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Offline Asiertxu

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2008, 03:16:50 pm »
Your bows are GREAT Steve!!

Really like this one and you have the trick to do such nice little bows mate!!

Thanks for showing us your cool job!!..;)..

Cheers...

Asier.
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2008, 03:43:49 pm »
Awesome little bow. I've always admired those Blackfoot bows in the Hamm and Allelly books.
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2008, 11:53:37 am »
 Steve that bow is a true work of art and a fresh step back in history. I love it. Very authentic and you nailed the profile and tiller as well as the decorations. Congratulations, That one could be on display in any museum,  Keenan

Offline Coo-wah-chobee

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2008, 12:03:44 pm »
Very nice replica Steve..bob

Offline YewArcher

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #19 on: November 01, 2008, 06:18:34 pm »
Thanks guys, I have another ready to tiller but am still trying to find the corect snake skins. Dag nabbit......I jsut cannot find them.

Steve

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2008, 08:52:36 pm »
Beautiful, Steve. Jawge
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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #21 on: November 02, 2008, 01:37:32 am »
Mighty nice. Gotta love them pin knocks
keep it simple
make it fun

Offline Sidewinder

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #22 on: November 02, 2008, 01:57:39 am »
Steve, your steam rolling us with all this wonderful work.  Thats ballsey. Courage to go that short and excute it so well might inspire me to grow a pair and try it. Osage is tuff stuff and as you have proven,  properly done can be done shorter than I had realized. That osage bow almost has a turkish horsebow look in the string angle. Guess thats why they used the  pinch draw.    Danny
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Offline armymedic.2

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #23 on: November 02, 2008, 05:18:53 am »
that is awesome, some really good native flavor to that one.  Buen Trabaje!
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Offline YewArcher

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #24 on: November 02, 2008, 11:27:49 am »
Danny, This one is yew but yew and osage I find have great overdraw capabilities when baced with sinew. Try on, you wont regret it. The shortest wood and sinew bow that I have made to date was 36". I was drawing it to 24" over and over to see what would happen.......it did eventulyy break but that was real extrame. Sinew and wood can reall take a lot if its tillered well.

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Steve


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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #25 on: November 02, 2008, 02:19:04 pm »
very neat. what else is there to say? ;)

Offline Sidewinder

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Re: Blackfoot Native American Yew Bow
« Reply #26 on: November 03, 2008, 12:13:16 am »
Oh sorry Steve I have osage on the brain. lol. Danny
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