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Offline criveraville

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MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« on: November 16, 2011, 06:34:02 am »
MWirwicki Wins October/November Backed Bows!

Congratulations to "MWirwicki" from
Perry, MI for winning September/October Backed BOM Contest!

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,27961.0.html

From MWirwicki: "I’ve wanted to make a horn and sinew composite bow for years and finally set my mind to do it.  Recently, I visited Mr. Norm Blaker at his home.  He showed me a bow made by Lukas Novotny without the siyas typical of the Asiatic composite bows.  Immediately, it struck me as the style that I wanted to attempt.  I thumbed through my book collection, and struck gold when I saw the front cover picture of an early print of Jim Hamm’s – Bows & Arrows of the Native Americans.  As I am a fan of short bows, I had to attempt the 36-inch, horn and sinew composite bow. I had water buffalo horns long enough for two 18-inch pieces.  I cut and sanded them into strips then glued them using hide glue to a 1/8 x 1 x 36-inch long osage core that I worked out of a quarter split stave.  It was a bit disheartening cutting that nice big stave into such a small, thin slat.  After letting it dry for a couple of weeks, I sinew backed the osage side with three layers of leg sinew.  The bow was coming along very nicely.  From the beginning of this project,   I swore to myself that I would take my time on this one.  It was my first horn/sinew bow and it was going to be special.  I waited about a month between sinew layers fighting the constant urges to rush into them sooner."  Matt

Muy bonito arco X 2!!! Here are some comments from forum members!
"osage outlaw- Wow!  That is a lot of bend out of that thing.  Very nice work.
blacktail- holy cow matt,that is one of the greatest bows i have seen this year... Thanks so much for sharing...john
HighEagle- Man I have to agree with Blackhawks first sentence, Its got to be one of the nicest  bows I've ever seen. Good on ya,  cant wait to see your next one. Crg
mullet- I think you got all the bend out of that one. That is one, pretty, bow.
medicinewheel- KILLER...!!!
Prarie Bowyer- I keep coming back to this thread.  I'm mezmorized!
Dazv- awesome bow that is just amazing
ken75- i think its all been said , however it is a great bow and refreshingly different from what we see daily. great job Matt a lot of work went into this one , i love to see a bow work and this one is on OVERTIME.
dbb- Amazing crazy bend in that bow!
short bows generally isnt my thing...but i have to make an exception for this beauty. Nice skins too,well done! /Mikael"



 



 
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Re: MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2011, 07:12:33 am »
Very cool Matt,congrats on a fine bow. :)
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Re: MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2011, 12:54:42 am »
Congratulations  ;)
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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2011, 03:15:30 am »
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Re: MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2011, 04:18:47 am »
Well deserved win for that crazy bend alone!
Congrats on a unique bow!
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Re: MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2011, 08:13:53 am »
Great bow Matt.  Cam, that's some wonderful photo editing.

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Re: MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2011, 12:02:51 pm »
I seen that little bugger bend and shoot in person! WHOA! Glad you took the cake Matt. Congrats
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2011, 12:27:31 pm »
I seen that little bugger bend and shoot in person! WHOA! Glad you took the cake Matt. Congrats

Me too ;)
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Re: MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2011, 01:47:09 pm »
See what happens when I finally decide to vote on bows ! I don't like short bows, but I can tell a good job when I see it !!
 Matt your awesome but we allready knew that !!
Keep it up my friend !!
See ya soon
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Re: MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2011, 09:57:47 pm »
I'm very touched by all of your kind words.  Thank you:  Pappy, Soy, Cam, MWheel, Stoner, Drums, Chris & Guy.  Its great to be in the company of such good friends.
Matt Wirwicki
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Re: MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2011, 12:26:24 am »
 Congratulations Matt. That is a really sweet little bow and very worthy of the honors.

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Re: MWirwicki Wins September/October Backed Bows!
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2011, 12:10:17 am »
That is one of the most well bows I have ever seen or shot very well down my brother you are one of the best bow makers that I have meet and a pleaser buliding bows with great I meem great job my brother we have many bows to build on the future take care my brother we love as a brother good job Marty Tarrant - old timber bows
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