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Offline Censu

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New elm bow
« on: January 07, 2009, 01:57:17 am »

Thought I would post this here,

its a  Knotty elm bow, it is 70"ntn and pulls around 45# .I do not know which species of elm it is yet but it was cut locally. It is 1 1/2" at the fades and tapers from around mid limb. As you can see there were a couple of knots on one limb, she raised a splinter near a knot which I wrapped with string and glue. Holding fine.


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Offline DanaM

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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2009, 04:03:58 am »
Censu it appears to be a fine with some character but I have to tell ya that your pictures leave much to be desired.
Glad to see ya got some better pictures :) Very nice bow :)
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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2009, 05:49:35 am »
Looks good from what I can see.Don't see as well as I use to and them are small. Looks like it has a lot of good character.Nice job. :)
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Offline GregB

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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2009, 08:29:14 am »
It looks like a good job on the bow, but better pictures would help a lot. ;)
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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2009, 12:50:38 pm »
Thats a neat looking bow. I like the art work.  :)
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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2009, 01:19:06 pm »
Who ever corrected the pictures, that helped out a lot! Cool art work and the tiller looks good as well. Nice job! ;)
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2009, 01:44:31 pm »
Censu, awesome tiller. That limb is full of knots too. I don't know if you could have this with that bow but when tillering knotted areas I like to leave the knots slightly "flat" so as they don't bend much. Jawge
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2009, 01:50:49 pm »
Cool looking bow!  I really like the art work. :)
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Offline Censu

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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2009, 04:24:18 pm »
Thanks for the comments guys, glad you like it, this was my most challenging piece of wood yet, but it is a great shooter.



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Offline PeteC

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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2009, 07:51:53 pm »
Nice job on a tough piece of wood.I like that art work too.  God Bless
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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2009, 08:12:12 pm »
Absolutely excellent and respectfully bookmarked for January Self Bow of the Month.  Thanks for sharing.
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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2009, 10:59:11 pm »
tillering that took skill, and you did a nice job!


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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2009, 12:12:13 am »
How long did it take to get the tree to grow like that?  That's fine...!  I can see why you decorated it so nice.

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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2009, 12:31:20 am »
                               Awesome Bow Noel....I really like that Piece of Wood.....has a lot of Personality !!!
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Re: New elm bow
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2009, 02:18:24 am »
Great job on a challenging piece of wood. And I really like the artwork.
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