Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: blackhawk on March 20, 2014, 09:12:23 am
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A few of my family members need a new bow and I ain't making them all >:D(even tho it might be faster if I did..lol ;D)...so last night they invaded my man cave for an hour and a half...they got there choice of any kind of wood(self bow,or a lam bow)..the oldest picked out a black locust stave(n him n I will be working his later)...the wife picked out an osage stave(given to me by Clint aka osage outlaw..thanks pal) for a self bow...she just had to have osage even tho its prob the toughest to work..I guess a yew or red cedar would've been just too easy for her...she can handle the ride tho,cus she's a tough West Virginia gal ...
Here she is starting to remove the bark
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It took several times showing and explaining how to chase a ring,and how to yield a drawknife...and at the same time I was monitoring all those young yahoos as well!!!!
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My two year old baby girl rasping away on some cedar!!!
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Our oldest daughter was waiting her turn to use the rasp and asked "can I rape the wood"....we both had to keep straight faces when she said that...it was tough..lol.
Well...the wife only got a few rings down half way across,but she actually picked it up pretty fast and was able to follow a ring all that way down..she wasn't fast about it,but she did really good,and pretty much got the technique down...thought I'd never see the day with a drawknife in her hand making a bow...she actually enjoyed it!!! Sweeeeet..oh wait? Now I need to find a new place to "get away", cus now my shops gonna be invaded by girlie cuties!!!!lol
This was where we ended,and since everybody did so well daddy took the family out for dinner after...
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I'll keep posting progress of where everybody's is....its gonna take awhile tho so be patient ...thanks for looking
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That's pretty cool BH. Good luck with that osage stave.
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Looks like it could be a challenge maintaining order, but worth it for sure.
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Very cool, ;) :)
Pappy
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That is certainly very nice to see. Jawge
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Awesome pics! That little turd is growing fast. I love that long blonde hair! cutey
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great pictures, way to go!
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Love it :)
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Way cool Chris! It's really good to see! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's progress. Josh
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That is so awesome. My wife only fusses when I track Osage dust back upstairs on my boots! She has no interest at all. Both of my sons have given it a go, with the older one, Zach, having a hickory bow about halfway done. He hasn't touched it in months, though. My younger one ,Isaac (Biscuit), has hacked around on various scraps and generally ends up just slaying various evil beasts of his imagination with an Osage sword. Cool pics there, Hawk.
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Thanks guys...yeah maintaining order was fun while trying to teach my wife while the younglings had sharp tools in there hands ;) kept me on my toes ;)
Greg that's usually what happens here as well with my two youngest ones...they just like to use the tools and destroy scrap pieces of wood,then end up sword fighting..lol. last year my youngest boy and I actually cut a sapling down together,and he did a lot of the work all the way till tillering,n it ended up breaking on us close to full draw :( ...we were bummed cus we spent all that time together on it(but I guess the time spent together was worth more :)..) ....I have an osage kids blank already to go for him ready for tillering,n I'll have him help me on it and tell him where and how many times to scrape etc...
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Thats great! my fiance wants to try her hand at bow making when the weather warms up enough, and my two year old "rasps" pieces too! cant wait to see the final results!
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Very cool Hawkster.
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Very cool, will be interesting to see how the bows progress.
Nice to get family involved in things you can enjoy together, but you've most definitely lost your man cave, it's become a family workshop at this point. Worth the sacrifice though.
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That looks fun. I made my son promise to get his school and chores done so we can go out and work on our Projects when I get home from work today.
Not much of a better way to build family bonds then building stuff together. Love it.
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She will make a great bow. She has a great teacher.
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Now that's cool Chris!
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thats awesome man, i cant wait till my son is old enough to build with me. maybe ill teach him how to rape some wood too lol :D
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I love it !!!
Good job
Hope to see ya all real soon , miss each and everyone of you !!
Give them a hug for me till I can do it myself !
Guy
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Nice looking tribe Chris ! Very cool and memorable!
Tracy
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Chips off the old block! That's awesome Daddy! Nothing feels better than to share our passion with our kids! Kudos to you wife as well! I show my wife a finished bow I've worked for a few weeks on and she says, "oh ok". :o :P
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My younger one ,Isaac (Biscuit), has hacked around on various scraps and generally ends up just slaying various evil beasts of his imagination with an Osage sword.
You are a lucky man. I chose to not have kids in this life and I have to slay my own monsters! Count your blessings!
Chips off the old block!
Shavings off the old stave?
Call it what you will, but it's pure wonderful as far as I can see. Pure, distilled wonderful!
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Sometimes I like your posts, sometimes I dislike them, but this post I love! Nicely done sir. Bows will break, crack or rot, but the time and memories you spent with your family can't be taken from you.
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I agree 100% JW! :)
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nice to see what ya do when you're not causing trouble >:D cool beans boardhawk
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Awesome, Chris. Way to get the familia involved!
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At'a boy ......Blackhawk
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Thats a great way to make some family memories Chris, looks like everyone was having a good time too. Who knows, after they get a couple bows under their belt they become just like dad and start cranking some killer work at breakneck speed. Have fun with em' brother, they grow up before you know it. :)
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very very awesome, see you at the classic
chuck
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That's really cool, glad you could get the family involved! When I started my wife complained a little, now I find her coming out to the garage to see what I'm doing and she actually helped me clean up some sinew. And draw out a board bow the other day.
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very cool
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Very cool Chris. Looking forward to seeing the progress.
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Thanks guys...like I said progress will be slow,and hit or miss...I'm hoping we get some time in this weekend tho ;)
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That' great Chris, Good to see a whole family involved. The 2 kidos are interested but I am doing good if my wife snaps a pic for me. I'm gonna keep workin on her until she comes around or snaps altogether ;D
Looking forward to seeing them come along.
Doobs
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Got the wife n kids back down in the shop yesterday...the wife continued to chase a ring on her stave as my 5 year old boy swung the hatchet like a lil mad man at a scrap piece of erc making him n his sister swords....lol. she did great following a ring and got half of one side all finished up,n the other half is at one ring above...so the ring is almost chased...we left two sapwood rings in it to give it a cool look(about 3/16" thick)...from the side its pretty white and from the back its yellowish white transitioning colors...it'll contrast nicely to the dark orange heartwood it has(Clint knows what I'm talking about)...so..anyways..another update... more to come..slowly
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That will make a cool looking bow. Its nice that you can combine family time with bow making.
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Looking good girl !
Youngens keep on growing no matter what it seems.
Most any resource becomes a weapon of some sort in the hands of a young boy !
Good to see you folks on here but sure hope to see ya in person soon !!
Give them all a hug.
Guy
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Yeah Clint it is def time well spent...and makes me proud and smile :D
Soon guy...soon I hope ;) will do :)
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Sweet Chris, I'm sure she'll make a fine bow. With a great teacher
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Thanks Bruce....let's hope n pray the wood cooperates ::) ;)
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It looks like a pretty solid stick, I wish my old lady would try it. Then maybe she would stop asking my why I'm covered in sweat when I get in from the shop sometimes. Lol. Apparently when it's 9 degrees out one is not supposed to sweat. Women, go figure O:) once I get some more wood my stepson wants to make a bow with me. My 3 year old wants a bone and arra. I plan on making her one sometime as well. Good for u man. Beautiful family.
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I wish my wife would get into it more. All she will do is watch me and the boys shoot. Good thing ya got going there, Blackhawk.
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Got the ring almost chased, looks like she is in for the long haul now. Way to get everyone in involved Chris.
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I'm really glad we get to work on this together, I'm starting to appreciate ALL the work that goes into making a bow!
I'm not gonna lie, my arms and hands are killing me right now and I'm sure my back will be sore in the morning, but the 3 and a half hours in the "man cave" today were pretty awesome :)
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we had another family day in the shop today,and everybody was getting on the action :D
heres my two lil helpers sweeping up and cleaned up all the chips..they both got some money and a piece of candy ;)
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I let the oldest break some of dads rock ;)
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he drove a pretty cool flake he was proud of...looks like a lil knife blade ;) we might haft it up for him..but he did cut himself :laugh:
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meanwhile the wife was chipping away at the bow...she finished off the ring and I had her draw the centerline 8)
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we then laid out the dimensions to the front profile 8)
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then came some more physical fun...as much as I wanted to cheat and take it to the saw to cut it out I wanted to get her to at least reduce some of the meat off by hand to appreciate what goes into making a bow... :laugh:
first we tried the hatchet but she wasn't to comfortable with that
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so we put it in the stave press and started to drawknive out the front profile instead
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she got one half of the front profile cut out before we called it quits for the night...and since everyone did so good I rewarded them to a night out to dinner.....at mcds :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Very cool. I hope to see that bow shooting in a few weeks ;)
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Great lookin family Chris. It was good to see you, take care. :)
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You go Mrs blackhawk! Good thing you got going there Chris.
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Chris, if I could get my wife to start making bows I would be the happiest guy on the planet. This guy is jealous, your just plain lucky or really know how to pick em :laugh: This is probably one of my favorite threads so far.
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gotta agree with everyone...one of if not THE coolest threads ive seen to date....sorry i missed all the other posts..but ..all caught up now..cant wait to see the finished bow!!
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Thanks for the replies guys...its much appreciated...n I'm sure the wife appreciates it as well... :)
Clint I made a wager with her last night....if she can have it shooting AT Marshall we'll go...it doesn't have to be shooting before then,but it needs to be close enough to where I feel she's close enough to have it shooting there... >:D
Ink be patient....it took her a good long while before giving in ;) :laugh:
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You go girl !!
See ya at Marshall !!
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Very cool Blackhawk. Love to see the families involved.
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Does the government know you successfully learned how to clone yourself? Your son looks just like you man.
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This is sooooo cool, Chris! That's all I can say. 8)
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I'm really happy for you Chris. There is nothing like sharing what you love with who you love. And having them begin to love it too. Congrats :)
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Thats awesome Chris! Looks like everyones having a blast. Your wife looks like shes truly having fun, not just a "smile fore the camera, make it look like I'm having a good time" >:D Great stuff!
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Clint I made a wager with her last night....if she can have it shooting AT Marshall we'll go...it doesn't have to be shooting before then,but it needs to be close enough to where I feel she's close enough to have it shooting there... >:D
Wait, what?! You AND Clint were in on that??? Just watch men, I will have it shooting by Marshall. >:D
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(crickets)................ nobody speaks when the wife cracks the whip lol
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(crickets)................ nobody speaks when the wife cracks the whip lol
Nah!!!! Anyone who knows her knows its all an act!!!! I do..lol. :laugh:
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Hahaha, I'm not mad, but I'm serious about having my bow ready in time for Marshall ;D
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(crickets)................ nobody speaks when the wife cracks the whip lol
Nah!!!! Anyone who knows her knows its all an act!!!! I do..lol. :laugh:
hahahaha
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That's awesome...
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(crickets)................ nobody speaks when the wife cracks the whip lol
Nah!!!! Anyone who knows her knows its all an act!!!! I do..lol. :laugh:
Yah......she is REAL tough in person. Look at her cross-eyed and your in big trouble. Me? I stay clear of her, unless I need to latch unto that cute little blonde she has scooting around behind her all the time. Then I just make her look the other way, grab the kid and run like hell!
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Get a string on that stick !
I will say that I saw it bend so all you need is the string and your done >:D
We can fine tune it on the course ! :laugh:
See I told ya she would be there
In other words I am betting on you girl !!
See ya at Marshall
2 weeks from tomorrow the soup will be on, don't be late
Should you need some extra time on the course for fine tuning come a couple of days earlier !
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
someone is bound and determined now!!!(wonder why?) ??? ::) this makes two days in a row,and she asked me if she could go down to the shop and work on her bow,and i didn't have to ask or mention it 8)
I kept the kids busy with things while she worked away
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she got the other limbs front profile cut out,and now the front profile is all roughed out :)
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she then laid out the lines along the side to rough out the side profile :)
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after some sweating she got one limb reduced down before she cried uncle >:D
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shes doing great tho,and fighting thru blistered hands :laugh: oh no...her poor crotchet hands are turning into bowyer hands >:D :laugh:
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Looking good there Mrs. Blackhawk! ;)
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(crickets)................ nobody speaks when the wife cracks the whip lol
Nah!!!! Anyone who knows her knows its all an act!!!! I do..lol. :laugh:
hahahaha
Uh, yeah. Right. I saw that haunted look on your face down at the Classic. Your eyes were constantly darting around with that "watching for the cops" look that every married man has! We know who wears the pants in your house....and
SHE picks 'em out for you! Admit it, accept it, and be happy with it. Look at the little benefits of it running around the shop!
Good to see you at the Classic again. Thanks for the pointers on the crack bow. I think it might survive tillering now! Have fun in Marshall, she's donna do it!!!
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Thanks for the encouraging words guys!
;D There's no place like Marshall, there's no place like Marshall...
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And the marriage bonds are strengthened by the bonds of primitive archery co-dependency!
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And the marriage bonds are strengthened by the bonds of primitive archery co-dependency!
Not sure about your previous statement ::) :laugh: :laugh: ..but I think you hit the nail on the head with that one ;) ;D ...good to see ya to jdub ;)..until next year my friend :'( :)
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Maybe I'll bring that bow and we can work on it again for the third year!
Do me a favor? Bring the wife and kids to the Classic next year. I would love to meet'em. They seem to be pretty fine folks.
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I'm pulling for you! See you guys at Marshall!
-Dan
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@jdub....I've always wanted to take em down there,but it hasn't worked out yet...I'm wanting too next year if it pans out,but who knows what's in store for next year being so far off yet
Hope so Dan ;)
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I have faith in her,I think she will make it,looking good so far,and got a good teacher,he also sings. ;) :) :)
Pappy
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OK Chris she proved she can do it
now how about a little encouraging help
my arms hurt just from thinking about her doing that much draw knife work !
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Hows it going Mrs hawk
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its shaping up and coming along nicely...spent another eve in the shop after dinner tonight....as usual I kept the kids out of her hair and busy with other things 8)
lets see how far and high we can launch things!!! :laugh:
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and trying to nock the cup down off the wall throwing stones....they mustve done this one for an hour!!!! 8)
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back to bow business with the wife...here she is reducing the other limbs belly meat
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now for the rasping :D
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she has now got it to the beginning of floor tiller stage,and where its now bending some...now it needs to sit upstairs to lose the last couple percentage points of moisture...and this is where its at after tonights session.... 8)
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and ughh....um....ehhh.....yeah....it looks like were going to marshall!!!! shes gonna make the deadline for sure now :-[ ...oh darn :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Mr. Guy, it is going AWESOME!!! I was actually working on it when you posted your question, lol.
Oh, and we'll definitely be at Marshall!! Can't wait to see everyone there ;D
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after hotboxing it for a week we are ready to start bending this thing...here we are into floor tillering...both limbs are bending fairly well now,but we need to take off another ten pounds before we do the heat corrections/shaping...if it was for me it wood be ready for it now,but I don't think she wants a mid 50's pound bow :laugh: ...we are def making headway and getting close now
rasping away!!!
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checking the bend!!!
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I think I overworked the kids this time :-[ ;D the peanut fell asleep in the shop :laugh:
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Awesome !
thanks for posting the wee ones, love them!
Girl get a string on that thing ! Lets shoot it!
Patience is key now and I have non cause I am so pumped up about you doing this bow!
See ya in a few days
Guy
What about the dress is it done yet? >:D :laugh:
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That really is cool to see the whole family involved.
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thanks guy...yes..see ya soon pal 8) ...thanks steve...this has been some great quality time for our family enjoyed by all :D
After church and lunch we spent ALL afternoon playing with archery 8) ;D ;D ;D ;D
the wife reduced down to her lines for the front profile,and rounded the corners
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the peanut fixing one of daddys workbenchs with a screwdriver :laugh: :laugh:
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then we continued to floor tiller and took another ten pounds aprroximetly off :D
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so now its ready for heat corrections next,and that's where we ended up with it today ;)
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but that's not the end of our family archery play for the day 8) ......lets shoot some bows!!!!! cus that's the fun part!!! :D :D ;D
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thanks for anyone following along silently or vocally..its appreciated :D ;) :)
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Awesome! :D
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Now that looks like a great day with the family. I hope you don't mind but I touched up your photo just a little bit (http://rabbittalk.com/images/smilies/cheesy%20smile.gif)
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Bows%202014/AAA.jpg)
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Awesome thread. You guys have a great thing going. Ours are all grown up and gone now and believe me, it happened so fast.... It is great to see that y'all are taking time with your young ones and bringing them up right. You have a lot to be thankful for. Keep it coming - I can't wait to see how all these bows and bowyers turn out! :D
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Now that looks like a great day with the family. I hope you don't mind but I touched up your photo just a little bit...
:embarassed: >:( Not. Cool. Man. ;)
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HA!!!!! that IS funny, when it aint you
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Lmao Clint...good one :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Thanks Cody....see ya soon again buddy!!! :)
Thanks Howard...they sure do grow fast...were not perfect parents or a perfect family,but spending time together now is more important and what matters no matter what we are doing ;) ..we just happen to do a lot of archery related stuff ;)
Still funny to me bubby,and it IS me....Clint and I have been at each others throats for years now with me being a steelers fan,and him being a ocho cinco lover :laugh:
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That is a happy looking group you got there Chris, great pics. That bow is shaping up nicely too, the Mrs. is doing a heck of a good job on that one. See all of ya in a few days.
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hey if I remember right you have a little shooting match longbow vs. shortbow with Pauly don't ya
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hey if I remember right you have a little shooting match longbow vs. shortbow with Pauly don't ya
Well you see bub, it was a lot easier to talk trash months ago. Now that ill see him in a few days I nominated Greg (badly bent) to shoot for me. We talked on the phone today and he said like to represent short bows at Marshall ::)
Chris, those pics are cool 8)
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Ha! I'm fully prepared....... to be smoked on the range that is. Us short bow guys are desperate if I'm the choice to take on anyone in a shooting match. Best I can hope for is to nail one or two of Dan's nocks. :D
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Can I get in on this with my 52" bow?
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How bout we just go shoot and have fun and not care about who's is better(although I'm sure there will be some smack talk) ;) :D... and I love nock hunting too..almost as fun as the real thing
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Sounds good to me 8)
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I see Paul, I shoot alright unless there's a bunch of guys bs ing and what, just can't seem to concentrate of I'm having to much fun
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Good stuff, I actually got Angie out shooting with me on Sat. evening. Fun!
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Love it !!
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Looks like your gang is having a great time with dad in his workshop!
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Thursday mid morning we started to work on the bow up at the marshall shoot in Michigan(as derrick says..its a gooder)
first thing was to rough shape and cut some grooves in the tips to get a long string on it
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osage outlaw,danznbar,pearl drums,n paulsemp showed up a lil later to join in on the bowyery fun!!!
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my battery died sat and so I didn't get any pics,but she got it shooting sat night after dark and took the first shots...I know guy and cody snapped some so hopefully ill get those from them
but I was able to get the battery charged for sunday...and here she is shaping the handle down so she can go shoot the course with it
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the peanut fell asleep just after she finished shaping it up in mommys lap...so while she was napping I glued and shaped a cork rest on it for her
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FINALLY!!!!! REAPING THE BENEFITS OF ALL HER HARD WORK!!! YAY!!!! IM SOOOOOO PROUD OF HER!!!
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she ten ringed one of the targets with it ;D 8)
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THANKS A BUNCH TO ALL WHO HAVE FOLLOWED ALONG SO FAR :D....as soon as its all finished and dressed up we'll take some runway shots and post the final product of all her hard work
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that's great you two, when its all dolled up its going in bom right :)
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Good for her, looks sweet
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And a great cheer rose up from the ranks of the folks that post on P.A.!
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Glad to see she got to shoot it on the range. It was fun watching you two work on it together. I can't wait to see the final pictures of it all finished up.
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Rock on !!!
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Thanks bubby....maybe? ???
Thanks jw :)
Thanks Clint...it came down to the wire ,but she made the deadline... n I'm sure you'll get to see it finished up in person at some point
Thanks soy
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you guys are awesome
chuck
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Surprised you folks did not hear me whooping and hollering at least clean to Twinoaks, I was so excited, just could not hold myself back !
Thanks for finishing it up at Marshall, that will always be special to me !
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Now these are the posts that I truly like to see. Making and shooting bows for fun with friends and family that is fantastic. Makes me forget about some posts wth a less than pleasent tone I've noticed of late. Thank you!
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Thanks for finishing it up at Marshall, that will always be special to me !
That makes it even more special for me too!!
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Paint a Tin Star on it like an Old West Badge.....for Marshall. As in Marshall Matt Dillon.
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Now I suppose we will have to start a fund to get JW to Marshall
or better yet if he just stays in Tennessee for 3 weeks he can ride up with some of the others, Pappy should be ready to get rid of him by then!
Love to have ya Festus!