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Offline shikari

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2011, 06:41:20 pm »
You sure got the name right,The back really does look like the back of a gharial minus the colour,excellent bow.
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2011, 07:46:42 pm »
Naughty, knotty, top notch!
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2011, 07:51:55 pm »
All around awesome ,Love that grain,tiller pretty nice to, well done-Hammertime
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2011, 11:41:34 pm »
 Great looking bow Del. You pulled it off nicely with a very challenging piece of wood.  It's hard to compare anything to a nice yew character bow.! Congratulations
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2011, 12:35:06 am »
just awesome Del, I know you listened to the wood with the design...how hard was it to ignore that english DNA and not make it with a D cross section?
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Offline Timo

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2011, 01:22:32 am »
Sweet job on a very challenging piece! ;)
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Offline RyanY

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2011, 02:05:16 am »
Outstanding.  ;D
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Offline peshikthe

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2011, 02:28:37 am »
nice bow never made a yew bow but definately beautiful wood.
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Offline TBod

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #23 on: June 23, 2011, 04:45:58 am »
Nice!
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #24 on: June 23, 2011, 05:28:25 am »
Quote from: ErictheViking on June 23, 2011, 12:35:06 am
just awesome Del, I know you listened to the wood with the design...how hard was it to ignore that english DNA and not make it with a D cross section?
LOL... I actually enjoyed the change, I'd come off the back of 5 longbows on the spin.
I'm looking forward to doing a similar one form some knotty Hornbeam and I have a nice wide flat piece of clean Yew too.
I shall take a break from makin' bows for a while... :o
Yeah, about an hour should do it :)
Del
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Offline acker

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #25 on: June 23, 2011, 06:48:16 am »
 :)
That's a really nice bow del ! It's allways a joy to look at your craftmanship  :)
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #26 on: June 23, 2011, 07:37:26 am »
Dell, thats a stunner!
The depth and range of colour is amazing, i agree dont cover that handle  :)
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Offline AllanM

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #27 on: June 23, 2011, 09:23:25 am »
Hi Del, Nice one! Hope we are going to see this up at the club soon. Is this a keeper or made for some lucky punter?  ;D
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Offline Stiks-N-Strings

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #28 on: June 23, 2011, 10:05:54 am »
That right there brings out the true beauty of wood! Fantastic work Del on a fabulous piece of bow wood.

 Now I got to find me some nasty yew  ;D

 Stiks
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Offline Del the cat

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Some Nice Detail Pics
« Reply #29 on: June 23, 2011, 10:31:03 am »
I've taken a few more pics, including the belly of the other limb.

This is the belly behind the two knots of the Gharials 'eyes'

And I just like this wiggle, (we all like a nice wiggle  >:D)

Del
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