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Offline ken75

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2010, 09:39:02 pm »
thanks youngbow, thanks scott ,thanks jeff, Randy 1 3/4 on the r/d 1 1/2 on the recurve

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2010, 01:10:17 am »
Thanks ken,I  got 1.25 on  one of em,and the other two are 1.5 .Hope they hold up to what i got in mind for em!
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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2010, 02:13:23 am »
Ken, they look great. How does walnut compare to the Hickory that you've been using in terms of performance?
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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2010, 10:16:38 am »
Good job.  Did you use dry or wet heat?  How well did it take it or did it take a couple of sessions?
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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2010, 06:55:50 pm »
gmc its lighter but very quick i like it a lot, jeff steam in one session

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2010, 12:01:54 am »
got tons of black walnut around here... Wish I was as good as you guys are at this.....

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2010, 12:06:11 am »
i'm thinkin you picked up a knack for tillering recurves.....

Offline ken75

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #22 on: September 13, 2010, 12:07:55 am »
medic im not good look around you'll see that , just keep trying the bows will improve. i just passed my one year anniversary on here and next month will be the ann. for my first successful bow . these make 37 bows ive built since oct last year. takes persistance

thanks elk c i really fell in love with the curves

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #23 on: September 13, 2010, 12:39:36 am »
I'd say your pretty darn good there Ken.  I like those recurves you've been turning out.  37 bows!!! Holy crap.  I thought I had built a lot at 18 in a year, not counting those that broke.  Keep em coming Ken.
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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #24 on: September 13, 2010, 07:18:46 am »
Beautiful bows,very nice,Tiller looks dead on. :)
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Offline swamp yeti

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #25 on: September 13, 2010, 11:03:39 am »
Those are some nice bows,I love the snake skins.

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #26 on: September 13, 2010, 11:23:26 am »
Nice bows!  Got them both bookmarked for Sept BOM contest.  I will bookmark the other one now if you want or you can start a new thread when you finish it...it's up to you...   Again great work my friend.  :)
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Offline ken75

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #27 on: September 13, 2010, 08:40:37 pm »
thanks nate , pappy , swamp yeti, josh just hold off on the third i have an idea !  thanks for the compliments

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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #28 on: October 05, 2010, 03:39:45 pm »
Those are some pretty bows!
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Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
« Reply #29 on: October 05, 2010, 07:10:07 pm »
thanks Pepe for the nice comment makes things worthwhile