, that is a beautiful paint job! I think a linen wrap would look good on that grip - why no bom?
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Offline Scowler

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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2008, 04:56:10 pm »
Beautiful paint job.  How about wrapping the handle with a strip of tanned deerhide?
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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2008, 05:39:26 pm »
the grip is just the right size and may feel too bulky I if I were to use deerskin.
that's why I'm considering something as thin as linen string.

not for BOM as it's not done....I might post some finished pics......

thanks for the compliments!
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2008, 06:28:42 pm »
That is an outstanding design on the back! Jawge
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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2008, 06:30:31 pm »
 It looks great Sonny. Hemp makes a nice, feeling wrap. What did you use for paint?
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Offline sonny

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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2008, 06:34:51 pm »
the paint is the cheap 99cent bottles of acrylic paint from the craft store. I had most of the colors on hand, had to pick up the green.
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2008, 09:37:03 pm »
That looks great, like that design.
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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2008, 10:04:06 pm »
                                                         Nice Job Glenn.....looks great      ;)
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Offline Woodland Roamer

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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2008, 09:46:30 am »
Nice design and paintjob, a hemp or linen handle would look good on that.

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Offline Gordon

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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2008, 02:56:34 pm »
I like the artwork and am looking forward to seeing the completed bow.
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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2008, 06:43:35 pm »
pretty sweet man! yup i love that design for hickory.

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Offline ballista

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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2008, 11:06:28 pm »
ive honestly never even considered painting any of my bows, this has changed my point of view. as far as a handle, i think some deer hide would look fine, but you could finish it the way it is and i'd say it looks great. good work, cant wait to see the finished product. -jimmy.
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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2008, 09:19:45 am »
Love it!!!


"the paint is the cheap 99cent bottles of acrylic paint from the craft store"

Yep some of the best stuff out there. I just seal it in with acrylic varnish, then lacquer on mine.

Again lookin good. Real good.
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Re: painted hickory, not for BOM
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2008, 09:51:54 am »
Beautiful job,I like it a lot. :)
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