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Offline Santanasaur

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2021, 10:29:14 am »
Beautiful bow all around. Love the grip and arrow pass with the faceted fades. Great profile and dye job too. Awesome piece Stickhead!
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Offline HH~

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2021, 11:01:17 am »
Stick
Did you use water based dye like minwax? Looks like the dye raised the grain a touch.

Love Elm. Great bow wood, bow last ten lifetimes.

HH~
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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2021, 12:26:36 pm »
Quote from: HH~ on January 21, 2021, 11:01:17 am
Stick
Did you use water based dye like minwax? Looks like the dye raised the grain a touch.

Love Elm. Great bow wood, bow last ten lifetimes.

HH~
Shawn - yeah, I used aniline dye with water.  I think there was some slight grain rise, which I burnished smooth.
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2021, 02:12:37 pm »
You have my vote . Thats a shooter. Arvin
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2021, 05:25:11 pm »
Stickhead, thanks for the explanation on how to blend the aniline. I'm working on a hackberry stave that I want to dye so the timing is perfect.
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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2021, 06:33:36 am »
I agree with Arvin. That looks like a shooter.

Very nicely done.

Bjrogg
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Offline Allyn T

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2021, 07:52:26 am »
Do you have a close up of the arrow pass? It looks sweet
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Offline Stickhead

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2021, 08:25:07 am »
Quote from: Allyn T on January 22, 2021, 07:52:26 am
Do you have a close up of the arrow pass? It looks sweet
Sure!  Here ya go.
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Offline Allyn T

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2021, 09:24:33 am »
Thank you, I really like that
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Offline HH~

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #24 on: January 22, 2021, 03:47:02 pm »
Alchohol based dye wont do this. Same as you use for gunstocks. Good burnish before dye will take off or burn off alot of feathered grain ends as well.

Like to due whole back for elm hunt bows.

Very nice bow. Lets know how it performs.

In 2016 i ran a 40lb elm one shot away from winning Arvins IBO shootdown. In the hot July weather.

That bow is hanging in my fathers hunt buddies Camp Wall in Maine.

HH~
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Offline Stickhead

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #25 on: January 22, 2021, 09:12:16 pm »
Yeah, Shawn,  it shoots really sweet.  I can shoot it all day, and get nice groupings.  But then, with my short arms, this bow is about half the weight of my hunting bows.  Anyway, I’ve loved shooting this one  in, and I’ll miss it.  On the other hand, my buddy is trading me for an awesome custom knife he made, incorporating an elk shed I found on a hunt.  So I couldn’t be happier!
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Offline M2A

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #26 on: January 23, 2021, 07:04:11 am »
Very nice elm bow! Your buddy ought to be very pleased with it.
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Offline HH~

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #27 on: January 23, 2021, 07:09:48 am »
Elm has a sweet draw feel. Like not other wood.

HH~
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Offline organic_archer

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Re: Elm Self Bow, take #2
« Reply #28 on: January 23, 2021, 05:45:15 pm »
Awesome! Loving the colors. Elm was a learning curve for me too, but once you find a design that works it makes a stellar bow!
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