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Title: My first two bows
Post by: Jmilbrandt on March 10, 2009, 07:20:25 pm

My first two bows. The Osage bow was my first and pulls 40 pounds at 28" and is reflexed just over two inches when unstrung. The Yew bow is my second and pulls 60 pounds at 28" and is reflexed one inch when unstrung. Both are spliced at the handle and are made out of two sets of billets I bought for just twenty dollars. :) I actually got five sets of perfect osage and yew for fifty dollars. If you see anything wrong with any either of these bows feel free to let me know I want to know if i'm doing something wrong.

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Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: El Destructo on March 10, 2009, 07:29:52 pm

Nice Bow Jim.....I wish that I could say that my first two Bows I made looked like them.....hell I wish I could say my 11th and 12th Bows looked like them............ ;D

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: Kegan on March 10, 2009, 07:47:22 pm

I agree with El Destructo- nice! Only thing I can see is the tips, you could make them a bit sleeker, or more rounded. Beyond that, I can't see anythign wrong.

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: Ryano on March 10, 2009, 07:50:03 pm

I second Kegan's comment. They look great for your first couple bows.

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: Jmilbrandt on March 10, 2009, 08:06:19 pm

Yeah the tips were the only things I didn't really like on those bows but being my first I was a little scared to do anything more to them. My tips now are much narrower and rounded. Thanks for the comments.

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: Timo on March 10, 2009, 10:15:07 pm

Very nice bow!

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: Pat B on March 10, 2009, 10:55:42 pm

You did a great job on both bows. Looking forward to seeing future work. 8)

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: OldBow on March 11, 2009, 11:31:55 am

Ditto and both bows are bookmarked for March Self BOM fun.

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: Pappy on March 11, 2009, 11:47:49 am

Same as the rest ,wish my first turned out that nice.Keep up the good work. :) Great to
see you young guys starting out early in life and turning out such work. :)

   Pappy
   

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 11, 2009, 11:56:57 am

Great job! Well done. Jawge

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: DanaM on March 11, 2009, 12:05:38 pm

Good work, if the first two are that nice, I can't wait to see the 3rd :)

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: Keenan on March 11, 2009, 12:58:53 pm

Very nice. You show some great skill for your first bows. What are the lengths of the bows?

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: brownhillboy on March 11, 2009, 01:19:03 pm

Excellent job, they look great! :)

Title: Re: My first two bows
Post by: Jmilbrandt on March 11, 2009, 05:05:04 pm

Thanks for all the great comments. Good to know I'm doing something right. :) I guess I forgot the ntn measurements though so here they are the osage is 63" ntn and the yew is 67" ntn.