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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2018, 07:28:26 am »
Wow! That is a beautiful bow and a wonderful tribute. May Fred's memory be eternal. Jawge
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2018, 07:54:26 am »
Outstanding work on that bow!
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2018, 08:06:26 am »
Thats a beauty
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Offline Bayou Ben

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2018, 08:16:58 am »
Beautiful bow and beautiful story of remembering someone special to you. 

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2018, 09:55:32 am »
Very nice Jeff!  You did an excellent job on that one sir.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2018, 11:09:17 am »
A great tribute to a mentor!  That is a very fine bow!
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2018, 11:37:31 am »
Nice bow, Jeff. Enjoy the bow.
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #22 on: March 28, 2018, 11:55:15 am »
Those are very special bows. You can pick them up and fling a few arrows with your lost friends. I have a special bow like that to. Always feels good to shoot that one.

That really is a beautiful bow Jeff and nice thought and gesture. I love the tip overlays and the rest of the bow as well.
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Offline Tracker0721

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2018, 01:26:07 pm »
What a great way to honor a teacher, building them such a wonderful bow. Way to go man! You did awesome
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Offline rps3

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #24 on: March 28, 2018, 02:45:54 pm »
That's a pretty special bow, I hope it give you long service.

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #25 on: March 28, 2018, 02:58:56 pm »
Beautiful bow.  What a great tribute!

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #26 on: March 28, 2018, 05:59:13 pm »
Not a thing wrong with that one!
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #27 on: March 28, 2018, 06:00:12 pm »
You did good, Jeff, beautiful bow.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #28 on: March 28, 2018, 07:04:00 pm »
It's a thing of beauty. Fred obviously meant a lot to you and your work reflects that.  :)
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Re: A bow for Fred Arnold, 1949-2016
« Reply #29 on: March 29, 2018, 01:18:49 am »
Thank you all for the kind words.  I never met Fred in person, or even talked with him on the phone--like most of the people here.  I did learn from him, but very little about bow building. This is a great place, and one where I didn't expect to fit in or be accepted. You can probably tell that my building style takes a little from a whole bunch of people  posting here--I try to learn from everyone.  So, thanks for the help.