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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Mike's first bow
« on: August 03, 2009, 07:57:26 am »
I tryed my best to teach Mike how to make a wooden bow.

He surely did a real good job.

The bow is 66'ntn, 50 # @ 27 " slightly bendy handle

shoots excepionally well and fast










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Re: Mike's first bow !!
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Re: Mike's first bow !!
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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2009, 08:05:25 am »
Nice looking bow,great for a first ,that's for sure. :)
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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2009, 08:46:56 am »
That's a good looking bow for a first or tenth...great job! ;)
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2009, 08:48:12 am »
Mike, well done! That's a beauty. Jawge
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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2009, 10:29:27 am »
Nice bow Mike!!  What is the handle riser material?  Looks great and you had a great teacher.  -josh
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2009, 11:04:35 am »
 Congratulations. Very nice bow Mike. I can definately see someones influence on style,especialy those tips. ;)  Good tutoring Manny

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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2009, 12:03:29 pm »
Very cool looking bow. Congrats on a successfull first bow
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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2009, 01:44:24 pm »
Nice, looks like he's had alot of influence from his teacher :). I like it (especially that leather handle)!

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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2009, 02:09:48 pm »

Really nice for the first, the tenth or the 75th, that's for sure!
Rise looks nice!
What's the backing??
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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2009, 02:14:56 pm »
Great bow Mike!! Is that stacked leather on the handle? Looks nice.

BTW, great job of teaching Manny.
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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2009, 02:51:19 pm »
As far as i know mike has no internet, I'll let himmknow about your comments, will give himmthe web adress to so he might check the board out


yeah the handle is stacked leather, since the bow is sligthly bending it seemed a good choice, the backing is 2 layers of cotton, pretty bad grub damage on the back made us go that way,.......it's time to give credit to cotton as a backing I think , the bow has retained 1" of reflex and the cotton kept splinters down enought to not let the bow blow, that's where the upper limbs wrappings are
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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2009, 03:09:23 pm »
I like the coarse lacing on the grip, I can almost feel my fingers around it from here :).
Nice...
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Re: Mike's first bow !!
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2009, 08:26:55 pm »
doesn't it look a bit hinged there?