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Title: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: chasing crow on September 17, 2009, 07:49:15 pm

Well, my first bow is finished and shooting well. As I reported in a recent post, George was a tremendous help! The bow is a white oak board bow, made for my daughter. It finished at 32# @ 23", 64" long and is burlap backed. Ended with about 1 3/4" follow. She shot some targets tonight with good success. Should be a squirrel menace starting this weekend! I am trying to post pictures but don't know if I can. The last picture is my "sigature" which, I believe reads "father to Daughter" at least loosley in Cherokee. 
Chasing Crow .

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Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: cracker on September 17, 2009, 08:05:12 pm

fine lookin bow wish my first had looked so good.Ronnie

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: Pat B on September 17, 2009, 08:08:06 pm

Nice bow. Perfect for your daughter.

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: woodstick on September 17, 2009, 10:10:26 pm

good deal bows before boys smart thinking.

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: islandpiper on September 17, 2009, 10:27:50 pm

That full-draw pic is a CLASSIC.........good form, great (young) archer, perfectly tillered bow, appropriate quiver.....if there's somebody making up an archery calendar that should be in it. 

And making a bow for your child is a good thing.  When my kids were that age we fished, early and often and it was great fun and bonding time.  If we had been into archery then, it would have served the same function. 

Guys like you give us all hope for the future!  piper

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: Josh on September 17, 2009, 10:35:51 pm

nice bow!  great tiller too!  now its time to make one for yourself!     :)  -josh

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: Shadow Walker on September 17, 2009, 10:43:14 pm

well done! and congrats on a successful first attempt! the beaded strand is a nice subtle touch as well.

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: medicinewheel on September 18, 2009, 01:31:47 am

Very nice, not only for a first timer!
Always tricky to judge curvature from bows held somewhat angled in the picture, but it seems here the upper limb bends too much and the lower has a free ride, simply because the bow is gripped too far towards the lower limb.
I would not know how to grip the bow because the handle wrapping seems to be very long. I would rework it for a repeatable grip!

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: Pappy on September 18, 2009, 05:42:10 am

Nice job,congrats on your first. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: chasing crow on September 18, 2009, 06:26:24 am

Thak you all for the kind words. Medicinewheel, you are right, the handle cover is a little long. I did that on porpose so the upper section can be used as the strike plate. However, she is holding quite low. We are planning to mark it for consistant grip and serve and mark the nocking point as soon as we make the final string for this bow.
Chasing Crow     

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: GregB on September 18, 2009, 07:39:27 am

Very nice first bow, I like your artistic touch on it. :)

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: Timo on September 18, 2009, 08:01:04 am

A man never forgets his first! ;D Nice job

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Post by: DanaM on September 18, 2009, 08:30:44 am

Great job, your daughter will remember this for the rest of her life :)

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: recurve shooter on September 18, 2009, 10:00:45 am

great work. what is the backing on there? or is there one?

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: George Tsoukalas on September 18, 2009, 10:12:53 am

That's a great bow for a fine young lady. :) Jawge

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: OldBow on September 18, 2009, 10:42:20 am

Very nice and primitive which is the point of this site. Gotcha bookmarked for Sept Self Bow of the Month fun, too.

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: chasing crow on September 18, 2009, 12:23:57 pm

Thanks again for the nice comments. All of you helped send me on the way. The bow is backed with burlap. Really went on nice. I liked it much better then I ever expected.

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: Kent D. on September 18, 2009, 02:19:06 pm

Great job.  Looks good.

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: NTD on September 18, 2009, 06:34:24 pm

Nice bow and good on ya for getting your daughter involved!  Look forward to seeing Dad's bow!!

Title: Re: Finished my first bow !!
Post by: PeteC on September 18, 2009, 08:36:00 pm

Good job on the bow,and your daughter looks to have very good form.She'll be whackin' bushytails in no time ;) God Bless