Author Topic: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'  (Read 16008 times)

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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #30 on: June 23, 2011, 10:35:00 am »
Hi Del, Nice one! Hope we are going to see this up at the club soon. Is this a keeper or made for some lucky punter?  ;D
Hi Allan, I hope to shoot it on Sunday.
This one's a keeper, as I find I don't actually have any of my best work myself!
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #31 on: June 23, 2011, 11:06:53 am »
Boy oh boy Del...those last shots of the belly are so stunning.  What a gorgeous piece of work and what a wonderful job you did at bringing out it's best.  Cheers!

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #32 on: June 23, 2011, 11:23:01 am »
really nice bow, i like the color and the gtain,, wish i had some of that wood growing here

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #33 on: June 23, 2011, 12:48:31 pm »
Oh my God! :o

 Del, thats a natural beauty! I would like to sleep with her  >:D

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #34 on: June 23, 2011, 12:59:21 pm »


  I would like to sleep with her  >:D


Get in line Zoltan....its a long one  >:D

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #35 on: June 23, 2011, 01:15:36 pm »
You did a great job on that bow!
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #36 on: June 23, 2011, 01:22:51 pm »
Love the belly grain - like Jupiter's sky.

Barney

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #37 on: June 23, 2011, 01:31:02 pm »
Thats amazing.I like the natural offset at the handle. I got to get my paws on some yew some day great job.
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #38 on: June 23, 2011, 04:23:46 pm »
what a great bow.  Must have been many challenges along the way making her.  Glad you did it and shared it with us.
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #39 on: June 23, 2011, 05:10:17 pm »
Sure is a great bow from a beautiful piece of wood!!!
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #40 on: June 23, 2011, 05:14:52 pm »
A challenging piece of gorgeous wood. Well done!
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #41 on: June 23, 2011, 09:26:11 pm »
Dear god the grain! I don't know if I'd wanna shoot that bow, or hang it up on the wall and just stare at it,  ;D
"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."

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #42 on: June 23, 2011, 09:28:51 pm »
Dear god the grain! I don't know if I'd wanna shoot that bow, or hang it up on the wall and just stare at it,  ;D

bet she'd look marvelous in a black laced teddy... >:D oh, oops...sorry, said that out loud huh?


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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #43 on: June 24, 2011, 05:27:41 am »
Some of you are very naughty men...she's not that sort of bow O:).
( Well that's what she says >:D )
Thanks for all the great comments guys.
Del
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #44 on: June 24, 2011, 06:18:21 am »
Can't keep my eyes off her...wow...that del, is a thing of...well...wow :o
Is this bow making a sickness? or the cure...