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Offline ken75

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cherry elb, joke explaination
« on: May 17, 2010, 03:35:34 pm »
after watching the RH doc. i decided to make my wife an elb , she really liked the simple lines and rounded belly (like mine !). this was on of the hardest bows to tiller for me ,and the tiller is still off i think . stats. rawhide backed cherry 72 tip to tip 30lbs at 24 inches. i tillered to my 28 inches to have a lil peace of mind for her shooting it.... on a side note i was constantly reminded while building this one of the old joke about the two rednecks that went fox hunting in england. good ol southern redneck like me building a elb, kind of like country goes to town.

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Re: cherry elb
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2010, 03:36:48 pm »
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Re: cherry elb
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2010, 04:27:11 pm »
Nice bow, no set, good old ELB I bet it shoots smooth and sweet.
That tiller doesn't look too bad at all, and if you've had it back to 28" I reckon you've done that bit of cherry proud, I'm sure she'll love it.
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(So what's this joke about the two red necks fox hunting... or maybe it's not suitable for publication ;D)
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Re: cherry elb
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2010, 05:07:16 pm »
Ken,
     Looks good to this old man, if she likes it yer home free....what some guys wont do to get to the butter side of the toast ;D
by the way got me a couple of real nice new bows out that Georga Hickory....you'll see 'em in a few days....thanks
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: cherry elb
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2010, 05:24:44 pm »
Really not much wrong with the tiller, if at all...
Nice bow, no set, so it can't be too bad!
Frank from Germany...

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Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2010, 06:40:55 pm »
thanks guys the d belly was new to me , ok.. two rednecks win the lottery and after a lifetime of deer rabbit etc hunting they decided to go to england and fox hunt. well after about a half a day at the hunt this english gentleman rides up and says " say ol chaps when you see the fox its talley-ho not there goes the
blankity blank."! 
   all kidding aside i can trace my family back to a village in england around the 1750's , so maybe not such a stetch for an elb
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Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2010, 08:26:53 am »
Looks good to me ,nice work,she should love that.  :)
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2010, 10:33:03 am »
You need to put a gizmo on those limbs. Real stiff out of the handle top and bottom for a foot or more, equally stiff about a foot in from both limb tips.

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Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2010, 02:00:43 pm »
thanks guys the d belly was new to me , ok.. two rednecks win the lottery and after a lifetime of deer rabbit etc hunting they decided to go to england and fox hunt. well after about a half a day at the hunt this english gentleman rides up and says " say ol chaps when you see the fox its talley-ho not there goes the
blankity blank."! 
   all kidding aside i can trace my family back to a village in england around the 1750's , so maybe not such a stetch for an elb
Cheers, 'blankity blank' that's what I said when my bow broke on Sunday ;D
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Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2010, 04:14:58 pm »
Nice looking bow!! but what is the explanation of that joke about the redneck fox hunters in England???
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Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2010, 06:23:39 pm »
I like it ken75,the tiller looks good enough to me  :)

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all kidding aside i can trace my family back to a village in england around the 1750's , so maybe not such a stetch for an elb

What was the village called?
Durham,England

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Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2010, 08:14:38 pm »
loki, sussex and cumberland on pops side , devon wilshire and kilkenny ireland on moms

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Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2010, 01:40:05 pm »
Another fine entry for May Self BOM.
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