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Title: My first bow
Post by: whitefeather on July 04, 2013, 06:01:17 pm
]Well I finally got the bow done that I worked on at the Tenn.Classic. It was a bow blank I got from Gary Davis. It is 58"NTN 64@25.It shoots quiet and hard. I put western diamond back on it. It does have about 2" of string follow. But still preforms well. Iam happy with it . I hope to kill a deer with it this fall. The arrows in the pic are some that I have made recently. Thanks for looking.
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: TRACY on July 04, 2013, 07:50:35 pm
Looks like it will make some meat shooting like that! Congratulations on your first ;D


Tracy
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: Bryce on July 04, 2013, 08:22:08 pm
for a first bow, thats one of the best tillers ive seen. very nice work buddy:)
keep it up.

-Pinecone
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: osage outlaw on July 04, 2013, 08:28:22 pm
Nice job!  Looks a hundred times better than my first.
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: Gaur on July 04, 2013, 08:37:20 pm
very nice indeed.  Congrats and best wishes on your fall hunts.
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: lesken2011 on July 04, 2013, 09:53:00 pm
That one really turned out sweet lookin, for sure.
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Post by: Trapper Rob on July 04, 2013, 09:56:20 pm
That is a fine looking bow.
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: Badly Bent on July 04, 2013, 10:21:25 pm
Nice bow and arrows are sweet also. Looks like a deer this fall is a very real possibility if you keep shooting it like that. :)
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: steve b. on July 04, 2013, 11:14:53 pm
There's worse things than 2" of set on a first bow.  Congrats.....
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: Pappy on July 05, 2013, 06:53:13 am
Very nice work,beautiful bow first or last, that should do some damage on a whitetail  ;) :) , it absolute amazes me at all the first bows that I see on this site.  I think the selfbow craft is in some good hands for the future. :) :) :)
   Pappy
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Post by: autologus on July 05, 2013, 09:17:00 am
That's a real beauty, I wish my first looked that good.

Grady
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: burn em up chuck on July 05, 2013, 09:37:12 am
    very very good first

                  chuck
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: SLIMBOB on July 05, 2013, 10:19:44 am
Nice work for a first or twenty first.
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Post by: johnfolchetti on July 05, 2013, 11:14:38 am
That's a dandy regardless of how many you have under your belt. Congrats & good luck.
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Post by: JonW on July 05, 2013, 09:19:02 pm
Superb job on your first bow. 2 inches of set is not too bad for a bow that short with a stiff handle. It's doing some serious bending.
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: Joec123able on July 05, 2013, 09:22:22 pm
Two inchs of set is nothing to worry about its actually not bad at all for a first bow great job
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: whitefeather on July 05, 2013, 11:30:04 pm
Thank you guys for all of the kind words. This is something I have wanted to do for a long time. Thank you  Pappy and Twin oaks for putting on the Tenn.classic. I had the time of my life. I want to kill a deer with everything I made this year.
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: Pat B on July 05, 2013, 11:54:51 pm
Very nice first bow Whitefeather. Bring it when you come to the camp-o-rama.
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: mwosborn on July 06, 2013, 12:28:49 am
Very nice looking bow!  Enjoy hunting with it this fall!  Words can't express the feelings you will have walking into the woods with "your" bow!
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: woodswalker on July 18, 2013, 05:23:48 am
I remember seeing that bow being made. Spent quite some time watching the shavings and talking with Whitefeather, well at least while he still had his voice. Looks great chief, I'm glad to see you finish it. Wished I could say the same. I did work on my some today though. The knapping bug bit me at the classic like everybody said it would and well I'm just now getting back to the shavings and not chips.
Once again it looks great. Can'nt wait to see at next year's classic.
Casey
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: missilemaster on July 18, 2013, 10:09:57 pm
Yea, I remember you making that bow, she turned out great! Congrats
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Post by: adb on July 18, 2013, 10:26:32 pm
Very nice first bow!!
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Post by: Danzn Bar on July 18, 2013, 10:32:50 pm
Very nice first,  You got a great head start, Keep make'n them bows
Good luck in the woods this season
DBar
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on July 19, 2013, 09:32:10 am
Very nicely done! Congratulations! Jawge
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: Arrowind on July 19, 2013, 10:11:45 am
Looks GREAT!  Good Job! 
Title: Re: My first bow
Post by: hatcha on July 19, 2013, 10:12:02 am
it absolute amazes me at all the first bows that I see on this site.  I think the selfbow craft is in some good hands for the future. :) :) :)
   Pappy

You have to take some credit for that, Pappy.  It's down to people like you, Eddie, Pat, Jawge and everyone who takes the time and effort not just to post pic's of their work up here, but also to answer the many many questions, time and again from all the newcomers (no matter their age) who find places like Primitive Archer in search of that "something" they feel calling in the back of their mind.  Without the "Older Generation" for advice, inspiration and information, we younglings would be swinging in the breeze trying to figure things out without knowing what to look for ;)

Whitefeather - that's a beautiful bow!!  Gary's blanks are top notch material and you certainly did that one proud!!  Be sure to send Gary a few pic's of it, I'm sure he'd love to see them.