Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: mullet on April 13, 2012, 03:00:17 pm
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This little piece of Yew has been a challenge. The wood was gifted to me by John Price when I was at Twin Oaks in November. I started a build-along and had to stop when I couldn't post pictures for awhile. I finished skinning it when I was back at Twin Oaks a few weeks ago and finally I'm calling it done.
This is the first time I have tried to tiller a bow from the back, talk about pucker factor plus ten. I had to do this because there wasn't much heart wood on one end and I didn't want to lose it. I finally chickened out at a 24" draw and sinew backed it with two layers.
It is a bend in the handle with recurve tips and reinforced in the belly curve with Water Buffalo horn. It has Phenolic tip over lays and a FastFlight string. After two nights in Pappy's Hot box it is pulling #50@28". It is 55" N to N and 53 when strung. I traded David Ogles for the Western Diamond back skins that he got from Gary Davis and the handle is wrapped with some of Pappy's Brain Tanned deer skin. I decided not to build up the handle area and leave it a shoot off the knuckle for simplicity. She is quite zippy.
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Here's a few more;
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Sweet!!
With the way the tips are flipped up, I can almost hear the 'buzz' of the tail!
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I love this bow! Looks even better in person! The coon tail tips matched up so well with your tip overlays. Well done Eddie!
~Will
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Awesome bow...... Nice and simple profile, but that thing is a beauty!!!
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Gorgeous Eddie. I should've come over and looked at that one when I was in Florida. Thanks again for helping me, that meant a lot.
George
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Fine bow Eddie!
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Bevan, Will, Turtle and George, Thank you your compliments mean a lot. George, wish you could make it down when you have more time to play.
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Beautiful bow Eddie! Really like this style bow. Also...I wish I had water that close to my house. I would be perpetually fishing. :)
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Thanks, Pearlie. Here's some Full Draw shots. You're not gonna believe what happened when I asked someone I just met to take some pictures for me. ::) :o
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Thank you Josh, I live in Lakeland ;).
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See, even the birds have to come look at a sweet little bow like that!! :laugh:
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beautiful full draw sho--WATCHOUT!!! THERE'S A KILLER CRANE SNEAKING UP ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;D
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Do crane feathers work for fletching?
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I gotta ask... what's the dimensions as far as the width at handle and the limbs?
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Do crane feathers work for fletching?
Don't know about FL but in AL they are federally protected the same as Owls, Hawks, Buzzards, and Eagles. So possession of the feathers is illegal. But, they DO look as if they would make pretty fletchings. :)
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thats a beauty well done.
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Turtle, it is 1 3/8" at the handle and starts to reduce down to the 1/4" nocks at the curve.
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Thank you, Danny.
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Beautiful bow. I love the tail of the snake at the tips. Nice job.
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Beautiful bow and amazing pictures! I swear only the federally listed animals walk right up to you when you are at full draw!
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Eddie that came out awesome! You did that yew really well and nailed the tiller. Glad to see a southern style yew! Love the tips and overall theme. Should be a great brush bow for you. Congratulations!
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Hedge, CMB, Thanks. hedge, ain't that the truth.
Keenan, It tossed me a few curves, but I tamed it. This bad place in the upper curve really bothered me.
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Sweet eddie ;)
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loooks really good Eddie, I like it a lot
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Very nice little bow eddie.. Love the profile..
Jon
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That really turned out beautifully Eddie. I like the reinforced recurves and all the components just come together beautifully. It may be my favorite of yours so far I've seen. Great one, my friend.
P.s. Nice pictures.
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boy thats sure is a nice bow Eddie...
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That's a nice piece of Florida Yew. Looks like a sweet shooter.
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Made a western boy proud!!!
Well done!!!
Great job on those tips :)
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Hedge, thank you. When I saw the tails and they matched my tips I new I needed to trade Dave.
Thanks, Blackhawk, Ryan.
Jon I'm leaning more towards simple. :)
Steve, Thank you buddy, I got off early today and figured I had time to experiment with some different pictures. Different for me. ???
Thanks Gut'
O' Outlaw, that's a piece of Keenan's Oregon Yew. We can't cut the only source of Yew in Florida. It's in the Apalachicola National Forest.
Coaster, all those nice Yew bows coming from y'alls side of the country had me worried if it would cut the mustard. Thanks.
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Great looking bow... looks like a really authentic traditional bow.....the real thing....wouldnt look out of place in an indigenous tribal setting, ...
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LOL, the pics of the crane and her chick with you are priceless! Borrowing from the Latin name for sandhills, that is one Grus-some (gruesome) bow! That yew seems to have cooperated with you nicely. Nice blend of function and esthetics.
Kentucky was considering the option of a sandhill crane season since the flyway population is high enough to support it. People blew up when the anti's claimed all the whoopers would be shot in the opening salvo! The vast majority of whooping cranes are in the Central Flyway where we have sandhill crane seasons and no whooper has ever been shot. Plus in the Kentucky population the sandhill's migration is NOT timed to coincide with the whoopers. *sigh* never let good science get in the way of your feelings, I guess.
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Eddie, you now have proof, you're a chick magnet. >:D
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That is a Real Beauty of a Bow Sir!
I like your Horn Underlays.
Sandhill Crane - Sirloin of the Sky!
No better eating bird, in my estimation.
Took one here in Tejas in 2010-2011 season.
They're legal in Texas with a Federal Stamp.
-gus
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Thank you,Dave
JW and Bevan, you two are in the running for naming this bow. Grus-some, or Chick magnet ;D
Gus; the horn underlay was out of necessity, that big crack that ran out the side of the limb kept me from putting a lot of heat on that section. I've heard those birds were tasty ::) :)
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Winged steaks indeed!
Chick Magnet has my vote! Put a little line drawing of a sandy on it and she's ready!
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Thats some serious omen, with the crane coming close like that,.wild birds dont normally do that....you should name the bow after that bird...good idea!!
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That is an awsome bow, and the birds are a cool deal 8)
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Awesome bow, I really like bend in the handle bow, I got some nice blacklocust seasoning that I want to make into a recurved d bow. You gotta take a deer with that bow this year. Love the crane in the picture thats awesome.
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Absolutely beautiful! love everything about it. leaving the heartwood made for a sweet yew look.
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I think the name should be 'Miss Sandy' both for the craines and the red color.
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I had to go back for another look at those birds. In the second photo it appears the adult bird is critical of your form. Can't be the tiller, cuz she's looking at your string hand. >:D
Or maybe she is wondering what a mullet is doing out of the water?
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super sweet bow!! must have some mojo since it's already drawing critters to it.
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Soy, Eric, Deo, Chris, Thanks a bunch, guys.
JW, Our bird is Grus canadensis pratenis.
Bevan wins! Hows the drawing, John?
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that bow is top drawer mullet, great FD, Bub
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Thank you, Bub.
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Oregon yew - you gotta love it. You did good by that piece Eddie. I'm impressed.
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Very fine bow Eddie.I like everything about it. Great pictures too.Really like those with the sandhill cranes God Bless
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Great job all around Sir!! love the drawing!
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Wow Eddie, she's a beauty! How in the world did you find time to craft such a fine bow with chasing turkey and hogs plus beating rock? You da man
Tracy
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Yes Sir Mullet, I see what you mean...
I hope to learn form your example.
And it's Purty Too! :)
-gus
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Gordon, Thank you, sir, coming from you, the Master of Yew is a fine compliment.
Pete, the encounter with the Sandhill was really bizarre. The guy I asked to take the full draw had been there for 20 minutes with a huge camera on a tripod taking pictures of them. When he had my cameras and started shooting they walked right to us. I had to touch the big one on the tip of the beak and say back off, I was afraid she was going to poke me when I wasn't looking. Maybe I am a Chick Magnet ;D
The wife says, no.
Thanks again, Bevan, you and JW had a good idea.
Tracy, I multitask ;)
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Wow, great looking bow Eddie!!!
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Misslemaster, thank you.
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Incredable little bow Eddie. That bend is special!!! 8) I think I'll leave the handle wide on my next one. ::)
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If it had a bikini I think I would ask it out.....she's pretty. I lik'em short with curves. Nothin like good bow porn, gotta get back to cleaning the screen!
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Great looking bow, love the skin into the tips. That is a bow I would love to have built myself.
Sandhill Cranes are indeed protected down here. Not that you see many of the Whooping Cranes here, but if it was one of those in the pics, there'd be one last pic of a man running away from a bird, lol.
I have gotten to work with both types of cranes, and the male whooping crane was quite the handful, had to use 2 people when going into the pen just to keep him distracted. Those suckers can hit hard with those beaks!
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Eddie, great looking bow!! Glad I got to see it in person. Bevan, he's a tick magnet for sure. ;D You did good Mullet. Great photo's of the birds and the drawing sets it off. See ya in 3 weeks.
David
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Everything about that bow is spot on, tiller choice and finish are perfic. Also love the picture of the bird :)
55 ntn too! Just shut my mouth from moaning about a stave i thought was too short for a 28 draw, inspiration thanks.
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Beautiful all around Eddie!
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Mullet: That's really nice. I have a shorter piece of yew that I now know what I'm gonna do with it.
What method did you use to bend your tips? Heat gun, boil, steam? Did you treat the yew with anything prior?
Kudos to ya, Eddie. That's a fine looking bow. Be sure to bring it to the Classic. I'd really like to see it in person.
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Pat, Thanks! I've had a love, hate relationship with Yew. I was watching your bild along closely because I have a short one like yours in the works, also
Brian, Thanks, now go clean your screen ;).
dmikey, if it had been a Whooping Crane I would have really been keeping an eye on it. I saw them at Three Lakes and Homassassa a few years ago.
Thanks, Dave those nights in the hot box really helped.
dwardo, Jeff, Thank you very much, I like short.
Matt, I used a heat gun on the tips, it bent real easy, no oil or Crisco. I had to do the one tip a little at a time so as not to overheat that old crack in the wood in the curve. I'll have it at the Classic, Thanks for the kudos.
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Beautiful bow. I saved the picture looking out on the lake. Might just become my computer background, :laugh:. Reminds me of northern indiana. Used to swim in a small lake on the border of indiana and michigan. There are lakes every 10 feet up there it seems.
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Very nice Eddie. The picture with the Crane next to you is very neat.
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toomanyknots; thank you.
Marc it was cool when it happened. I've been close to them before but not where I could touch one.
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nice eddie, i knew you would finally get that bow finished,,are you sure cade didnt finish it for you while you were at his place?? >:D >:D
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If it had a bikini I think I would ask it out.....she's pretty. I lik'em short with curves. Nothin like good bow porn, gotta get back to cleaning the screen!
man your one sick puppy ;D, Bub
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James, it's been so long since Cade built a bow I'm not sure he remembers how. ;)
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SWEETTTTT I like the nocks.
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Thanks, crooketarrow.
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Eddie I sure like looking at this bow. Beautiful work indeed! Thanks for posting her :laugh:
Cipriano
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Thats a beauty,looks even better in person, That has to be one of my favorites
I have seen,just plane pretty. :) :) Glad you got her dried out. ;)
Pappy
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Thank you Cipriano, Pappy.
Pappy, your hot box did the trick.
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Well having had the pleasure to see this little bow in person, it is even prettier than the photos. Though the photos themselves are deserving of praise also. JW, the mama crane put her beak on Eddies cheek, to say, :-*" Wow, sweet bow! " :-* Then when he moved her beak away from his face, she felt slighted, and started to get critical, and started analyzing his lock point, and whether a three finger, style grip would be appropriate for this style bow. ;) It is a beautiful little bow, very light, and well finished. Everything just seems to be in the right place at the right proportions, not too much of any one thing. Just a beautiful simple bow, that really catches the eye. Apparently so, as is evidenced by the extreme curiosity of the Mother Sandhill and her Chick. ;) 8) Gordon, or should say Mr. Yew, you two must be on the same wave length, very similar bows! toomanyknots, you don't to go swimming in that lake! Especially at night! No skinny dipping in that lake! :o Some big water lizards live there. :o Beautiful bow Eddie, and in a wood you don't normally work with to boot! ;) Oh, by the way, for those of you who are fortunate enough to be going to the Classic, you might want to stand back a ways from Eddie. He might be a " Typhoid Mullet" He caught a bug from the guys at work, and has a sore throat, and sniffles. He claims he is feeling better. Refuses to take any C, or hot peppered garlicky chicken soup, or anything else, says he will just let take it's course. Stand up and fight back Eddie! >:( Or, he might have a nasty parasite from all of those tick bites he got, last week or so. Oh yeah, he is a tick magnet! ::) ;) But he makes a heck of a bow despite it! Shoot, I even walked away with a Swedish Normark hatchet, and a few chunks of heated coral! Hopefully, I can do more with the coral, than make pretty gravel :P No, No, he gave them to me. ;) ;D Great job, Eddie! 8)
Wayne
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WOW! Thanks, Wayne.Now take a deep breath and soak your fingers in some warm water. ;D
Also, for anybody going to the Tenn. Classic, this bow will be on the Raffle Table.
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Those that are going to the Classic, when you get there, go straight to the ticket booth, and get your fist full of raffle tickets! Then set up your camp. ;) :)
Wayne
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man,i must have missed this...that is a great looking bow...love the skins...not bad for a southern boy...LOL...john
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Thank you, John, especially coming from someone in Yew country.
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That bow would make a great ambush bow. Looking forward to seeing it in person at the classic!
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Is there any way us underpriveleged wayward souls that are not going to the Classic can buy a raffle ticket??? :-[
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Is there any way us underpriveleged wayward souls that are not going to the Classic can buy a raffle ticket??? :-[
X2 very nice, would love a chance at that one ;)
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Hey, Primitive Archer, JW, just had a great idea! ;) 8) How about a monthly or bi monthly, annual, or bi annual raffle for a donated bow, or even for the Classic. Just something to ponder on. Pappy, can it be worked out? People can send in money for a raffle ticket, for whatever is being raffled at the Classic? They could buy the tickets before the Classic, and whatever shows up on the raffle table, would be the raffle prize. You could have more than one thing to raffle, and the numbers could go back into the drum, or pickle jar, and they would have multiple chances at winning first, second, third prizes etc. You would have a bigger group of participation, and more money for the club, and equipment. It could be a bow, arrows, quiver, knife (stone, or steel) arrowheads, Puppies, ex wives, spoiled brats, etc. Anything keeping with the Primitive aspect. Wow!!!!! A real shrunken head! :o :P 8) 8) Cool, I'll take a hundred tickets! :o 8) 8) JW, you are a brilliant man! But what would you expect from a man who sits, and hunts on a landing sight, for UFO's! Isn't that butte in Close Encounters of the Third Kind near you? Could you get me an autograph from Elvis, and some Bigfoot hairs, from the outside of his arms, or back only though! ;) ::) OK Pappy, and PA it is in your ball court now, we await your decisions, and or replies, and ideas, with mouthfuls of Sushi. ;) (Baited breath) ::) :P
Wayne
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I'll have to be sure and buy plenty of tickets for the raffle for sure. See you there mullet
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I'll be there Thursday, looking forward to seeing everybody. :)
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Sweet Bow... Glad to see some good bows being made in Florida. I am too far south for anything other than Cypress and Pine. I just found out I can't harvest any Cypress. I want to try some Australian Pine Heartwood but haven't gotten the chance yet. Anyway on your bow it has Nice arch, good bend, and great Natural Camouflage. With those perks it is a really great bow.
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Mullet - Have recently acquired this bow in a trade. Sent you a PM.
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Mullet - Have recently acquired this bow in a trade. Sent you a PM.
So THIS is how this zombie thread was re-animated!
Clovis, you are officially on my LIST for getting this bow in a trade. Watch your backtrail and sleep with that bow very, very close to you.
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Responded to the PM, Go for it. :)
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Love it. Worth that wait.
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OMG!!
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First time I have ever typed like a teenager :-[
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I'm glad this got resurrected, beautiful bow mullet
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First time I have ever typed like a teenager :-[
Yeah, and then he handed it over to be placed on a raffle table!
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Thank you, Aaron and JW, almost like to buy it back.