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Title: elk skin backed IPE kids bow!
Post by: hawkbow on February 02, 2010, 12:08:23 am

I am not much of a bowyer so no making fun  LOL ..  this one actually shoots really good.. 54 inch IPE backed with elk hide and hand painted.. pulls 25# at 20 inches.. fast little bow and takes no set.. I am proud of it for the youngster. he is seven and wants a longbow to hunt bears !   

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Post by: Dano on February 02, 2010, 12:13:20 am

Awesome setup Hawk, well done.

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Post by: hawkbow on February 02, 2010, 12:23:22 am

Thanks bro!

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Post by: Keenan on February 02, 2010, 12:52:49 am

What could there be to make fun of. That is a great looking bow Hawk. I bet he'll bet more proud of that then anything he could have ever ordered from a pro. Congratulations. Can't wait to see pics of him hunting with it. ;)

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Post by: Pat B on February 02, 2010, 01:17:29 am

Looks like more dead rabbits!  Cool bow, Mike.  8)

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Post by: hawkbow on February 02, 2010, 01:21:28 am

thanks Keenan  and Pat B..  I am sure the youngun will make meat with it..

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Post by: rileyconcrete on February 02, 2010, 01:34:22 am

Sweet bow.  Cant wait till my son grows up so he can shoot one like that, about 6.5 more years. ;D  Hope he has fun with it and tell him good luck on the bears.

Tell

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Post by: Gordon on February 02, 2010, 02:18:44 am

Nicely done Hawk. Is the backing elk rawhide?

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Post by: elk country rp on February 02, 2010, 03:03:16 am

awesome bow!

awesome dad!

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Post by: Okie on February 02, 2010, 04:46:40 am

Very nice! I really like the way you decorated it.

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Post by: Pappy on February 02, 2010, 06:44:34 am

Very nice bow,he should love that.I knew you couldn't stand it and would build one sometime. ;) :)
   Pappy

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Post by: huntersteve on February 02, 2010, 07:00:09 am

Great job....I'm sure he'll enjoy that one.....

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Post by: medicinewheel on February 02, 2010, 07:06:59 am

Not much of a bowyer, huh...??? ...Great tiller!
This is a really nice bow, man, I like painted bows, and this one is very well done!
I'm sure the boy will love it!
What glue did you use to attach the backing??

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Post by: Cromm on February 02, 2010, 07:39:24 am

Very nice work Hawk.
What kind of paint did you use?
Thanks for your time.

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Post by: stringstretcher on February 02, 2010, 08:48:20 am

great bow for a great cause.  Hope he has fun with it.

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Post by: DanaM on February 02, 2010, 08:48:48 am

Dang Hawk thats a beauty and a perfect size for bear hunting :)

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Post by: half eye on February 02, 2010, 09:13:34 am

Absolutely outstanding.....all them dreams and bears will just get bigger and bigger....good for you.
half eye ;)

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Post by: Little John on February 02, 2010, 09:23:58 am

Beautiful bow and lots of medicine, I also have to ask what is to make fun of. I am sure he is real proud of this one.   Kenneth

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Post by: Jude on February 02, 2010, 09:55:16 am

There's nothing to make fun of there 8)  I know my 7yo loves the one I made for him, and it's not nearly as nice as that one.  Awsome job :)

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Post by: Swamp Bow on February 02, 2010, 11:27:01 am

Great looking bow, arrows and every thing else.  Nothing to make fun of there.  Besides I may be a little crazy at times but I ain't stupid enough to make fun of a man that LETS a mountain lion hunt him!  ;D  Your young'un is very lucky.

Swamp

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Post by: Josh on February 02, 2010, 11:37:57 am

Very nice set up there Hawk... glad you backed it.  It should last forever with that awesome tiller!   :)  -josh

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Post by: Barrage on February 02, 2010, 11:53:21 am

lol Hawk, I thought you said you weren't good at making bows??!!  Looks like you better start making a few more if you ask me.  Nice work.  Love the paint job you did on this one.

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Post by: adb on February 02, 2010, 12:44:51 pm

What's wrong with that? Nothin' to laugh at there!! Good job.  ;D All the work is worth the look on a yungin's face when you hand over the goods!!

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Post by: hawkbow on February 02, 2010, 01:15:24 pm

Thanks brothers of the bow... I have to admit I had fun building this one.. Gordon ..it is not elk rawhide.. thick neck leather off or a bull, soaked in gorilla glue and pressed until dried.. seemed to work.. never cracked, soaked hide in gorilla glue,  laid a piece of duct tape folded over so not sticky and pressed between boards with clamps... let dry and then sanded it lightly and trimmed the edges... I painted it with homemade earth paints. i shot the bow about 100 times and put it through the tests.. if it breaks it will make some pretty firewood ;D I have a piece of western red cedar I am going to try and make a short stout horsebow with the same backing next..     

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Post by: Parnell on February 02, 2010, 01:37:50 pm

Shoot Hawk, I think your playing possum with us.  That looks real good to me!

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Post by: ohma on February 02, 2010, 02:02:25 pm

man you did great. lucky young man.

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Post by: Jesse on February 02, 2010, 02:05:59 pm

Looks great Hawk Im sure he's gonna be thrilled.   Never saw leather used as a backing. I would have thought it would stretch.

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Post by: brownhillboy on February 02, 2010, 02:30:06 pm

Great looking bow and arrows Hawk!  Your bear hunter sounds like my 2 boys....imagination is a great thing.  No telling how many bears he'll kill with that bow! ;)  Nice job and I'm sure he'll love it.

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Post by: John K on February 02, 2010, 03:52:47 pm

I love it Mike ! I'm sure the boy will too  ;D

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Post by: OldBow on February 02, 2010, 04:53:58 pm

Wow - lucky kid! Very nice and distinctive bow. Bookmarked, too, for Feb Self BOM fun.

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Post by: Frode on February 02, 2010, 07:12:34 pm

No fun to be made here, Hawk!  That's one fine looking bow, and I'll bet that young man busts all his buttons showing that off to his friends.  Well done!
Frode

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Post by: ricktrojanowski on February 02, 2010, 10:39:29 pm

Not much of a bowyer?  That is a fine looking bow.  You will make the kid very happy.

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Post by: hawkbow on February 02, 2010, 11:11:11 pm

thanks very much brothers of the bow..Hawk.. I will post pics of the boy with his new bear getter as soon as I get them..LOL