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Offline Marc St Louis

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Mohegan
« on: July 02, 2007, 10:45:22 am »
This is a little Mohegan replica I just finished. I made this bow for a gentleman in Sweden. The bow is made from Elm and is 54" long, 1 1/8" wide and pulls 50# @ 27". All the bending was done with dry heat with about 3 1/2" of reflex put into the bow while I was tempering it. It holds about 1 1/2" of reflex right now after being unbraced and springs up to about 2" after awhile. The string is Linen. Here's a couple of pics






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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2007, 10:57:41 am »
Very cool little bow Marc. I'm sure your client will love it.    Pat
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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2007, 11:11:02 am »
WOW! You really used all the wood in that one! Outstanding! I geuss that is an exceptionally good piece a wood?....Brian
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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2007, 11:16:57 am »
Very nice Marc,great job as usually. :)
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Offline AndrewS

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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2007, 11:29:36 am »
a really cool looking bow. In the moment I like this type of bow very much, too.

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« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2007, 12:49:07 pm »
Nice Marc...great tiller!

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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2007, 12:51:47 pm »
Beautifully elegant Marc.  I don't know how anybody could be unhappy with it.  Justin
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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2007, 01:02:28 pm »
Nice one, Marc. Bet it spits an arrow out pretty fast, too.
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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2007, 01:09:54 pm »
Lucky guy getting that sweet little bow.
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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2007, 02:02:51 pm »
                       First Mohegan replica bow I have seen in quite a few years. Very nice work...........bob

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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2007, 02:07:29 pm »
Great bow! I like it, but I always love replicas.... :)
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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2007, 05:14:42 pm »
Thats nice! Real nice!

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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2007, 05:16:01 pm »
Very nice recurve.  Did you wrap the tips and handle with thread or is it painted?  I like the turkey-tail nocks.
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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2007, 06:25:22 pm »
Nice looking bow Marc,looks fast.
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Re: Mohegan
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2007, 06:43:07 pm »
Thanks guys. This is the 3rd Mohegan I make and they are neat little bows. Of them all, the Mohegan is about my favorite style

It was a good piece of Elm, Brian, but not exceptional

It's just paint Lennie. I kind of like a simple paint job like this. Doesn't overwhelm the bow
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