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Offline dbb

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ELBish bow for my niece.
« on: January 12, 2013, 08:54:50 am »
I was asking some advice a while ago about eld style and european black cherry (Prunus padus)
Well i got some good advice and then didnt follow all of them  ::).
The back was so good looking that i didnt have the heart to cover it with a backing,luckily it worked out pretty good.
So here it is 34#@28  67"ntn and weigh in at 316 grams ,padouk overlays red leather handle and caymanskin strikeplate.







/Mikael
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: ELBish bow for my niece.
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2013, 09:05:33 am »
Yeah, that looks the business :)
Sweet tiller, bet she'll love it.
I like the cayman skin, don't get many of them round here.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: ELBish bow for my niece.
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2013, 09:20:15 am »
Nice bow! Beautiful arc on that full draw pic, your niece is getting a fine gift with that one. :)
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Re: ELBish bow for my niece.
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2013, 09:28:26 am »
Nice bend for sure.
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: ELBish bow for my niece.
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2013, 10:45:47 am »
Nice looking bow. Your niece should be a proud owner.
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Offline dbb

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Re: ELBish bow for my niece.
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2013, 11:29:10 am »
Thanks for the nice words all :)
She is 16 and pretty tall,she pulls around 26" so around 30# for her,its a little lower than i hoped,but atleast she wont be "overbowed"
And if its too wimpy i could always pike it a little.

                                                 /Mikael
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: ELBish bow for my niece.
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2013, 11:47:20 am »
That is a sweet little longbow. Very cool.
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