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Offline seabass

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2013, 07:46:22 pm »
cool bow brother.you did good.
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2013, 08:01:25 pm »
Nice !
Good job !!
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2013, 08:02:41 pm »
Nice Character bow.  Crab apple, huh  ???  I'll have to see if we have any of that around here now. 
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2013, 08:19:59 pm »
rps3,
     That is absolutely beautiful...I love the character
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2013, 08:24:25 pm »
I got a crab apple in my yard just asking to get cut. I know what I will do. Sweet bow.

Offline Arrowind

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2013, 08:42:50 pm »
Wo that is really cool!
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #21 on: February 16, 2013, 09:08:52 pm »
That bow has personality! Nice job!!
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Offline KShip85

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #22 on: February 16, 2013, 09:13:35 pm »
I've got a crab apple I was planning on cutting.  Looks like I'll have more to do with the wood than just smoke some meat :)

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Offline nineworlds9

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #23 on: February 16, 2013, 09:18:36 pm »
Neato bow!! Love it

Offline okie64

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #24 on: February 16, 2013, 09:50:25 pm »
What a beautiful bow!!! Thats exactly my style of bow, Love it!

Offline Zion

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #25 on: February 16, 2013, 10:16:40 pm »
Friggen sweet! Apple is great wood, huh? I love the brown color you get when ya just peel the bark off and then it dries. I love the design you used, AWESOME bow!!
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #26 on: February 16, 2013, 11:35:23 pm »
Dang! That is pretty wood.  You made a fine bow out of it.  Seems that I remember cutting a crabapple down a few years ago and it being some of the hardest wood I ever put a chainsaw to.... or maybe my saw was just dull.  How was it to work?
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Offline rps3

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #27 on: February 16, 2013, 11:58:21 pm »
Thank you all for your thoughts, but Johnny appleseed might have a bone to pick with me now if you all start using crabapple :) Many of the thorns popped out while making the bow so it has about 7 hole through it also. As far as hardness goes, I cut this tree with a hatchet, but it took to a draw knife, rasp and scraper with ease. I look forward to seeing some more crabapple bows, maybe someone with more tempering experience will give it a go.

Offline mwosborn

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #28 on: February 17, 2013, 12:33:30 am »
That is a sweet looking bow.  Very nice work.  I am eyeing the 4 crabapples we have in the yard.  Wife says no!
Enjoy the hunt!  Mitch

Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: crab apple bow pictures
« Reply #29 on: February 17, 2013, 09:42:26 am »
              very cool, success w/what nature gave you, awesome bow

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