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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: looking for info on this bow
« Reply #15 on: August 30, 2012, 04:49:53 pm »
I wouldn't mind having that bow hanging on the wall at my place!  Nice addition to your collection.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: looking for info on this bow
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2012, 09:26:39 pm »
Lemonwood is Digame!  ;)
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Re: looking for info on this bow
« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2012, 12:08:08 am »
I've got two That are still shooters. one from the early 30's and one from the 40's. Both have a lot of set. I'm heat bending three more old ones back straight and heat treating the bellies right now. They'll shoot again, proudly. :)
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Offline tom sawyer

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Re: looking for info on this bow
« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2012, 12:32:35 am »
Agree that it is an ELB-style carriage bow (lower poundage, maybe 40lb).  Dr Charles Grayson brought one to MOJAM one year.  I thnk his was osage orange.  He was a fellow who travelled abroad and collected a good many bows as well.  Degame is also a good guess for a wood that was used for bows.  Water buffalo horn tips.  Doesn't appear to have been use much with all its reflex.
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