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Lombard

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Maw Squaw's Bow
« on: March 07, 2010, 05:21:21 pm »
All right here is another bow that I've built. It is sixty inches long, one and a half inches at the fades tapering to three eights of an inch at the tips, thirty pounds at twenty eight. My wife has Native American ancestry, and she is the one who choose the name, the color, and the leather. It is made out of some of that White Ash, that I found while up in Maine on holiday a couple years ago. Shoots well, and is the second bow that I've done using Badger's No set tillering method. It works.

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Offline Ryano

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2010, 05:52:10 pm »
Nice bow Dave. Looks like a outstanding profile for white ash.
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Offline profsaffel

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2010, 06:33:44 pm »
I love the red color and the simple elegance... the tiller is pretty good, too and I bet it will sling some arrows even at that lower weight.
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2010, 07:58:23 pm »
I agree with Ryan - that is an outstanding profile for an ash bow. Well done!
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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2010, 08:20:38 pm »
Good job Great looking bow

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Offline Postman

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2010, 08:34:01 pm »
great looker ya got there!
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2010, 09:32:58 pm »
Nice work!  What did you use to get the rich red color?
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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2010, 09:45:48 pm »
Looked for badger's method, is it on here?
thanks-
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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2010, 09:49:05 pm »
Looked for badger's method, is it on here?
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Same here. i havent found it yet
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2010, 09:50:13 pm »
Mighty fine bow! Jawge
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Offline jeff halfrack

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2010, 10:41:58 pm »
   Real  nice!!  love  the  flipped  tips!   by  the  way  is  the  badger  method of  tillering  the  one  he  clamps  to  the  bench  w/a block under the  tips??   I  would  love  to  find  that ,   I  foregot  all about that  keep  those  pics  comming!! JEFF W

Lombard

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2010, 10:51:36 pm »
Thank you Gentleman.

Here is the link to Badger's Method, http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,17294.0.html

Offline Pennhawk

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2010, 11:45:26 pm »
Pretty bow, every thing looks good.

Offline Josh

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2010, 12:51:15 am »
Nice bow man!  That turned out great. I love the unbraced profile.   :)
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Lombard

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Re: Maw Squaw's Bow
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2010, 07:04:34 pm »
Thanks again guys. Yeah Josh, we will see how it does in the long run. It only has 250 shots on it, so time will tell. It is really light, and bettween applying the mass principle with no set tillering I am pleased with the way it looks, and shoots.