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Pappy:
That is for sure,and it ant like that is the only piece of wood or bow we have. I counted the other day and I think I have somewhere around 30 that either has been or ready to hunt and shoot.So
I truly ant in no hurry. ;) :)
Pappy
armymedic.2:
wow, 30 bows, ahh one day i too will have that many, if i can quit givin em to people. i already got a few that aren't even staves yet that i got to give away. ohhh well ;D
got to say the one thing tht does blow me away is when i hear poeple say, "tillered this one last night" that part takes me the most time. sometimes up to a month of couple nights a week. i guess more experience will help there, but just reducing the wood takes me forever to scrape. glad this isn;t a race!
Pappy:
I give a lot away also but decided a few years back when it got close to hunting season
and I didn't have a good bow to hunt with that I wasn't going to give them all away,so I keep a few each year and hunt with them and if I really like them I keep them for later use.It takes
me a bout a week usually to tiller a bow.I will do it in 3 or4 sessions over a week or so.I guess I could do it quicker but when I get to that point I ant in any big hurry and I like to let them rest in between.They seem to take less set, at least for me doing them that way. :) I try and never
give one away before it is made,Don't need no added pressure,this is relaxing to me and I want to keep it that way. :) :)
Pappy
mullet:
I'm like Pappy when it comes to a bunch of bows. I have over 30 also. but a lot of them are Glass Bears and Pierson's. I have 8 or 9 wooden ones right now, just gave away 2 last week and 1 a month ago. I also have one I've been tillering for 4 months, guess I'm not in a hurry either.
armymedic.2:
well, including my glass bows i guess i have about 8 or so, but that still ain;t no thirty ;D
There is no pressure in the bows i have given away that aren't started yet, cause the people they are going to have no idea. just seemed to me like they deserved a real bow, and when i get home i aim to make em one :}
my dad knows about his, cause he had a young buck rubbing a tree that he shot with his pistol this year. he marked the tree and saved the antler, so there is my bow and tip overlays right there! that will be neat. no pressure though since i made him one before i left.
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