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Offline Ink

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #180 on: February 09, 2014, 09:29:58 pm »
Quote from: BOWMAN53 on February 09, 2014, 09:28:49 pm
Good lord that's allot of reflex..

nah it'll lose over half of it. should keep about 3 inches or so if i do my part right
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Offline huisme

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #181 on: February 09, 2014, 10:22:32 pm »
That kind of reflex and flipped tips :o
Impressive goals man.
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline Ink

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #182 on: February 09, 2014, 11:05:25 pm »
once yah figure out the process its not really to impressive huisme. Theres a lot of good info on this forum that i have researched to help me along the way. I will say this though, they are hell to string. But the side profile is just sweet on them, and they can fling a wicked arrow. Course i've also only been successful with osage in this type of design. Elm and other white woods is a whole different beast all together. Still doing research on those woods.
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Offline hunterbob

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #183 on: February 09, 2014, 11:28:17 pm »
Got the bow packaged in a PVC tube and the address put on. Going in the mail in the morning.
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Offline bubby

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #184 on: February 09, 2014, 11:38:20 pm »
i'm still in the thinkin' mode, i'm working on a buckthorn stave and I have some mulberry, or a Blackhawk kinda sorta mollie, maybe pop a cold one and decide later got most all summer
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Offline Ink

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #185 on: February 09, 2014, 11:42:04 pm »
dang hunterbob, your one motivated individual
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Offline steelslinger

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #186 on: February 10, 2014, 12:09:44 am »
I think I have decided to do a yew take-down long bow. I am still thinking about plan b.
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Offline hunterbob

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #187 on: February 10, 2014, 12:12:51 am »
I would love to get a yew bow. Never had the pleasure to work with yew.
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Offline huisme

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #188 on: February 10, 2014, 02:49:25 am »
I've had the pleasure of breaking two perfectly good staves before I knew what good tiller looked like :o

A yew bow would be fantastic, something round-bellied to go with all the mollegabets and flat character bows.

Not that that should effect anyone's decisions making a bow for me, I'd rather have a labor of love than a custom order :o
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline NeolithicMan

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #189 on: February 10, 2014, 09:33:05 am »
My victim might get some family art on their bow! I was working in the wood shop with my son and I (like a genius) gave him a marker to color on his board he "works" on. I look back and three stave have a very signature design on them... "look a daddy I make a lettas" so either down a growth ring or a seal of approval to the target. ::) :D :laugh:
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Offline rps3

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #190 on: February 10, 2014, 10:17:23 am »
I vote for seal of approval.
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #191 on: February 10, 2014, 10:18:10 am »
Neo, That's awesome, funny stuff. Who doesn't love kids art! I say leave the kids artwork on it, gives it a little more character. I'd be happy with it.

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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #192 on: February 10, 2014, 11:48:47 am »
Alright, Decision has been made. My victim has almost the same specification requirements as I do so this should go fairly smooth. The wood has been chosen. I do most all of my bow making outdoors so as soon as the weather begins to cooperate the journey will begin.
« Last Edit: February 10, 2014, 11:53:38 am by Fred Arnold »
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Offline 4dog

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #193 on: February 10, 2014, 11:52:48 am »
kid art permanently on a bow...cannot get more "personal" than that...you keep it on where ya can!
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #194 on: February 10, 2014, 02:33:10 pm »
bump
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