Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Gaur on February 09, 2012, 09:51:29 pm
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So I bid on a few staves on ebay. Two shorter 49" ones and one that was 64". I had the guy cut the 64 incher at 32.5 and was going to make a take down from it. I then had it shipped to a guy who is coming to visit me in Thailand next week. I wrote asking to keep it as his second piece of luggage or leave it in chicago and I'll get it another time if he couldn't bring it. Here's the email I got today from him :(.... Guess I will have some riser wood.
Hey Randy,
The firewood arrived. Are you using it to smoke meat? It is too long to go as luggage so I cut it in half and it all fits right into a suitcase.
Look forward to seeing you soon.
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O nooooooo... :'( :'(
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Ouch! miscommunication sucks!!! dpgratz
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well hopefully I can make a kids take down or splice in the handle for 2 kids bows. 49" cut in half would be 24" each and maybe he didn't cut my 32.5 " and 31.5" pieces in half. That's the one that bums me out the most as it was a nice looking piece.
Maybe a 3 piece bamboo backed osage take down with the 24" pieces.
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Not to make light of your situation, but, I noticed every time I google "osage orange", thinking I might run across a great source for bow making material, I get all these sites that sell pen blanks.... That sounds fun?!? :laugh:
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A three piece would bee cool 8) way to make lemonade out of the lemons
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I've been wanting to make one for a while. Since seeing one of James Parkers' 3 piece bamboo dragons. One of my thoughts besides some of the nice hard woods I have (paduak, rosewood, burmese redwood) was to do a riser out of all the buffalo horn scraps I have after cutting out horn plates for the horn bow guys. I'm thinking of grinding them into slabs and them laminating them together and make a solid horn riser. That would really be an eye-poppe :or when polished.
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Ouch. :o ???
Pappy
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well I thought maybe there was a chance this guy was just messing with me and I just got this follow up email from him:
Hey Randy,
I didn't get an email explaining about the bows, but figured that that was what you were going to do with it. I didn't cut them. All are intact. I hope you can laugh at my little joke. Forgive me for messing with your mind. I think we have a case the package will fit into so it should be easy to get to you. I'm guessing there won't be any trouble with it going as luggage. I have received two books that I'll be bringing along as well as some more soccer balls. No room for clothes, so I may be hitting you up for some while there. JK. I have lots of room.
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I'm sure he'll laugh too when he finds the scorpionyou put in his boots ;D.
Del
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Still plan to do a three piece??? ;)
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LOL....glad all is well :laugh:....I guess he doesn't know the rule to never joke about that kinda stuff to a bowyer ;)
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Man! I thought my friends had a sick sense of humor! I'm happy for you that your billets are intact . Josh
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Hey Randy! Whew, that was a close one.... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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That was mean.
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Yeah it was pretty mean. Wasn't a good way to start my day out yesterday but I was trying to make lemonade out of lemons and would have made it work for something.
Hard to come by osage over here so I guy a few billets a year and use visitors as my mules ;)
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ahahahha oh wow. i read the first part of this thread b4 i left the house and just checked the last bit now. what a cruel joke ahahaa well now my day can continue as usual :D
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Just wondering, Is this friend of your a relation to fishhead? :laugh:
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Guess they are "brothers from another mother" :P