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Offline bow101

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Re: Sneak peak
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2013, 10:26:01 pm »
Imagination Is.............Imagination Does.......good stuff.. 8)
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Offline missilemaster

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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2013, 12:27:43 am »
I think its against the law to harness an eagle like that! :o  Seriously super!!
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Offline DuBois

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« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2013, 01:58:29 am »
That is SCREAMIN!! >:D
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Offline soy

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« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2013, 02:52:03 am »
that looks cool, but I would watch out for j dub....He don't take kindly to folks tying Birds up like that >:D
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Re: Sneak peak
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2013, 02:21:37 am »
You are a expert carver. Wonderful work.
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Offline Blackcoyote

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« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2013, 09:49:54 am »
looks sweet, can't wait to see the rest of the bow!
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: Sneak peak
« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2013, 11:23:14 am »
Thanks for all the interrest guys! If you think I'm teasing you, think about the poor bugger that I'm making it for ;)
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Offline tanner

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« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2013, 11:40:36 am »
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Just kidding about the Hawkeyes, they are a great team and excellent school.  Our head football coach is a former Hawkeye.

Lol - no worries man. I was waiting for the backlash. :)
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: Sneak peak (progress pics)
« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2013, 02:36:49 pm »
I put a coat of varnish over the paint to give it a little patina. Blue leather handle wrap and a few arrows .I'm thinking yellow cresting (like the eagle heads ) with blue and white fletch.The last pic is of a Greek Drachma (phased out by the Euro).I thought I would use that as the arrow strike.It's 13/16" in dia. What do you think?
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Sneak peak (progress pics)
« Reply #24 on: April 15, 2013, 02:43:32 pm »
Wow!   :o 8) 8)  Nice touch lostarrow!  That is going to be a very special bow. 
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Offline hatcha

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Re: Sneak peak (progress pics)
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2013, 03:06:08 pm »
Absolutely stunning!!  Can't wait to see the final result.

Regarding the Drachma - perhaps you could insert it into the wood and lacquer the surface flush and smooth.  I don't know if the uneven surface of the metal would affect the arrow as it passes/rubs off it?
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: Sneak peak (progress pics)
« Reply #26 on: April 15, 2013, 03:24:21 pm »
Good point . I was thinking of recessing it slightly below surface and putting a thin  epoxy coating over. It self levels and comes out like glass.
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Offline hatcha

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Re: Sneak peak (progress pics)
« Reply #27 on: April 15, 2013, 05:46:03 pm »
Quote from: lostarrow on April 15, 2013, 03:24:21 pm
Good point . I was thinking of recessing it slightly below surface and putting a thin  epoxy coating over. It self levels and comes out like glass.

That's pretty much what I had in mind :)

Don't see why it shouldn't work!  If you use a two-part epoxy, you could use more hardener so when it dries, it'll act almost like hard varnish.
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: Sneak peak (progress pics)
« Reply #28 on: April 15, 2013, 10:03:57 pm »
I think I'll do that. I hate the way that stuff smells though!
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: Sneak peak (progress pics)
« Reply #29 on: April 16, 2013, 02:12:13 pm »
This is amazing, AMAZING artwork!  Guys like you make me as a bowyer feel like a kindergarten finger painter next to Rembrandt!

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