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hammertime
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no shoes no shirt, no problems
Re: A new elm project
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Reply #60 on:
August 10, 2008, 10:45:05 pm »
Just had to add to the praise and comments SWEET looking bowLove the design,handle and profile.Elm is a great wood to work with I have also made that design in white ashThanks for sharing.Hammertime.
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Gordon
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Re: A new elm project
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Reply #61 on:
August 11, 2008, 03:12:37 am »
Oh my, the artwork really accentuates that bow nicely.
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Gordon
ThimoS
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Re: A new elm project
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Reply #62 on:
August 11, 2008, 08:15:12 am »
Thanks everyone!
I should have better full draw pics today when I return from work.
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a finnish native
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Re: A new elm project
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Reply #63 on:
August 12, 2008, 08:50:08 am »
can't wait to see the finished FD pic. very very nice and deadly!
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ThimoS
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Re: A new elm project
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Reply #64 on:
August 12, 2008, 05:58:51 pm »
100# at 29"
Unbraced after shooting.
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D. Tiller
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Go ahead! Bend that stick! Make my day!!!
Re: A new elm project
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Reply #65 on:
August 12, 2008, 07:18:47 pm »
Jeesh Thimo! That looks like one deadly bow. How does she shoot and whats up with the wraps on the nocks?
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“People are less likely to shoot at you if you smile at them” - Mad Jack Churchill
Dane
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Re: A new elm project
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Reply #66 on:
August 13, 2008, 08:14:06 am »
Just wow!
Thimo, tell us about the art work, if you don't mind. Design inspiration or actual historic pattern, type of paint used, technique to apply the paint, all that.
Dane
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Greenfield, Western Massachusetts
Ryano
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Ryan O'Sullivan, North Western Pennsylvania
Re: A new elm project
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Reply #67 on:
August 13, 2008, 09:42:55 am »
I'd say you done good on that Thimo.
Very nice job on the bow and the art work.
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Its November, I'm gone hunt'in.......
Osage is still better.....
Pappy
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if you have to ask you wouldn't understand ,Tenn.
Re: A new elm project
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Reply #68 on:
August 13, 2008, 10:10:16 am »
Man you didn't waste any time getting it painted,very nice job on bow and painting.100 LBS.
Wow. It would take 2 of me to draw that.
Pappy
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Clarksville,Tennessee
TwinOaks Bowhunters
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Ryano
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Ryan O'Sullivan, North Western Pennsylvania
Re: A new elm project
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Reply #69 on:
August 13, 2008, 11:56:55 am »
Lets see ya shoot it threw one of those cement blocks.....
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Osage is still better.....
Woodland Roamer
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Re: A new elm project
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Reply #70 on:
August 13, 2008, 02:49:42 pm »
Your a bow making machine Thimo! Awesome bow!
Alan
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Alan Shook-Taylorsville NC
Bring back the Stone Age!
ThimoS
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Re: A new elm project
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Reply #71 on:
August 13, 2008, 08:07:27 pm »
Thanks everyone.
The painting was heavily inspired by the Shar-pae tribe. Then sealed in with linseed and wax.
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mullet
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Eddie Parker
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Reply #72 on:
August 13, 2008, 10:13:32 pm »
Dang!, Thimo. That is one powerfull looking bow.Your full-draw pic' looks bada## as hell. I've got two sweet Elm staves I've been wondering what to do with, you have me inspired.
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Lakeland, Florida
If you have to pull the trigger, is it really archery?
ThimoS
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Re: A new elm project
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Reply #73 on:
August 25, 2008, 11:03:28 pm »
Thanks.
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YewArcher
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Re: A new elm project
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Reply #74 on:
August 26, 2008, 07:49:01 am »
Nice job Thimo, Gla dto see you posting your bows in this neck of the woods. Thats a real beauty.
Steve
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