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Title: cherry elb, joke explaination
Post by: ken75 on May 17, 2010, 03:35:34 pm
after watching the RH doc. i decided to make my wife an elb , she really liked the simple lines and rounded belly (like mine !). this was on of the hardest bows to tiller for me ,and the tiller is still off i think . stats. rawhide backed cherry 72 tip to tip 30lbs at 24 inches. i tillered to my 28 inches to have a lil peace of mind for her shooting it.... on a side note i was constantly reminded while building this one of the old joke about the two rednecks that went fox hunting in england. good ol southern redneck like me building a elb, kind of like country goes to town.

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Title: Re: cherry elb
Post by: ken75 on May 17, 2010, 03:36:48 pm
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Title: Re: cherry elb
Post by: Del the cat on May 17, 2010, 04:27:11 pm
Nice bow, no set, good old ELB I bet it shoots smooth and sweet.
That tiller doesn't look too bad at all, and if you've had it back to 28" I reckon you've done that bit of cherry proud, I'm sure she'll love it.
Del
(So what's this joke about the two red necks fox hunting... or maybe it's not suitable for publication ;D)
Title: Re: cherry elb
Post by: half eye on May 17, 2010, 05:07:16 pm
Ken,
     Looks good to this old man, if she likes it yer home free....what some guys wont do to get to the butter side of the toast ;D
by the way got me a couple of real nice new bows out that Georga Hickory....you'll see 'em in a few days....thanks
Rich
Title: Re: cherry elb
Post by: medicinewheel on May 17, 2010, 05:24:44 pm
Really not much wrong with the tiller, if at all...
Nice bow, no set, so it can't be too bad!
Title: Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
Post by: ken75 on May 17, 2010, 06:40:55 pm
thanks guys the d belly was new to me , ok.. two rednecks win the lottery and after a lifetime of deer rabbit etc hunting they decided to go to england and fox hunt. well after about a half a day at the hunt this english gentleman rides up and says " say ol chaps when you see the fox its talley-ho not there goes the
blankity blank."! 
   all kidding aside i can trace my family back to a village in england around the 1750's , so maybe not such a stetch for an elb
Title: Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
Post by: Pappy on May 18, 2010, 08:26:53 am
Looks good to me ,nice work,she should love that.  :)
   Pappy
Title: Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
Post by: Eric Krewson on May 18, 2010, 10:33:03 am
You need to put a gizmo on those limbs. Real stiff out of the handle top and bottom for a foot or more, equally stiff about a foot in from both limb tips.
Title: Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
Post by: Del the cat on May 18, 2010, 02:00:43 pm
thanks guys the d belly was new to me , ok.. two rednecks win the lottery and after a lifetime of deer rabbit etc hunting they decided to go to england and fox hunt. well after about a half a day at the hunt this english gentleman rides up and says " say ol chaps when you see the fox its talley-ho not there goes the
blankity blank."! 
   all kidding aside i can trace my family back to a village in england around the 1750's , so maybe not such a stetch for an elb
Cheers, 'blankity blank' that's what I said when my bow broke on Sunday ;D
Del
Title: Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
Post by: dragonman on May 18, 2010, 04:14:58 pm
Nice looking bow!! but what is the explanation of that joke about the redneck fox hunters in England???
Title: Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
Post by: Loki on May 18, 2010, 06:23:39 pm
I like it ken75,the tiller looks good enough to me  :)

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all kidding aside i can trace my family back to a village in england around the 1750's , so maybe not such a stetch for an elb

What was the village called?
Title: Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
Post by: ken75 on May 18, 2010, 08:14:38 pm
loki, sussex and cumberland on pops side , devon wilshire and kilkenny ireland on moms
Title: Re: cherry elb, joke explaination
Post by: OldBow on May 20, 2010, 01:40:05 pm
Another fine entry for May Self BOM.