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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: mosestejas on May 18, 2012, 08:20:15 pm

Title: Intro and a white ash self Bow
Post by: mosestejas on May 18, 2012, 08:20:15 pm: Hello all ye toxophilites I am a longtime lurker from the woods of new hampshire who would like to share a bow.
This is a white ash self bow that i just finished for a friend. It is from a 4 inch diameter sapling that i cut in my yard last summer. The rings dare relatively thin for ash but it was a decently dense sample. The specs are
66" by a little under 1 3/4" at the fades tapering lazily to 3/8" tips
heat treated on the wood stove (it gets cold up here) into 1/4" setback and holds at 3/4 string follow after 30 full draws
55# @ 28 inches (drawn to 26 in the pics)
tips are cocobolo and bone
handle is wool and tb3 over a leather overlay and a buckskin arrow pass (for a lefty)
the back is painted with oil paints thinned with turpentine and dabbed on with a paper towel
top limb has a 1/4" positive tiller for improved shooting characteristics (not really sure if that really make a difference)
Any critiques are more than welcome >:D . Thanks for looking
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Post by: mosestejas on May 18, 2012, 08:25:14 pm: more pics
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 18, 2012, 08:28:26 pm: I cant see the tiller, but your finish work looks very detailed. Nice work there.
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Post by: Range Guy on May 18, 2012, 08:30:15 pm: hey welcome out of the woods. Being new here myself I know how it feels to watch from the bushes, but thats all over now LOL. The bow looks very good to me.
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Post by: mosestejas on May 18, 2012, 08:34:21 pm: thanks. i couldn't figure out how to make the pictures any without going over the pixels maximum for posting attachments. an help would be great
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 18, 2012, 08:40:41 pm: If you crop them first, then resize you can get good size pics at maybe 100-150 mgp
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Post by: SA on May 18, 2012, 08:44:34 pm: nothin wrong with that one, looks like a good bow . tiller looks good too.
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Post by: ErictheViking on May 18, 2012, 10:02:02 pm: great looking bow. good job
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Post by: tattoo dave on May 18, 2012, 11:54:32 pm: Welcome to PA, and thats a great lookin bow!

Tattoo Dave
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Post by: hammertime on May 18, 2012, 11:59:40 pm: Sweet looking bow you got there!Welcome and good shooting-Hammertime
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Post by: mosestejas on May 19, 2012, 12:39:19 am: thanks fro all the kind words guys :)
thanks to th replies i got I finally got the pics resized so you should be able to see them better
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Post by: missilemaster on May 19, 2012, 12:46:50 am: That is a mighty fine looking bow there buster! I have a feeling we will be seeing more of your work in the future. Welcome to the clan
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Post by: okie64 on May 19, 2012, 01:53:27 am: Beautiful bow and great pics.
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Post by: Del the cat on May 19, 2012, 05:48:55 am: Sweet bow and cool pics.
'Tapering lazily' nice turn of phrase :)
Del
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Post by: lesken2011 on May 19, 2012, 09:23:14 am: Good bend on that one and nice tips!
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Post by: Hrothgar on May 19, 2012, 09:53:37 am: Nice bow, good job on the details.
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on May 19, 2012, 09:56:51 am: Tiller looks goo. Welcome! Jawge
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Post by: johnston on May 19, 2012, 10:57:31 am: I like it, I really like it.

Lane
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Post by: Dvshunter on May 19, 2012, 11:57:11 am: Nice looking bow. Congratulations. I just got a bunch of ash staves from work this week. This was good inspiration.