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Offline medicinewheel

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john's ashbow...
« on: July 26, 2008, 12:49:07 pm »

guys! - this gentleman here is my best friend john edwards, australian, out-to-lunch-grad: 5.7 (richter scale)

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2008, 01:00:33 pm »
Glad ya got friends ... where's the picture of the bow? ??? :o
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2008, 01:03:38 pm »
he lived in Cologne (1hour drive up north from here) for 5 years now and he'll go back to OZ in 2 weeks time.
last few times he came to visit he built a bow from ash and i helped him with the tillering.
the bow is symmetrical 68" ntn, tiller is 1/4" positive. tiller is not perfect, but we didn't want to lose more draw weight; the bow is 40#@28".
some problems with the back around some pinknots, so we put on a deerhide backing.

john had sketched out some aboriginal influenced artwork that i put on for him (india ink and acrylic paint) and due to leak of time i worked out the tips for him, too.

thanks for looking,

frank


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Offline catfishon

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2008, 01:52:22 pm »
i like it  !
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Offline Dano

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2008, 01:54:16 pm »
That artwork is awesome, very nice bow.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2008, 02:07:48 pm »
thats a nice looking stick there 8)

but you gotta teach/learn to slow down,patience is  a virtue

the guy in the photo looks like hes hauling butt to get that one done lol

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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2008, 09:46:05 pm »
beautifull artwork. nice bow youve got there!

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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2008, 10:38:07 pm »
Quote from: sailordad on July 26, 2008, 02:07:48 pm
but you gotta teach/learn to slow down,patience is  a virtue

the guy in the photo looks like hes hauling butt to get that one done lol

no, it's really only the photo (no flash used): for real he's been going slow...

thanks for the comments; i'll try to shoot few more pictures when it stops raining.

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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2008, 12:39:56 am »
Nice work John and Frank.  ;)
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2008, 04:27:39 am »
thanks justin.

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btw. the bow took 2" of set starting from 1" of natural reflex.

the tips are stiff needletips as you can see below.

frank

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Offline Dane

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2008, 09:33:48 am »
Frank, he looks insane in a good way. :) I love the art - it looks quite a bit like a digeradoo I have next to my desk here, very striking designs.

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Offline cowboy

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2008, 10:56:14 am »
That is a nice clean looking bow Frank! Good to have friends in the shop with ya from time to time :).
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Offline GregB

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2008, 11:21:16 am »
A very unique bow from an artistic standpoint, I really like it!
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2008, 08:25:08 am »
Quote from: Dane on July 27, 2008, 09:33:48 am
Frank, he looks insane in a good way. :) ...

john is actually a really great guy; for real he never looks like on that upper photo  ;D ;D ;D

thanks for the comments!

frank
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Offline Pappy

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Re: john's ashbow...
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2008, 08:43:30 am »
Beautiful bow,very nice for such a limited amount of time,good to have good friends.Love
the paint work and tips. :)
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