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Offline Cameroo

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Got a long skinny package today!
« on: May 10, 2011, 10:53:37 pm »
I got a message this morning from Darcy (DEllis) to watch out for package.  When I came home from lunch I had a notice in the mailbox that there was a parcel to pickup.  I was expecting a few things to be coming so I wasn't sure what it was.  When I went to pick it up, I saw the girl bring out a long tube, and I'm sure my eyes got really big.  The first words out of her mouth were "It was like this when we got it".  That's when I got a bit scared.  This is what condition the tube was in:


So I nervously drove the 3 minute drive home and rushed in to inspect it.  To my relief, everything was intact, without a scratch!  After admiring Darcy's work for several minutes, I couldn't fight the urge to go out to the backyard and string her up.  This is the first hickory bow I've shot, and I was pleasantly surprised with it's performance.  I put about 70 arrows through it before taking a break for a photo-op while my girlfriend was still home.  He also made a nice fleece sleeve and string keeper for it.

 Thanks so much Darcy, this thing's beautiful, my pictures don't begin to do it justice.  I love it!!

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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2011, 11:15:46 pm »
Very nice.  You are lucky the bow wasn't broke by the looks of that package.
I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left

Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2011, 11:42:42 pm »
WOOO thats beautiful!
"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 Gaur

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2011, 01:07:14 am »
nothing like a good piece of hickory...

Glad it wasn't broken.  That would have been horrible after all the hard work Darcy put into that.
"...He made me a polished arrow and hid me in His quiver." Is 49:2

Offline DEllis

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2011, 03:23:46 am »
Yikes, that first picture had me sweating :o
Glad it was still intact. PVC pipe shipping tubes from now on........Canada post must have been in a hurry and just kicked it out of the truck on the way by the post office :-\
I hope it gives you many years of service. I shot it a lot, but not off that side of the bow, so I hope I didn't break it in backwards for ya ;D
Darcy :)
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Offline straightarrow

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2011, 09:41:30 am »
Wow that bow is really nice....I like everything about it. Is that a wrap above and below the grip in the fade area or is that painted????...Whatever it is I really like it!!! Great job Darcy

Jon

Offline Parnell

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2011, 10:26:14 am »
Awesome bow and pictures! 
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2011, 11:14:43 am »
Sweet, I like the paint job too. Great job Darcy. and congrats Cameroo.   Danny
"You know a tree by the fruit it bears"   God

Offline juniper junkie

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2011, 11:18:26 am »
very nice job on the bow, and what a great suprise from the post office, especially since it wasnt damaged.

Offline Elktracker

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2011, 01:58:10 pm »
Very cool good pics, I agree I was getting nervous when I saw your fist picture :o
my friends think my shops a mess, my wife thinks I have too much bow wood, my neighbors think im redneck white trash and they may all be right on the money!!

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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2011, 04:00:56 pm »
VERY nice paint job and finish!
" To be, or not to be"...decisions, decisions, decisions.

Offline beetlebailey1977

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2011, 11:07:39 pm »
Ahhhh that is a awesome bow.  I love the artwork.
Happy hunting to all!
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Offline nativenoobowyer86

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2011, 02:23:03 am »
You are a lucky man Cam! those are some nice curves, and some nifty artwork to boot!
"If it feels like ur life is about to fall apart, back it with some rawhide an hope it holds together"

Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2011, 03:12:01 am »
Congrats, you got a beauty there.
"He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart"  C.S. Lewis

Offline tdog

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Re: Got a long skinny package today!
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2011, 05:19:42 pm »
Beautiful bow! That is quite a work of art.

Mark
It doesn't matter how or what you shoot, as long as you hit your target.

Mark(Wetumpka,AL)