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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2014, 08:31:05 pm »
Very nice Marc, looks fast.
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2014, 09:57:31 pm »
Thank you guys. 

Not only is the wood excellent for bows it's also very attractive.   Definitely first string wood
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2014, 10:51:56 pm »
I love it Marc! Very nice! I'm fixing to make my first reflex/deflex bow. Any pointers on tiller? Patrick
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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2014, 11:43:33 pm »
Great job Marc I just love the unbraced profile. 

Offline rossfactor

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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2014, 12:32:35 am »
This is great Marc. I'd been wondering how plum would do in a laminate, although I always felt it would do great backed with maple or ash.  I live in a really humid environment and plum will definitely take on moisture, although at a much slower rate than oaks, hickories etc... I've also found that diff plum varieties have really different characteristics. Purple leaf plum seems to be quite a bit softer than many of the green leaf flowering varieties but plp tends to check less and is very elastic and easy to bend with wet or dry heat.

Anyway great bow as usual.

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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2014, 10:31:57 am »
Thanks guys.  I took it out for a bit of a hunt yesterday.  Very light in the hand to carry.

I forgot to mention that the bow has shallow D section limbs.

Go slowly Patrick.

Plum is not easy to find up here Gabe so I was quite pleased to find some.  I'm not positive what this species is.  I know it's not Purple Leaf Plum but the Plums are black when ripe.
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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2014, 09:04:30 pm »
nice marc...first time I saw a maple /plum laminate..cool!!!  :D

Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #22 on: October 24, 2014, 08:44:18 am »
Most people make Plum self-bows Chris but the sapwood was too thick for that and I'm still not interested in making a 100# bow  :)

I have enough billets for another 3 bows so I will be making more of them
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #23 on: October 24, 2014, 09:03:34 am »
It's a beauty! Very nicely done. Jawge
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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2014, 09:06:08 am »
My elbows and shoulders aren't interested in 100#+ bows either ;)

Are ya gonna try a R/D static with onen of those sets ? That would be cool to see how that fairs

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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #25 on: October 24, 2014, 01:01:25 pm »
awesome bow.  I hate shoulder problems.  Have you done much physical therapy?  I've injured my shoulders too many times when I used to lift weights a lot.   And many times those injuries just wouldn't heal unless I did some consistent very light weight excesses... Took a long time but got better...just a thought that may help.
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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #26 on: October 24, 2014, 01:25:22 pm »
Thanks guys

Yes well most likely do a static with a set

No I haven't done any PT.  I've noticed that my shoulders bother me more when I do certain types of work, such as landscaping around the house.  A well known Wing Chun master who got a bow from me sent me some Dit Da Jow to try but it doesn't seem to do much, the stuff smells nice though  :)
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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #27 on: October 24, 2014, 07:24:06 pm »
Nice!  Sweet shape to it for sure.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #28 on: October 24, 2014, 08:19:32 pm »
Yeah, that is a sweet shaped bow.  I like everything about it.  Thanks for sharing the story too.
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Re: Ottawa Plum Bow
« Reply #29 on: October 25, 2014, 01:04:55 am »
Nice profile, hard wood to dry! :)
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