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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Censu on January 07, 2009, 01:57:17 am

Title: New elm bow
Post by: Censu on January 07, 2009, 01:57:17 am

Thought I would post this here,

its a  Knotty elm bow, it is 70"ntn and pulls around 45# .I do not know which species of elm it is yet but it was cut locally. It is 1 1/2" at the fades and tapers from around mid limb. As you can see there were a couple of knots on one limb, she raised a splinter near a knot which I wrapped with string and glue. Holding fine.


Thanks for looking



Noel





(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h193/censu/strung1.jpg?t=1231341088)

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h193/censu/strung2.jpg?t=1231340986)

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h193/censu/fulldraw-2.jpg?t=1231341172)

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h193/censu/100_2472.jpg?t=1231341175)

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h193/censu/100_2471.jpg?t=1231341181)

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h193/censu/100_2464.jpg?t=1231341188)

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h193/censu/100_2510.jpg?t=1231341240)

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h193/censu/100_2471-1.jpg?t=1231341246)

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: DanaM on January 07, 2009, 04:03:58 am

Censu it appears to be a fine with some character but I have to tell ya that your pictures leave much to be desired.
Glad to see ya got some better pictures :) Very nice bow :)

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: Pappy on January 07, 2009, 05:49:35 am

Looks good from what I can see.Don't see as well as I use to and them are small. Looks like it has a lot of good character.Nice job. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: GregB on January 07, 2009, 08:29:14 am

It looks like a good job on the bow, but better pictures would help a lot. ;)

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: Ryano on January 07, 2009, 12:50:38 pm

Thats a neat looking bow. I like the art work.  :)

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: GregB on January 07, 2009, 01:19:06 pm

Who ever corrected the pictures, that helped out a lot! Cool art work and the tiller looks good as well. Nice job! ;)

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 07, 2009, 01:44:31 pm

Censu, awesome tiller. That limb is full of knots too. I don't know if you could have this with that bow but when tillering knotted areas I like to leave the knots slightly "flat" so as they don't bend much. Jawge

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: brownhillboy on January 07, 2009, 01:50:49 pm

Cool looking bow!  I really like the art work. :)

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: Censu on January 07, 2009, 04:24:18 pm

Thanks for the comments guys, glad you like it, this was my most challenging piece of wood yet, but it is a great shooter.



Censu

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: PeteC on January 07, 2009, 07:51:53 pm

Nice job on a tough piece of wood.I like that art work too.  God Bless

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: OldBow on January 07, 2009, 08:12:12 pm

Absolutely excellent and respectfully bookmarked for January Self Bow of the Month.  Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: shamus on January 07, 2009, 10:59:11 pm

tillering that took skill, and you did a nice job!

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: wakosama on January 08, 2009, 12:12:13 am

How long did it take to get the tree to grow like that?  That's fine...!  I can see why you decorated it so nice.

LUK

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: El Destructo on January 08, 2009, 12:31:20 am

                               Awesome Bow Noel....I really like that Piece of Wood.....has a lot of Personality !!!

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: Gordon on January 08, 2009, 02:18:24 am

Great job on a challenging piece of wood. And I really like the artwork.

Title: Re: New elm bow
Post by: Censu on January 09, 2009, 01:28:16 am

Thanks again for the comments, the art work was inspired by stone age cave art which I saw in TBB.




noel