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Offline DEllis

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #30 on: July 02, 2011, 01:02:07 am »
Nice bow. Gotta love the smile on his face for a job well done :)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #31 on: July 02, 2011, 01:21:41 am »
Did a damn good job. I'm sure he has a great teacher too!
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline nativenoobowyer86

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #32 on: July 02, 2011, 03:08:12 am »
Thats just great! :) nice work! and in half the time it took me to make my first osage :P i sure hope i can pursuade my son to scrape out his own bow when he gets a lil older :D
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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #33 on: July 02, 2011, 09:56:16 am »
Awesome job. And good job dad. Cool thread to see the progression of the bow and how much your son aged in that time.

Offline Del the cat

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #34 on: July 02, 2011, 10:08:58 am »
Great Father Son time, I know he'll value the time, the bow, his Dad.
Job well done.
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Offline rover brewer

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #35 on: July 02, 2011, 10:41:06 am »
great job, you can tell how proud he is and he should me, and I'll bet your just as proud if not more.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #36 on: July 02, 2011, 10:57:04 am »
osage outlaw, this is just such a great thread. The bow looks great. The time spent together is just fantastic. I see to do a fair bit of reminiscing in the morning. Ma and Dad bought me a Ben Pearson 20# recurve when I was your son's age or a year younger. 2 years later it pulled up a splinter. I remember thinking how great it would be to make my own from a tree. With your guidance your son did, and  a lot sooner than I did! Enjoy your time shooting together. Jawge
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Offline johnston

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #37 on: July 02, 2011, 10:57:18 am »
Very cool. In years to come this will be a touchstone for both of you.

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Offline half eye

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #38 on: July 02, 2011, 11:50:23 am »
Holy Crap, dad......get the man some arras ;)  Ask yer son if he's got the time to make on for a oneyed old yankee, eh?
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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #39 on: July 02, 2011, 12:09:48 pm »
I just flipped through and checked out all the pictures. That's a great job from both of you! I also noticed how your son grew a couple inches and several haircuts later a fine weapon ;). Now there's a lifelong memory..
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #40 on: July 02, 2011, 06:04:18 pm »
Thanks for all of the kind words.  I really enjoyed helping him along the way.  I tried to encourage him, and not make him work on it unless he wanted to.  His interest with it would come and go.  He would work on it for a few days and be really into it.  But if he took a break from it, it was hard for him to get started again.  He is very proud of it.  We are planning on going to Cloverdale again this year and I'm sure he will be showing it off there.
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Offline Keenan

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #41 on: July 02, 2011, 09:06:32 pm »
Great looking bow, He did awesome and thats looks way better then My first bow ::). Great thread and great way to share the sport and spend some quality time. ;)

Offline ErictheViking

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #42 on: July 02, 2011, 09:20:06 pm »
Great thread Osage, tell your son he did an awesome job. I bet after cloverdale and showing off his own handy-work he will be more interested in making another.
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #43 on: July 03, 2011, 02:31:32 pm »
Awesome!  That has got to be very rewarding!  He did a great job.  Must have a good teacher...
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: My son wants to make a bow! Finally finished
« Reply #44 on: July 04, 2011, 10:37:21 pm »
This is awesome great job Father and son !!
It does not get any better than this!!!!
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