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jcougar

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Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« on: May 14, 2007, 12:58:40 pm »
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2007, 01:03:42 pm »
Looking at your bow makes me want to go on the warpath. And I'm not even an Indian ;D
Nicely Done

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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2007, 01:09:23 pm »
Very cool bow,nice job.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2007, 01:43:20 pm »
That is pretty impressive. It is amazing how much abuse the wood will take with a sinew back on it.  Justin
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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2007, 01:49:23 pm »
Thanks.  The sinew on this bow was actually stripped off another that was a total dud(my first attempt at sinew backing).  I used the method that I described in my post about my broken Maidu bow.
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2007, 01:54:41 pm »
Wow, I can't believe how much those limbs are bending :o. Amazing!
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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2007, 03:18:17 pm »
Nice job!!!!
You are becomming quite the hand,with authentic reproductions.
Real cool.
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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2007, 06:28:18 pm »
thatat is really nice! love that "B profile".
« Last Edit: May 25, 2007, 09:19:26 am by a finnish native »
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Offline AndrewS

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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2007, 08:56:01 pm »
Whow!
You are building so amazing shorties :)
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Offline venisonburger

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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2007, 09:13:10 pm »
Thats a great looking indian shorty, I like the shorties too, this one inspires me to try something similar. I noticed that you didn't round the edges, is that the southwest style? just curious, I always round the edges but yours looks nice the way you have them.
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Offline mamba

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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2007, 09:16:31 pm »
Jcoug it looks like the same thickness FROM HANDLE TO TIPS,is it a pyramid design? Did you start with 6-8" of reflex before the sinew?  Cool looking bow-great work.
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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2007, 10:24:37 pm »

Now come clean...what museum did you swipe it from! ;D

Great looking authentic bow!
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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2007, 12:33:43 am »
You got all the goodie out of that piece of oak. ;) Very nice bow.   Pat
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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2007, 12:40:27 am »
Man, all I can say is DUDE THATS AWESOME!!!

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Offline StanM

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Re: Southwestern indian style sinew backed oak
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2007, 01:02:31 am »
Very nice.  I tried to bend oak like that once.  When I was done I used the splinters to build a fire.  Amazing.

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