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Offline hawkbow

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Re: A Bent Stick Eh
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2008, 10:20:25 pm »
very nice bow brother, looks like some good medicine in that bow .. love the stain job... thanks for sharing HAWK
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« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2008, 10:43:43 pm »
heh,heh,heh, awesome!
just awesome!

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Offline Okie

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« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2008, 11:23:50 pm »
Looks like you did a great job for such a narly piece of wood. Love the dye job and the snow.


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Re: A Bent Stick Eh
« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2008, 11:41:43 pm »
Dana - What a beauty,  That is a wicked piece of wood to make such a nice bow out of.  Tiller looks great.  You did an awesome job on that one.  I guess that's it for green ground until June. ;D 
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Re: A Bent Stick Eh
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2008, 08:21:42 am »
Very nice bow Dana,love the die job,I like crooked wood. ;)
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« Reply #20 on: November 10, 2008, 12:05:21 pm »
Good Job, Dana. Bookmarked, too, eh!
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« Reply #21 on: November 10, 2008, 12:24:06 pm »
Very cool...really like the color.  No frills....just the way I like 'em.  Nice job Dana. 8)
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Re: A Bent Stick Eh
« Reply #22 on: November 10, 2008, 12:27:50 pm »
Thanks for the kind words guys :)
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Re: A Bent Stick Eh
« Reply #23 on: November 10, 2008, 12:33:23 pm »
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Now who has a straight piece to trade

That's funny Dana  ;D.

The bow turned out really nice. Is it bending through the handle? How wide did you make the limbs?
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Re: A Bent Stick Eh
« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2008, 12:39:20 pm »
Gordon its 1.25" wide and yes its bending thru the handle, I'm really impressed with VM its extremely tough and forgiving
By straight I mean one that the tips are almost lined up :P, had a heck of a time getting this one to line up. Ya know if VM
took heat like osage no one would bother with that orange stuff :o
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Offline xin

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Re: A Bent Stick Eh
« Reply #25 on: November 10, 2008, 02:35:49 pm »
DanaM, nice bow.  You've been a busy bee lately.  Just saw your arrows a few minutesago.  Can'tbelieve you're standing in snow.

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« Reply #26 on: November 10, 2008, 02:59:27 pm »
Dana,

I've had really good luck steam bending vine maple, but you can hardly get it to move using dry heat. If vm didn't have so may grain swirls that make for miserable scrapping I might put it up there with osage.
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Offline John K

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Re: A Bent Stick Eh
« Reply #27 on: November 10, 2008, 03:24:22 pm »
Good lookin bow there Dana ! I had some of that white stuff on the ground Saturday morning, but it was gone by the evening  :P
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« Reply #28 on: November 10, 2008, 04:44:18 pm »
Well if you insist go ahead and send it.Seriously great looking bow. Ronnie
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Re: A Bent Stick Eh
« Reply #29 on: November 10, 2008, 07:31:12 pm »
I think it looks great.  I like the unbraced profile, the dye job and the tiller.
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