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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ohma2 on May 22, 2013, 10:24:49 am

Title: molly for me
Post by: ohma2 on May 22, 2013, 10:24:49 am

havent made any bows or posted anything for some time cause i have to stay away from the saw dust due to lung problems. so heres a molly i made for myself to play with this summer. 64"long 42@26 made from hackberry i cut last fall. dyed with grey alcohol ,beaver tail wrap,levers are wrapped with red thread and diamond back skins, tips are rosewood.thanks for lookin.

Title: Re: molly for me
Post by: ohma2 on May 22, 2013, 10:27:47 am

pic of braced.

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Post by: raghorns on May 22, 2013, 10:29:36 am

What a beauty! Nice finish work...the skins and limb colors just seem meant for each other.

Lyle

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Post by: Josh B on May 22, 2013, 10:54:04 am

  8) !  Really nice work on the beaver tail wrap!  Josh

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Post by: Pappy on May 22, 2013, 10:59:35 am

Beautiful combo,finish work is excellent.  :)
   Pappy

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Post by: Trapper Rob on May 22, 2013, 02:02:26 pm

Sweet bow skins look good.

Title: Re: molly for me
Post by: ohma2 on May 23, 2013, 08:59:10 am

thanks for the nice words folks.

Title: Re: molly for me
Post by: ohma2 on May 23, 2013, 09:35:22 am

after posting pics of bow yesterday i went out behind the house to the creek to shoot a little and in the process i picked this up out of a washed out ditch, this makes 3 ive found there.

Title: Re: molly for me
Post by: Sasquatch on May 23, 2013, 10:23:13 am

Great job on the molly i like the snake skins and tips.  Cool looking hackberry bow :)