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Offline acker

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The bows I´ve made in the cold time
« on: March 04, 2009, 01:08:03 pm »
Hello,
Here are some pics of three bows I´ve made in January and February.
You do know the Hazelbow already.
The other bows are out of Elderberry and Prunus ( the one with the Deerhorns)

The Elderberry:


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Re: The bows I´ve made in the cold time
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2009, 01:11:05 pm »
Prunus:


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Offline Jesse

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the coold time
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2009, 01:37:42 pm »
Very nice bows. They look natural.   ;D
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Offline acker

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the coold time
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2009, 01:40:25 pm »
the staves:



Prunus with heartwood:






the Prunus needed some steaming:




Elderbery:




more steaming at the Prunus stave:




Elderberry :








Prunus:



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Offline Jesse

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the coold time
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2009, 01:46:54 pm »
Ah there's the pics. :) Looking good. Looks like you had a lot of work to do on them with steam.
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Offline acker

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the coold time
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2009, 01:55:29 pm »
finished pics:













Prunus:


Gruß acker
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Offline GregB

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the coold time
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2009, 02:00:38 pm »
Very nice! That's a good productive way to spend the winter! Great looking bow's you've made, I like them!  :)
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Re: The bows I´ve made in the coold time
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2009, 04:54:17 pm »
Nice pics, especially the pic with the tiller in shadow. To my eyes it looks pretty good :)
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Offline Pennhawk

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the cold time
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2009, 06:04:35 pm »
Nice bows great pics the one where you were steaming makes me hungry.
good job.

                     Pennhawk
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Re: The bows I´ve made in the cold time
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2009, 06:41:35 pm »
Very nice bows from some tricky staves!

Can I have a couple slices of that ham?  :D
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Offline redwasp

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the cold time
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2009, 08:34:48 pm »
yep youve got it bad like me. Dont bother going to the doctor, I almost ended up at Sanitarium lol. Great work. Luv the pictures learned alot without any words.
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the cold time
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2009, 09:22:56 pm »
Very nice work,  It is always nice to see some different woods being used.  I have never seen an Elderberry bow before.  How do you rate it as bow wood?  Good job on those tough looking pieces.  You should be proud of your fine work.
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Offline OldBow

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the cold time
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2009, 10:27:56 pm »
Look like good bows. Any chance of posting full draws of your elderberry and prunus in good light?
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: The bows I´ve made in the cold time
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2009, 12:34:45 am »
Very nice bows. Good job. Jawge
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Re: The bows I´ve made in the cold time
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2009, 03:51:25 am »
great bows acker!
and beautyfull pics :) got some better pics of the tiller?  O:)
finished your hawthorn yet? :)

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