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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: cook1536 on March 28, 2012, 06:33:03 pm

Title: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: cook1536 on March 28, 2012, 06:33:03 pm

Here is a picture of my first bow. Swamp Monkey is an awesome teacher and mentor. It is 66" ntn, 50# @ 26" Hickory. Made ALOT of agonizing trips to the tillering tree but in the end was well worth it!!! Biggest lesson learned was PATIENCE PATIENCE PATIENCE!!! Really enjoying this new hobby/art. Gives a whole new perspective and appreciation to where archery has come from. Looking forward to finishing one for my 12 year old daughter about 50% there and starting on the next, then the next, then the next, so on and so forth.

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: Bevan R. on March 28, 2012, 06:37:22 pm

Nice looking weapon. Well done.

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on March 28, 2012, 06:41:03 pm

Yup, she looks good from here. A good teacher can prevent you from filling your wood stove up.

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: half eye on March 28, 2012, 07:00:20 pm

The finished tiller, shows your patience.....kinda look-out for that swampmonkey...he's been at it enough ya just never know where he's at 8)   nice bow
rich

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: ErictheViking on March 28, 2012, 07:03:00 pm

Very nice bends in that baby. Good job

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: cook1536 on March 28, 2012, 07:22:37 pm

Swamp has a great picture of it on the tiller tree, he is working on getting it to me soon...he is a busy man and hard to get ahold of. I will post some more pics as I get them. I did put a couple coats of Minwax 'Early American' stain on it Sunday evening and going to be putting some coats of linseed on it tonight.

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: Ifrit617 on March 28, 2012, 07:44:03 pm

Very Nice bow and tiller.... We have captured another one... Hehehe >:D >:D

Jon

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: coaster500 on March 28, 2012, 07:59:17 pm

Sweet first or second or third or !!!  Well done :)

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: lesken2011 on March 28, 2012, 10:52:16 pm

Sweet tiller on that white wood!! Congrats!! :laugh:

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: cook1536 on March 28, 2012, 11:09:23 pm

Thanks everyone for the encouragement and comments. I have been looking around on here for a while now and have found nothing but good people offering up a wealth of knowledge and support. Awesome!!! Oh yea, i got 2 bundles of cane drying in the basement.

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: JW_Halverson on March 28, 2012, 11:13:11 pm

Now you are cooking with FIRE!

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: Adam on March 29, 2012, 12:45:50 am

It looks great! Congratulations!  My first bow was hickory too, and I've always enjoyed working with it.

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: soy on March 29, 2012, 03:12:41 am

Welcome to the madness  >:D that looks awsome! Congratulations, and best of luck on your next project .

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: Pappy on March 29, 2012, 07:37:07 am

Congrats on the first,way to pass it on Swamp.  :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: k-hat on March 29, 2012, 09:05:44 am

Well done and welcome! :)

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: dwardo on March 29, 2012, 09:19:04 am

Its not too late to give it all up now you can still have some free time to your self and look at a tree for its beauty and not its stave count.

Lovely bow by the way, great tiller.

Title: Re: First Bow, New to bowmaking
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 29, 2012, 11:34:48 am

That is an outstanding bow. Patience shows in the finished product for sure. Congratulations! Jawge