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Offline Gordon

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Some Shop Time with Friends
« on: May 04, 2013, 11:21:55 pm »
Spent a nice day with Dave (aka. PortlandFire) and Bryce (aka. PineCone) working on bows. Bryce has a really cool yew stave with amazing character. If he gets a bow out of it, the bow will be a head turner for sure. Dave is working on finishing up his service berry bow so he has plenty of time to practice with it before elk season.  I had a chance to look over some of Bryce’s work – that boy sure has some talent.
Thanks for the great day guys!

















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Offline JonW

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2013, 11:24:02 pm »
Looks like fun to me!
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Offline ksnow

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2013, 11:25:07 pm »
That is some character, that bow will be a headturner for sure, and I love the color of that serviceberry bow.  More amazing work to inspire me, thanks guys.

Kyle
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2013, 11:32:44 pm »
What a wicked looking piece of Yew...hope to see that one again!
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2013, 11:36:14 pm »
Yep, Bryce has a tiger by the tail with that piece of wood. But I bet he will pull it off.
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Offline ssgtchad

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2013, 11:41:24 pm »
Quote from: Gordon on May 04, 2013, 11:36:14 pm
Yep, Bryce has a tiger by the tail with that piece of wood. But I bet he will pull it off.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2013, 11:47:20 pm »
Looks like a good time.  Bryce has a future BOM right there.  Can't wait to see it finished. 
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2013, 11:53:21 pm »
Good times. That bow's going to be amazing, Bryce. I'm sure you can pull it off and if not then it wasn't meant to be a bow.
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Offline kelley

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2013, 12:16:14 am »
If anyone can pull this off, it will be Bryce.  And having Gordon for a mentor doesn't hurt a bit!
Great project guys.  Let the bow wood gods smile on ye Bryce!
Kelley
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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2013, 01:49:37 am »
Hey good fun Gordo! Thanks for the wax finishing demo, I think I'll give that a try soon.
 That serviceberry shoots like a laser beam!
Yeah this stave is a doozy! Thank for the confidence boost but I'm still not sure.
When I got home today these 60 yr old billets checked a little on me but I think I jumped on them just in time.







Hope it turns out :)
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2013, 02:16:42 am »
Nothing a little Superman juice wont fix. Make sure you do two coats though.  ;D
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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2013, 02:48:22 am »
Can't get enough cranberry juice ;D
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Offline Lemos

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2013, 03:01:38 am »
Looks like you all had a good time!
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2013, 04:51:43 pm »
Bryce...you better pull that bow off!  That yew was meant for you!  I still can't believe both Keenan and I overlooked that pair of billets when going through that stash!   :'( :'( ;D
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Re: Some Shop Time with Friends
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2013, 05:11:23 pm »
Carson, I glued them up full length and was just gonna do a longbow or something but under the bark was knarly check. And after cutting it down the stave is now 61.5 ntn no room for error on this one. eapecially since i have a 28" draw. taking it extraordinarily slow.
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