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Offline Thunder

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2014, 08:15:41 pm »
Drewster,
If I can find some photos of it, I'll post some pics of an Elm shorty you might like.
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2014, 08:16:28 pm »
Very nice bow.  Well done
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Offline le0n

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2014, 08:32:35 pm »
extremely simplistic; extremely effective (i've shot this bow a few times).

i was a little apprehensive at first to take it to my full 26" draw, but when i did, it was very rewarding.

excellent work :)

Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2014, 09:05:06 pm »
Very nice elm stick bow, nicely done. I the simple primitive look of it and you got a sweet looking bend on that baby, has the smooth look of an english long bow at full draw.
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2014, 09:07:50 pm »
nice bow sir i like it

Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2014, 09:14:05 pm »
Nice work thunder.  The tiller looks spot on.  Way to go

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2014, 09:16:40 pm »
Nailed it!
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2014, 09:40:03 pm »
Sweet!  Nice bend for sure! 
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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2014, 09:52:39 pm »
Thanks guys,
I just like the way D bows look.
+1, D bows rock

Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2014, 09:58:09 pm »
Very nice thunder! The bend is beautiful. I really like the simplicity of it. Love the profile. Patrick
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2014, 10:11:05 pm »
Very nice work. I like it a lot. Jawge
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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #26 on: December 02, 2014, 04:45:33 am »
Very nice, simple and effective. Very nice work. :)
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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2014, 06:22:19 am »
Very cool... great tiller, looks a bit like one of my ELBs. I'm sure a medieval Englishman would be happy with that, once he'd got over the shock of the different style nocks! ;D
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Offline Lehtis

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #28 on: December 02, 2014, 07:21:55 am »
I do like that!

Offline Webradbury

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Re: Elm sapling D bow
« Reply #29 on: December 02, 2014, 07:48:06 am »
Very nice! I have some red elm staves I cut about two weeks ago and I can't wait to start on one.