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Offline BowSlayer

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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2013, 09:03:45 am »
Quote from: hlstanley on November 01, 2013, 08:42:08 am
Spot-on tiller. The grain looks a little chancy - like you may get some twist in the limb, but if ishould beks (and obviously it does) then congrats! It looks great!

Quote from: Gun Doc on October 31, 2013, 11:06:03 pm
Pretty nice tiller there young man!  I have some concerns about the grain of your board though.  Its hard to get a good read on it with this little phone screen, so maybe its not as bad as it looks.  Big improvement nonetheless!  Well done!  Josh

When I got the board the grain worried me to and I did consider backing it. But decided not to in the end.  I figured if it was well tillered and I made it a low draw weight it should be ok. It seemed to work.  I might upload some pics from the event later on if anyone wants to see them.
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2013, 09:06:11 am »
Very nice! Good tiller, fun design.  Just shows what taking a bit of time and having patience really does eh?

Spelled Frankenstein wrong on the bow though ;)
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2013, 09:26:35 am »
Quote from: WillS on November 01, 2013, 09:06:11 am
Very nice! Good tiller, fun design.  Just shows what taking a bit of time and having patience really does eh?

Spelled Frankenstein wrong on the bow though ;)

Cheers Will. Yeah I know im really upset about that but oh well.

Its funny as the compound archer asked if I would make him a bow now originally I declined but after he gave me a call and we got talking he said he would pay for it and the materials.  I also explained how they are different to compounds. In the end we decided on a "Robin Hood" style bow. So I guess this isn't my last bow.  :P
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2013, 09:34:00 am »
By Robin Hood I assume you mean a Mongolian/Hunnish style short reflex/deflex that he would have picked up during the Crusades, not a whacking great longbow which would be totally useless in woodland and forested areas right?

Can of worms opened...

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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #19 on: November 01, 2013, 09:34:48 am »
Nice tiller on that one.Good job.
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2013, 10:55:20 am »
I like the paint job. The bats look great
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2013, 02:12:05 pm »
Quote from: WillS on November 01, 2013, 09:34:00 am
By Robin Hood I assume you mean a Mongolian/Hunnish style short reflex/deflex that he would have picked up during the Crusades, not a whacking great longbow which would be totally useless in woodland and forested areas right?

Can of worms opened...

Ahem.

no i was thinking of a longbow. as ive only seen him with a R/D bow in the T.V show but in the movies he has a Longbow.
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #22 on: November 01, 2013, 03:33:43 pm »
Common sense would suggest a longbow is ridiculous if you think about it.  But if the movies say it's a longbow then...
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #23 on: November 01, 2013, 03:43:30 pm »
lol hey if were going by what we see in shows and movies, then ive seen "robin Hood" with an american flatbow
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2013, 04:03:50 pm »
I know a guy that had a dream once that Robin used a quad-cammed compound crossbow with reverse mounted limbs, ...does that count?

OneBow

BTW - Squirely, nice bow!  Your tiller looks good.  Nice job staying in the low weight ranges to keep the run-out grain from mattering quite as much.  Here's hoping she holds up for you!
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #25 on: November 01, 2013, 06:42:18 pm »
How could i go about entering this up for BOM? or is it to late? :laugh:
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #26 on: November 01, 2013, 07:06:37 pm »
« Last Edit: November 01, 2013, 07:49:42 pm by Gun Doc »
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #27 on: November 01, 2013, 07:47:00 pm »
Quote from: Gun Doc on November 01, 2013, 07:06:37 pm
Do you have a subscription to PA? Josh

no not yet. why?
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Offline HAWKEYE18

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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #28 on: November 01, 2013, 07:52:26 pm »
Pretty nice
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Re: Halloween Bow. "frankenstein"
« Reply #29 on: November 02, 2013, 01:21:28 am »
Quote from: BowSlayer on November 01, 2013, 07:47:00 pm
Quote from: Gun Doc on November 01, 2013, 07:06:37 pm
Do you have a subscription to PA? Josh

no not yet. why?

To enter BOM, you need a sub to the mag.
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