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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Bow From Terrible Hawthorn
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2013, 10:56:38 pm »
What would this kid do with a really fine, straight grained piece of osage?

Zion, your willingness to take on virtually any piece of wood is only second to the results you acheive.  Lovely bow, AGAIN!
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Offline Zion

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Re: Bow From Terrible Hawthorn
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2013, 01:53:45 am »
Thanks for the comments guys!

Thanks VM Bows. Idk what species, it does seem to be different than the stuff i tried closer to the Cascades tho. Seems denser, tougher, and much more gnarly and twisted. Splitting this stuff is pretty much impossible.

Thanks Markus! I think i got pretty lucky .  ;)

Thanks Pappy, hopefully i won't ruin it or turn it into firewood lol  ::)

Thanks Leskon! I'm really curious to see how this one shoots because of the twisted limbs. It seems like everytime i bend it the twist uncurls, so it feels really cool. Idk what that would do to the arrow flight tho.

Thanks Chuck, I know what ya mean about the finishing.... alotta times i just leave them plain as i shoot them in and then they stay like that.

Thanks Randman! Yeah i really do like this wood. Super tough! Well i might be able to rip some guys off with half-assed bows in the future lol  ;D

Thanks JW! I guess since i started with this kind of stuff since it grows around me i've learned how to cope with it pretty good. The good results i get are usually just the ones i really focus on, and all the others i rush just break!!  ;D I guess its a kind of natural selection.

Hopefully i'll get the bow finished up this weekend and get a chance to shoot it!
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Offline bigbird583

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Re: Bow From Terrible Hawthorn
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2013, 11:29:07 am »
That is one crazy lookin bow man.  I love it.  Can't wait to hear how it shoots.

Bird