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Offline adb

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2010, 03:35:20 am »
Friggin' h-e-double toothpicks... I'd gladly wait a year for a bow like that! It's always a pleasure to see your work, Gordon.

Offline mox1968

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2010, 03:39:48 am »
heres a challenge gordon,try to make a really horrid bad looking bow,you know I dont think you could do it!!even if you were handed an old piece of pine flooring you would still produce something that has the rest of us oooing and aaaaaahhing.anyway well done another beauty.

Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2010, 05:12:34 am »
Absolutly nice bow!
Really like the presentation, too!

Met a guy from Belgium a while back, who had made a 70# yew bow from a stave that had grown some meters BELOW sea level; THAT was low elevation yew! He said it's certainly not like highland yew, but it's still good wood.
Frank from Germany...

Offline Gordon

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #18 on: August 09, 2010, 11:13:46 am »
Thank you adb.

Thank you for the very nice compliment John.

Thank you Frank. Yew is fine bow wood at any elevation!
Gordon

Offline Parnell

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #19 on: August 09, 2010, 11:37:21 am »

All it's details compliment each other very well.  A beautiful bow and great pictures, Gordon!
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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #20 on: August 09, 2010, 11:45:42 am »
Thank you Frank. Yew is fine bow wood at any elevation!
Indeed...
Nice bow, I don't think one has to make allowances for where the Yew grew. I think the Yew is quite capable of making allowances for us!
Del
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Offline Barrage

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2010, 12:00:15 pm »
Now that is a sharp looking bow!  Very nice Gordon.
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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #22 on: August 09, 2010, 12:24:46 pm »
Can't add much to what's already been said Gordon. Absolutely beautiful bow! Oh, yeah - and I like that scenery too..
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Offline Blacktail

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2010, 01:35:40 pm »
wow,that is great gordon..he is going to love that stick...i really want to see the look on his face...john

Offline Elktracker

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #24 on: August 09, 2010, 03:13:11 pm »
You have some very lucky friends!!!!! great job as always Gordon
my friends think my shops a mess, my wife thinks I have too much bow wood, my neighbors think im redneck white trash and they may all be right on the money!!

Josh Vance  Netarts OR. (Tillamook)

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #25 on: August 09, 2010, 04:43:06 pm »
That is a fantastic bow Gordon! The tiller and finish work are stunning. Jawge
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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #26 on: August 09, 2010, 06:44:53 pm »
Gordon, another beauty. Man you can make em. If you want to challenge your expert abilities, I just cut down a sweet gum, full of knots, propeller twist, and wiggles, plus it is sweet gum, not good bow wood. Although in your hands it would most likely come back one of the best bows ever. I on the other hand will be using it for firewood, and it is not even that great for that.

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #27 on: August 09, 2010, 07:19:12 pm »
Gordon another wonderful Bow :)

Offline Kegan

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #28 on: August 09, 2010, 07:29:38 pm »
Simply gorgeous! Is that closer to a D bow or a flatbow in design, Gordon?

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Re: Buffalo's Bow
« Reply #29 on: August 09, 2010, 09:05:17 pm »
Great looking bow Gordon.
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