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Offline Rākau

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2020, 04:06:49 pm »
Wow x4 mesmerizing

Offline Weylin

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2020, 04:43:22 pm »
That's a work of art! Nice bow, Li Ye. It feels good to know that I added a spark to this project. I always enjoy seeing your work. Keep it up!

Offline RyanY

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2020, 04:47:02 pm »
Stunning work! To get such a good tiller with all those knots is outstanding!

Offline Hamish

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #18 on: May 01, 2020, 06:44:11 pm »
Great example of your bowyering  powers. Is bowyering even a word? It should be.

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2020, 11:38:47 am »
Hollow limb + gullwing + holy = one badass bow
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline okiecountryboy

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2020, 11:27:15 pm »
Can't quit looking at it!!!
Pure functional ART!!!
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Offline HH~

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #21 on: May 08, 2020, 07:51:40 am »
A OBB

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #22 on: May 08, 2020, 02:46:53 pm »
I can hardly find the right words.  So I will just say" amazing craftsmanship" . 

Offline Stiks-N-Strings

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2020, 12:37:40 pm »
To build a bow out of a stick like that says more about craftsmanship than can be put into words!
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #24 on: May 06, 2024, 11:42:37 pm »
I met Li last weekend at the Tennessee Classic. He goes through wood like a beaver on methamphetamines. When I left Sunday at noon I think he was on his 5th bow of the weekend!!! Li, it was really great to meet you...I had to come back and lurk through your posts to refresh my memory of some of those bows that you posted.

Somehow I missed this one! Whoaaaaaaaah! This is unbelievable, brother, just unbelievable!
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Offline Kidder

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #25 on: May 08, 2024, 10:46:29 pm »
That is totally on a different level. Mind blowing.

Offline Muskyman

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #26 on: May 09, 2024, 10:23:07 am »
That is pretty amazing stuff right there. Patience and skill in a very unique package = beauty.
Great photos as well.

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #27 on: May 10, 2024, 08:10:20 am »
WOW !!! that's a beauty, cool as the other side of the pillow :) Very nice work on looks to be a very challenging stave.  :)
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #28 on: May 10, 2024, 08:37:04 am »
True artist for sure!
Well I'll say!!  Osage is king!!

Offline ajooter

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Re: Osage Orange gull wing hollow design 40#@28''
« Reply #29 on: May 11, 2024, 04:34:08 pm »
Awesome work on that stave!!  I'm working on a hollow limb hop hornbeam right now.