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Offline dragonman

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #60 on: July 03, 2009, 07:59:16 pm »
Nice bow Pat, must have took a lot of patience and experience to pull that off!!! I'm impressed with how you guys across the sea deal with knots, I'm always scared off by Knotty staves, I must try one and get some knot working experience you have inspired me to try. thanks
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Offline PeteC

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #61 on: July 03, 2009, 11:14:41 pm »
Great job Pat!!I really like that bow.It looks like a sweet shooter to me.As far as huntin',it's only 12 weeks away. ;) God Bless
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Offline Pat B

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #62 on: July 04, 2009, 12:08:54 am »
Gosh Pete,hunting season coming up fast!    With all the new interest in this bow, I pulled her off the wall and shot my new tapered ash arrows. They are heavy(600gr+) and this bow shoots them well.
  Dragonman, A knotty stave will teach you a life time worth of tricks even if you don't make a bow. A few years ago a friend gave me 3 osage throw away staves. Pure firewood!   Knots, twists, bends and almost anything else you hate to see in a stave. I spent that winter studying these staves and eventually I made 5 shootable bows from these three bastards. I learned more that winter than many other winters making bows. Do yourself a favor and tackle a difficult stave. Even if it doesn't pan out into a bow, the experiences are priceless. ;)
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