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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell"
« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2014, 01:55:11 pm »
Cool, thanks bowmo

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell"
« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2014, 02:14:48 pm »
Looks great!  Really like those brush nocks.
Yeah, I remember when we had a President who didn't wear a tinfoil hat.

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell"
« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2014, 03:13:12 pm »
You got a FD pic?

Offline bowmo

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell"
« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2014, 03:29:38 pm »
Here's a braced pic and a head on view of the flared brush nocks, showing off one of my typical shabby and questionable tillering strings. As usual, no one around to take a full draw pic for me.




Offline Comancheria

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (more pics added)
« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2014, 08:44:52 pm »
Beautiful bow.  Would you describe the dying process--what you used, at what stage of the finishing you applied the dye, and did you apply the oil
When that dried?

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (more pics added)
« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2014, 09:19:03 pm »
Look bow. I'm going to try brush nocks one day.
Did the Native Americans think about all this that much or just do it?

Offline bowmo

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (more pics added)
« Reply #21 on: December 16, 2014, 10:25:03 pm »
Comancheria: I used a blue aniline dye mixed with denatured alcohol. I completely finish sand the bow, add the dye, wipe it down with more denatured alcohol to make sure the coat is uniform, let dry, and then steel wool. The tru oil is then applied over this.

Scottski: No, you look bow!  ::)

Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (more pics added)
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2014, 11:40:25 am »
Nice looking finish job, but where is the FD pic?

Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (more pics added)
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2014, 11:58:17 am »
i used to live on bluebell dr lol

Offline Comancheria

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (more pics added)
« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2014, 01:16:15 pm »
Thanks for the info, bowmo.  I like the way dye allows the grain of the wood to show through where paint would not.

Russ
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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (more pics added)
« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2014, 10:16:24 pm »
Very nice...FD pic?
Is this bow making a sickness? or the cure...

Offline Arrowind

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (more pics added)
« Reply #26 on: December 17, 2014, 11:23:08 pm »
coooool!
Talking trees. What do trees have to talk about, hmm... except the consistency of squirrel droppings?

Offline bowmo

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (more pics added)
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2014, 03:27:36 pm »
I live in a world where I may not have a person around to take a picture for me for a week or more. But, finally had someone around to snap a full draw for me.


Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (f/d pic added)
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2014, 04:36:34 pm »
Now I will tell you, nice bow!
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Rawhide backed hickory R/D with brush nocks. "Blue Bell" (f/d pic added)
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2014, 10:16:04 pm »
PEARL DRUMS: Haha, thanks man!