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Offline simk

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Little Black Elder
« on: November 19, 2019, 03:08:08 pm »
Whooha, my eldest one did his first bow (with a little help from my side of course). It's for a school-mate's birthday. We dont see many black elders here so I^ll post this one.... very nice, very light but tough wood. Its about 52" and pulls 23#@20".  ;D cheers
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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2019, 03:12:26 pm »
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2019, 05:20:03 pm »
Very nice looking. Is that hollow a natural part of the stave? Never worked with elder.
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Offline aznboi3644

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2019, 12:26:20 am »
Awesome.   I just finished up a little short bow that had a big pithy center I scraped out.  It made a very unique and interesting looking bow
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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2019, 06:23:29 am »
Very nice, love to see them youngsters getting into it. :)
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Offline simk

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2019, 08:20:28 am »
thanx guys, i will pass on your compliments to the constructor  ;D
IrishJay: Elder has this voluminous pith - its filled with a white soft foam. these staves therefore cry for hld
Pappy: Dad's always love to see them juniors follow their footsteps  ;D but never put any pressure on them juniors
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2019, 09:03:23 am »
Tricky to work Elder, but it looks great if it doesn't explode, gotta love the pith channel and the knobbles :)
Del
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2019, 11:58:00 am »
Nice bow!  That will be a special gift!  Just have to be sure to teach his friend to not overdraw!  Good to see the young ones getting into the craft!
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Offline backtowood B2W

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2019, 01:07:08 am »
Great!!!
tell Lorenz he did a good job. Looking forward to built one with my son too.
So nice to see them getting into it
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Offline rps3

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2019, 05:22:48 pm »
Thats awesome, How old is the new bowyer?
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2019, 09:04:50 am »
Sweet.  Just...sweet!
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Offline simk

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2019, 01:08:05 pm »
Yeah Del, Elder is always good for a surprise - but if you treat it well you'll be rewarded  - similar to yew, elder is a diva ;D
Thanx Hawkdancer - as long as the bow is longer then the archer overdrawing is difficult  ;D - so its safe for the next two or so years...
Thanx b2w, he's happy with your qualification - looking forward to Kilians debut  ;D
rps3, thanx, he's 7 1/2 y
Thanx slimbob!
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2019, 03:31:03 pm »
What a sweet little bow!  Nice job!
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Re: Little Black Elder
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2019, 10:34:43 am »
That's sweet. Love that your passing it on and looks like a chip off the block. Nicely done. Very interesting bow.
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