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Offline knightd

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A bow from US..
« on: July 30, 2009, 07:42:29 pm »
In an earlier thread, Pappy put a post up for Gary Davis asking for someone to help a gentleman here in North Carolina to build his first self bow.  The gentleman being, Chris Swan, lives close to me and I answered the thread only to find out, due to his fight with cancer, he is not going to be able to build a bow on his own.  So with the help of Pappy and Gary Davis, I decided to build Chris Swan his first osage self bow from the stave that Gary Davis so graciously sent to me for him.  It is nothing fancy just a good straight osage self bow.  It is 65" NTN 47# @ 28" with elk antler limb tip overlays provided by Boo (Bobby Keller).  May it last him many years and make many kills as it was intended to.  I dedicated the bow to Chris' friends in archery.  I would like to thank all of my brothers in archery for who they are and for what they have become due to our shared love of primitive archery.
David Knight







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Offline D. Tiller

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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 07:47:24 pm »
Nice Dave! I hope he enjoys it for many more years to come! You guys really do some great works.

David T
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Offline JustAim

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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2009, 07:57:31 pm »
Very nice! l'm sure he'll love it.
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Offline Cromm

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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2009, 08:13:16 pm »
That is some nice work and a great idea, I hope he gets years of use out of the wonderful gift....
Thanks for your time.
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Offline smokeu

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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2009, 08:31:29 pm »
What a great thing to do....It makes many proud to be a part of something that is right and true.

Thank-you for you contribution to good will.
          >>>----------------------------->

 Mike
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Offline xin

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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2009, 08:56:33 pm »
Beautiful bow!!!
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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2009, 09:28:48 pm »
David
Beautiful bow and a beautiful gesture.  I know with you abilities that is a great shooting bow.  I hope Chris gets to hunt many seasons with that fine bow.
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Offline Jesse

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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2009, 09:31:01 pm »
Awesome David. Glad there are guys like you around.
The tiller on that thing is about as good as it gets. :o
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Offline woodstick

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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2009, 09:32:30 pm »
well hell yea. nice thing to do. it will be one of the best gift he will get. thank you for doing such a good thing. it makes me very proud to know there is still good people in this world that thinks of others. you are a good person.
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Offline tombo

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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2009, 10:07:22 pm »
Great job David! I pray that your friend finds healing in the power of that special piece of wood.
Tom
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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2009, 10:09:57 pm »
  You did good, David, but where is all the pretty colored wood? It looks a lot better than what you described to me, you are a good, humble guy.
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Offline DirtyDan

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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2009, 10:40:32 pm »
Thanks, David, you make us all proud to be bowyers.  Sharing your talent and generosity is greatly appreciated.  Excellent bow that I am sure will be greatly appreciated.
Dan
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Offline ZanderPommo

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« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2009, 10:48:07 pm »
a fine thing to do indeed
...now he just needs a matching set of tonkin arrows ;D.......the maroon arrows always look nice, should contrast the orange quite beautifully :D
do you keep any bows for yourself anymore? lol great work David
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Offline Pat B

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Re: A bow from US..
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2009, 12:02:19 am »
You can build a selfbow! :o  ...and I'm not surprised by your generosity.  8)
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Offline Keenan

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« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2009, 12:09:04 am »
Awesome, Great gesture from all of you who were involved. Very nice bow,I'm sure he'll love it.
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