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Offline rainman

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sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« on: April 24, 2011, 09:44:06 pm »
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Offline billy bowmaker

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2011, 11:22:35 pm »
that is g'dam good work
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Offline ken75

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2011, 11:30:37 pm »
here its not all of them but might help
excellent work
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Offline sweeney3

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2011, 12:53:08 am »
My gosh!!  Neat.  I'm impressed with that horn/carp skin combo.  That is attractive.  I imagine it really spits em out too.
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Offline rainman

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2011, 12:55:41 am »
Thanks for posting the pics Ken.
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Offline billy bowmaker

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2011, 12:58:48 am »
how did you prep/apply the horns?
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2011, 12:59:21 am »
WOW! looks like alot of work went into that one. really nice job.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2011, 01:02:18 am »
I've been thinking about a bow just like this for a couple of years now but never attempted it.
  You did a very nice job with this bow!  8)
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Offline rainman

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2011, 01:04:13 am »
Horn was cut in half, flattened with heat the put thru a drum sander to get to about 3/16th of and inch.  The bow started as a selfbow, but was my first try at this design I missed weight by 15 pounds, so I decided to try to bring it up to weight.  One layer of sinew and the horn brought weight up 25 pounds.   Recently retillered to 55lbs.
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Offline rainman

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2011, 01:05:11 am »
I did apply the horn with Smooth On.
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2011, 02:02:37 am »
AWESOME......that pretty much sums it up.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2011, 04:19:25 am »
Very nice!!!
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Offline DEllis

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2011, 04:11:53 pm »
That'll do ;D Very nice, you could pike it back to 65# and send er on up here to Canada ;)
Seriously, you could have gone a bunch shorter with the horn and sinew combo, not that it is too long, but think of the possibilities.(light bulb above the head smiley needed here)
Very nice work, I love the contrast.
Darcy :)
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2011, 08:11:13 pm »
I'm hopeful this will make for an easy vote next time around... For a change... Thanks for that!
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Offline Polar Bear

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Re: sinew backed, horn belly holmegard
« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2011, 08:24:42 pm »
Pretty bow.  A keeper.
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