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Offline Elktracker

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #210 on: February 08, 2012, 08:11:01 pm »
Nice bow Hunter hope you left enough tail on that hoarse to fend off the pests  :laugh:

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #211 on: February 08, 2012, 08:19:26 pm »
How does this sound for a recipe:

1) 62" red elm stave
5) whitetail back sinews
2) 36" rawhide strips
2) Bighorn sheep horn overlays
1) sack o' hide glue
1) bottle of TBIII

I think it sounds deelish myself! I got a few ideas floating around in my pea brain. Recurve...perhaps? Flipped tip shorty/bendy....perhaps? Super short and wide Modoc style....perhaps? Sooo many cool dishes can be made with these ingredients, its hard to decide! I just wish ****** would tell me what they want and make it easy on me.
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #212 on: February 08, 2012, 09:03:31 pm »
A bow out already? I knew everyone was anxious...but man... That's a nice one, too. I guess I gotta get off the fence and decide which way to go and get to whittlin....
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Offline wildcat hunter

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #213 on: February 08, 2012, 09:39:43 pm »
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #214 on: February 08, 2012, 09:42:32 pm »
Horse tail   ;D  It looked like a turkey beard to me.  I'm going to blame it on just waking up from a 4 hour sleep after being awake for 27 hours.  That sounds like a good excuse.  I am going to try to shoot it tomorrow and get a full draw picture.  I'm glad I got the bow early.  Now I don't have to run to the door every time I hear the mail woman pull up. 
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Offline John K

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #215 on: February 08, 2012, 10:35:59 pm »
Great lookin bow Wildcat hunter !

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Offline coaster500

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #216 on: February 08, 2012, 10:56:46 pm »
1) 62" red elm stave
5) whitetail back sinews
2) 36" rawhide strips
2) Bighorn sheep horn overlays
1) sack o' hide glue
1) bottle of TBIII


I just hope it's for me :)

Worked on my TG trade today and am thinking about using my first attempt as Osage as my PA trade...  I finished tillering and got the tips cleaned up. It's my first with a more bulbous handle and it is a sweet shooter. It's ready to finish and get dressed up. I'm not sure yet but it's within my Members specs?

Bulbous handle..



Tip


 
Rested after about 200 arrows ...  This is going to be a tough one to ship. I really like the little bugger :)



Braced...



This is the stave I posted a while back and it does have a couple of checks or cracks in the back that I crazy glued so I may back it for looks but I'm not sure yet. The bow is rock solid the way it is.




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Offline Rick Wallace

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #217 on: February 08, 2012, 11:07:18 pm »
Quote from: wildcat hunter on February 08, 2012, 09:39:43 pm
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Show off,,,,,,,,,,, ;)  nice bow!  hope mine turns out that nice!
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Offline fishfinder401

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #218 on: February 08, 2012, 11:18:04 pm »
so.... what are those specs?
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Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #219 on: February 08, 2012, 11:48:45 pm »
I am looking forward to next years trade more than anything, hopefully by then I will have more experience and will have made a few for myself ;) :D
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Offline Mangeur de lard

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #220 on: February 08, 2012, 11:54:17 pm »
Wow, nice bows guys. Already some shippers!

I'm working on mine slowly, it's a serviceberry stave, 64'' by 1 3/8''. As far as serviceberry goes it's pretty straight. Did a few sessions of steam bending and debending and straightening. Now the string is tracking real nice, got it close to floor tiller. Super nice finish on that wood when a sharp tool cuts through it but grain is pretty twisted, gotta change the direction of the cut every foot or so.

Keep up the good work!
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Offline coaster500

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #221 on: February 09, 2012, 12:20:33 am »
I thought it was a turkey beard to!!

Great job Hunter !!!

If you're asking about mine..... it's some where between 25/80@22/31 :)
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Offline Gaur

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #222 on: February 09, 2012, 02:48:15 am »
some black palm I am playing around with for backings.  These are actually the frons that get trimmed off in the plantations.  Thai people make fishing poles out of them so they are very resilient.




after going through the band saw and then grinder to get the thickness down
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Offline Gaur

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #223 on: February 09, 2012, 02:52:49 am »

some have a cool two tone to them.  They have a nice skin on them that I am going to try to leave intact.

I am going to butt two pieces in the riser area and back it with thai redwood for a long even tiller bow.  I've done this with bamboo and the joint seems fine as long as it a stiff handle riser.  By itself this palm doesn't make a real fast shooter.  The only other guy in Thailand I know how makes bows makes self bows out of it and they shoot rather slow (he does recurves and longbows so it takes heat well for bending).  I think as a backing with another wood it might be a real nice bow.


a nice bend and snappy too!
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Offline soy

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #224 on: February 09, 2012, 04:09:54 am »
That is somthing else Gaur, keep them pics comeing.can't wait to see that project take shape :o
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