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Title: my beginnings...(NOT FOR BOM)
Post by: medicinewheel on May 13, 2007, 11:55:42 am
hi everybody!   -   this bow here is the fourth bow i ever made and it's the firstone i made without any help from someone;
this was almost 2 years ago.
it came out underweight with 35#@28" and i gave it to my friend katja. the bow is bamboo backed hickory. at the moment, i have it back for a minor repair.

well, when i checked the tiller i decided to take some pictures to share with you. the bend should be a good bit more towards the handle and the upper limb is a bit too bendy at mid-limb, i guess, but i think it's not too bad a bow overall...  ;D

frank

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Title: Re: my beginnings...
Post by: medicinewheel on May 13, 2007, 12:02:25 pm
...and some more!

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Title: Re: my beginnings...
Post by: Gordon on May 13, 2007, 12:23:59 pm
That is very nice for a "beginner" bow. I can barely look at some of my early attempts.  :-[
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Post by: Pat B on May 13, 2007, 12:33:23 pm
Nice bow, Frank. Not bad for your first solo flight. ;)   Pat
Title: Re: my beginnings...
Post by: medicinewheel on May 13, 2007, 02:10:18 pm


thanks gordon, thanks pat!    -   well, number 2 was ugly, didn't really bend at all and broke in the handle. i burned it together with number five, that actually never got finished due to too many problems poppin' up while making it. to tell the truth i cannot even look at all of my nowadays attempts  ;D ;D ;D
thanks again,

frank
Title: Re: my beginnings...
Post by: Justin Snyder on May 13, 2007, 06:03:36 pm
That is a pretty bow.  Nice for your 4th attempt or nice for you 200th. 
Gordon, I have no trouble looking at my first attempts that remain. They are good bows, unless blew all over the yard.  ;D Justin
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on May 13, 2007, 09:42:17 pm
Congratulations of a fine bow. Jawge
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Post by: Pappy on May 14, 2007, 08:07:49 am
I wished some of my first looked like that,I'm with Gordon some of the first I got to shoot were awful looking but I was very proud anyway,I guess It is like a Father with a ugly baby you just don't see it that way. ;D Nice job Frank
   Pappy
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Post by: Marc St Louis on May 14, 2007, 08:26:32 am
Nice bow. Well done
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Post by: DanaM on May 14, 2007, 10:50:51 am
Yup tiller is a little wonky but its hardly ugly. nopt bad at all
I'm thinkin of using my first bows for tomatoe stakes in the garden ;D

DanaM
Title: Re: my beginnings...
Post by: medicinewheel on May 15, 2007, 07:28:37 pm

everybody! - thanks again for all your nice remarks; they are allways encouraging!!

frank
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Post by: mullet on May 15, 2007, 11:16:04 pm
   Nice bow.The tiller had me leaning till I got to the last picture. 8)
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Post by: 1/2primitive on May 16, 2007, 04:46:48 pm
Wow! What a nice first bow! Great job.
       Sean
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Post by: medicinewheel on May 17, 2007, 04:07:05 am

thanks again, guys!

frank