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Offline silent sniper

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2020, 11:27:16 am »
Awesome work!

Offline Selfbowman

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2020, 12:07:28 pm »
Nice bow well done . Arvin
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Offline tibor

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2020, 12:45:57 pm »
thank you for the comments, unfortunately I do not know what kind of snake is on the bow, the bow is made of field maple

Offline Will B

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2020, 01:15:11 pm »
Great looking bow!  How does it shoot for you?

Offline barebo

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2020, 01:46:42 pm »
Superb Craftsmanship in every detail! What exactly is "field maple"? One wood I've never heard of? Nice Bow!

Offline tibor

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2020, 02:44:57 am »
The bow shoots well, it's fast, but a little weak for my taste ... I like stronger bows about 50 - 60 lb ... field maple - Acer Campestre

Offline Hilongbow

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2020, 05:44:09 am »
Wow! Super cool bow

Offline gifford

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2020, 12:49:08 pm »
Well done. Very nice job on a sapling bow. The pattern on the snake skin is quite unique, as asked previously, do you know the species of snake?

I wasn't familiar with the species of maple but a little research confirmed it is native to Europe and is introduced into the U.S.

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2020, 01:07:56 pm »
Yes it's an European native species :)
Beautiful bow, love the snakeyness. did it take much set? Did you heat treat it?

Offline Stoner

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #24 on: October 26, 2020, 02:38:09 pm »
I can't believe that's maple. Very well done sir. John

Offline paulc

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #25 on: October 26, 2020, 06:05:55 pm »
Skin says boa to me but I've been wrong before. P

Offline druid

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2020, 12:42:44 am »
Oh, what a bow. 😍 Great, everything great. Congratulations!!!

Offline MM2

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2020, 03:43:16 am »
A real beauty! Congrats and thank' for sharing!

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Offline tibor

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2020, 11:37:29 am »
Thank you all for the comments. Minor adjustments were made to the bow with dry heat, but it was not tanned. Here is a photo of raw wood ...

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Re: maple snake bow
« Reply #29 on: October 28, 2020, 11:15:44 am »
thats a awesome tiller!!! put that on the ground and i would probably think it was a snake!!!
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