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Offline ken75

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wife's bow
« on: February 22, 2011, 04:29:16 pm »
finished this one today , hickory selfbow 58 inches tip to tip 1 1/2 at fades 35 lbs at her 24 inches tillered to my 28 for safety. tips flipped and painted with green acrlic little black vine work for deco !!

on a side note the creek in the back ground is Kolomoki creek which is in my back yard roughly 60 yrds from the house. it flows out of the indian mound state park of the same name. i am a mile down stream
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Offline half eye

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2011, 04:37:46 pm »
Thats a wicked lookin static Ken.....nicely done, sir. Sent ya a PM just back from the Hospital....got to go back for a couple more days.
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2011, 04:39:24 pm »
beauty of a bow Ken. tiller looks great. the braced photo is really nice. awesome playground you have in your back yard. that bow fits the scenery. good job.
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Offline Josh

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2011, 04:54:06 pm »
Beautiful Bow Ken!  I really like the vine decorations and tiller looks great as usual for you.  Your wife should love it.  Bookmarked for February BOM contest too!  :)
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Offline DEllis

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2011, 05:41:07 pm »
Nice little bow Ken, I like the paint.
Darcy :)
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Offline bubby

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2011, 06:13:59 pm »
reral nice bow Ken,  you're wife is gonna love it,look's like a shooter, Bub
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Offline Elktracker

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2011, 06:19:48 pm »
Good lookin bow, guess I better finish my wifes bow now when she sees this she is gonna tell me to get out to the shop and get going on it ;D Nice job ken

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2011, 06:43:44 pm »
Quote from: Elktracker on February 22, 2011, 06:19:48 pm
Good lookin bow, guess I better finish my wifes bow now when she sees this she is gonna tell me to get out to the shop and get going on it ;D Nice job ken

Josh

LOL everytime I wanted to work on a bow I would tell my wife that I was going out to the shop to work on hers when I was really out there working on numerous other projects instead...  ;D ;D  She thought it took me 6 months of diligent working to get her bow finished.  :D
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Offline Elktracker

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« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2011, 06:48:16 pm »
 ;D Thats funny lol yes hunny I have been putting more time into your bow than any other lol
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2011, 07:47:58 pm »
Nice work, that paint job works as camo so well it took me half an hour to spot the bow in that first pic. ;D
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Offline NTD

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2011, 08:53:37 pm »
Beautiful work Ken!  One of your purtiest I think ;)
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Offline hillbilly61

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2011, 10:37:21 pm »
 Very nice Ken. And the bow's not bad either >:D She should enjoy that one. Ya did a piece of Hickory justice ;)
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Offline ken75

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2011, 11:11:51 pm »
thanks everyone i really enjoy shooting with her even though shes a fair weather shooter !! thanks for all the kind words its great doing what i love with the best material out there .
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Offline profsaffel

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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2011, 11:49:06 pm »
Hey, that bow rocks! Thanks for sharing. Not only does the bow design look great, but the decoration is fun and sleek.
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Offline wvarcher

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Re: wife's bow
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2011, 12:47:23 am »
Ken, i'm always surprised a how creative you are.  Another nice looking bow.
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