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Offline akila

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Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« on: March 28, 2014, 10:43:38 am »
HI, this is the last bow that i made..from the same material that i used for making those long bows..ipe-boo and a short stripp of black-locust on the handle area to make a little more rigid...the bow is 58" long ntn, and it has a small R/D shape...






Offline ohma2

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2014, 10:58:59 am »
you do some beautifull work and your tiller is perfect as far as im concerened

Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2014, 11:21:53 am »
Super cool bow man.  I like the look of the lams on that one :)

Offline Pat B

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2014, 11:28:51 am »
Very nice bow, Akila. Beautiful materials, craftsmanship and full draw pic.
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Offline Dan K

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2014, 12:08:06 pm »
Sweet looking bow. How's it shoot?
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2014, 12:19:02 pm »
Great shape and finish. Looks like a joy to shoot at that weight too.

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2014, 01:35:07 pm »
Sweet!!  Love the colors!  Good job man.
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Offline rps3

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2014, 01:45:23 pm »
beautiful blend of color.

Offline smoke

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2014, 04:12:12 pm »
Very nice indeed!  Almost Egyptian in style.

Offline ajooter

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2014, 08:45:16 pm »
Thats simply awesome!

Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2014, 08:59:42 pm »
You are busting out some sweet bows!
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2014, 09:48:34 pm »
How was the IPE to work I have some but afraid to work it a friend of mine had a bad reaction to it.

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2014, 03:59:01 am »
Nice looking bow!
Trapper - ipe dust is plain nasty! But good airflow and a quality dustmask will see you alright :) 

Offline akila

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Re: Kind of an indian bow..:)..ipe-boo-45lbs@ 28"
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2014, 08:42:10 am »
Hello..thank you  all for your compliments...ipe , is really nasty i have to say, specialy when you work with sandpaper on it...and this thing happents aniway when u finish the bow, to make it look smooth...so, wear a mask..even a cheap one, but wear a mask...otherwise you will feel like  u sniffed pepper on your nose..:))),,,and, another advice...iff u use it for laminated bows, u need to scrach to surface of the ipe, with something that has teeth...to leave some marks on the ipe..i dont know how its called...those blades used to cut iron with...or u could use sandpaper nr 40...this way the bond betwen ipe, and what you want to use for backing, wll be really good..