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Offline jeffp51

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A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« on: March 27, 2018, 10:48:43 pm »
After Fred Arnold passed away, I emailed his son, David and sent condolences.  I told David how much I appreciated his father's help as I was getting started--Fred is one of the people that made this place feel like a community that I could belong to.  David responded by offering me one of his father's staves. I was happy to accept, and a while later he sent me a beautiful piece of osage.  This bow is my way of remembering Fred and what he did for me and this group.  I hope you enjoy looking at it.

Some stats:
-Length: 64" knock-to-knock
-Width:  1.5" parallel to midlimb, then tapering down to 3/8"
-Draw:  55# @ 29 inches
-Tip overlays:  laminated layers of buffalo horn, deer antler, and cow horn
-Static recurve that started with 2" of setback.  After shooting it in, the bow has taken just over an inch of set--all mid-limb.
-Finish is 7 coats of tung oil buffed out with a pumice slurry.
-string is made of 10 strands of powerpro fishing line.  silencers are rabbit fur.
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Offline jeffp51

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2018, 10:51:04 pm »
some more. . .  I can't seem to get some of these pictures to rotate properly.  Not sure why.  I have never had that problem before.
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2018, 10:55:41 pm »
a few more. . .
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2018, 10:57:34 pm »
and finally the payoff pics  with Full draw
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Offline Julian

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2018, 11:11:35 pm »
beautiful bow
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2018, 11:15:18 pm »
one more try
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Offline Aksel

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2018, 03:11:42 am »
Thats a beautiful bow. And good photos, landscape looks amazing. Thanks for sharing it.
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2018, 03:17:03 am »
That's a incredible looking bow Jeff all around beauty !
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2018, 06:11:25 am »
I would say you made that stave proud Jeff.  Beautiful bow all around. Thanks for sharing.
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Offline Will B

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2018, 06:22:54 am »
Beautiful bow and a nice tribute to Fred.
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2018, 06:26:23 am »
Very nice work, beautiful in all aspects. :)
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2018, 06:47:56 am »
That is a very nice bow and gesture to boot.Congratulations!!
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Offline JWMALONE

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2018, 07:01:31 am »
Beautiful bow, you were an excellent student. Now you just got to pass all that knowledge along.
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2018, 07:07:17 am »
It looks like you nailed it, Jeff. I'm sure Fred would be proud of this bow.
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2018, 07:08:26 am »
Outstanding. Obviously, you learned a lot. That's one beautiful bow.
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