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Offline simson

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Re: Lost my bow building Mojo..
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2016, 11:33:44 am »
Quote from: Gordon on May 10, 2016, 10:54:11 pm
If you make enough bows sooner or later you'll run into a spell of bad luck. Just keep telling yourself that it's just a piece of wood and move on to the next one.

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Don't know how many I have destroyed for what reason ever. I always was in the shop again, at least on the next day!  8)
keep it going on!
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Offline DavidV

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Re: Lost my bow building Mojo..
« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2016, 05:24:19 pm »
I've been in the same slump. Haven't gotten in the shop as much as I'd like to and when I finally do another issue pops up. I really thought I'd have finished my trade bow by now.
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Lost my bow building Mojo..
« Reply #17 on: May 15, 2016, 12:30:07 pm »
Same here!! The last 2 bows I've finished just didn't cut the mustard. I think my mind was elsewhere and I just couldn't seem to focus. I'm only now starting back after about 30 days of laying off. Sometimes we just need to take a break.

That being said I do feel much better about the two new staves in progress.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Lost my bow building Mojo..
« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2016, 01:27:43 pm »
I've been in a slump for well over a year now. That is one reason I reluctantly said yes when I was asked to be in the first Invitational Bow Trade. It got me going on a nice, narrow osage sliver I had. All I needed was over 45# and I knew this piece of wood had at least that in it. I made a beautiful little bow that pulled just over 45# and shot very well. So, I decided to dress her up...buffalo horn tip overlays, snake belly skins from Osage Outlaw(thanks again Clint), hemp wrapped handle with a floppy rest, the whole kettle of fish. After shooting a few more times she went out of tiller. Talk about a kick in the pants. I re-tillered her back but to a much lower draw weight and gave her to a friend at the Classic for his grand daughter....making lemonade from lemons.  ;D
 I'm heading to the basement when I finish writing this to continue on with #2 that I started many weeks ago. I'm hoping this will get me out of my bow building slump. Only time will tell.
 
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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: Lost my bow building Mojo..
« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2016, 01:43:31 pm »
Well at least that nice bow went to a good cause Pat, a great example of "making lemonade from lemons".
My "Lemons" I fear are proving unworthy of kid bow salvage but I think I can make a couple atlatl's from them.
Thus taking a step backward ( in time..  ;) ) before heading back to the bow making.
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Offline Badger

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Re: Lost my bow building Mojo..
« Reply #20 on: May 15, 2016, 01:53:21 pm »
   I am in kind of a slump as well. Last few years my motivation to build bows has been falling off. Last year I think I may have done maybe a dozen or so this year I think about 3 and none of them are quite finished.
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