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Offline Gordon

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Show me your bows!
« on: May 10, 2012, 12:55:41 am »
Here is a picture of some of the bows that I've made and collected. From left to right:

Keenan's spectacular unbacked juniper self bow - 67", 54# @ 27"
Yew self bow - 60", 55# @ 27"
Osage selfbow - 60", 60# @ 27"
Sinew backed yew recurve - 57", 58# @ 27"
Vine maple D-Style selfbow - 58", 55# # 27"
Osage selfbow - 63", 55# @ 28"
Osage TD selfbow - 64", 60# @ 27"
Yew selfbow - 66", 60# @ 27"
Hazelnut selfbow - 63", 60# @ 27"

Click on the picture for a closer look.

Now, show me your bows!

« Last Edit: May 10, 2012, 02:39:33 am by Gordon »
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Offline soy

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2012, 01:57:48 am »
Nice collection!  Wish i had a pic to offer only kept two for my self, all the rest have happy homes ...maby one day ;D
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Offline Elktracker

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2012, 01:57:57 am »
WOW Gordon thats a collection to be proud of!!

Josh
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2012, 02:12:09 am »
AWESOME!!! You set the bar high man.
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2012, 08:53:45 am »
I remember some of those beauties, Gordon! I don't see the Hazelnut from your build a long with the dark handle and tips I like so much. Do you still have it?
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2012, 10:27:26 am »
That is an awesome collection!  I have about eight hanging off a set of old antlers in the shop, but I ain't posting them up after that!!!!  I don't want to give myself an inferiority complex this early in my bow building career.  Beautiful bows brother.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2012, 10:49:55 am »
Beautiful bows,extremely nice work,here are some of mine, but after them I hate to post ,don't many left of these,seem to always give them away. :) :) Wished I had a picture of the beautiful selfbows hung at the Classic,man there is some talent around here. :) :) :)
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2012, 11:19:19 am »
Kenny, I don't own that hazelnut bow - I made it for someone else.

Pappy, there is nothing wrong with those bows, they are gorgeous!
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Offline johnston

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2012, 11:52:17 am »
Ain't got nothing to compare with Gordon or Pappy but....

American HB, 62" ttt, 47#@25"
BBH , 62" ttt, 50#@ 25"
Red Oak Linen Backed, 64" ttt 49# @ 25"
Red Oak 64" ttt, 31#@25"( rehab bow)
Burlap Backed Hic , 53" ttt, 51# @ 25"
Red Oak , 62" ttt, 47#@25"
Hickory , 58"ttt , 47#@25 "

The prettiest bows I have were made by halfeye but they are on another rack.

Lane

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Offline coaster500

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2012, 01:53:07 pm »
I feel a bit like a first grader showing off his crayon art :)

Sorry for the bad picture but my rack is in a hallway of my man closet. I organized the left to right with my first build August 2011 to my most current 2pc osage on the right. Some of them are getting downright beat up. I shoot the sn@@t out of them. Don't have some of my favorites they reside in someone elses rack :)


Bendy Mulberry (new name Boomerang but refuses to break!!!)
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Chittam Woolly Buckthorn
Hackberry
Yew
ERC
Osage (50# 1pc)
Osage (40# 2pc)

The one leaning on the wall is a bow I bought to get an idea what a selfbow was like. It got me interested in trying to build one.


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Offline Gordon

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2012, 02:20:32 pm »
These are great. Keep them coming - it's great to see what is collecting in our bow racks.
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Offline sadiejane

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2012, 03:00:33 pm »
a few osage bows

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2012, 08:39:53 pm »
Sadie what are the stays on that little paddle bow on the right? That looks sweet!
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2012, 09:51:40 pm »
That's a nice lookin bunch, Pappy!


Lane, It's nice to see some good lookin bows with the shelf on the correct side, for a change.


Coaster, you're not sayin you've only been doin this since 8/11??


I like that one on the right, too, Sadie!


Count me with Howard. None of mine are worthy of showing, yet. The one I'm working on now....might be a different story. So far, so good!! ;)
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Offline nathan elliot

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Re: Show me your bows!
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2012, 06:45:01 am »
Too many really, need a new bow rack.
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