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chuck:
That bow is coming along real good you should get good reviews on that bow. I sure like that recurve design. I am trying my first recruve on a bamboo. Man that thing is the dickens to tiller. Can;t wait to see yours finished. Chuck

tpoof:
Thanks for the kind words Chuck! I learned alot on this bow, mainly the next time I do a recurve the limb curves will be way smaller and tighter. I'm sure I put too much stress on the limbs with that big bend! Oh well live and learn!

Pat, Those baby's are only about 3" long and !/4 " thick! A little too small I'm thinkin.  :)

I don't care for killin good creatures, but that day at my buddies he had hundreds of them crawling out from under his concrete steps!, it was very upsetting for him as he hates snakes and just was almost hurling when I started catching the big ones for a future project! lol

He later put poison under the steps and now there is no more Garter's there. :'(
Poor wildlife always getting the ol heave ho!

tpoof:
Its Done!, its finally done!  ;D

Manyfaces is finished!
 The bow looks fantastic!, the finish went well, 4 coats of gloss poly with a satin overspray to keep down the shine. Put on some Bobcat paw limb silencers on the tips, it was abit noisey with the string hitting the limbs but now she's silent.:) The colors of the paw match the dark of the snake and the tan of the wood perfect
Tied up a new B50 Dacron string, 3ply, 15 strand,black,brown and yellow,also tied in some mink tail string silencers, seems to match the colours of the bow very well!
As for a grip I had some calf lacing and used that to wrap the grip, it just seemed to match the skin scale look better. lol
Had that belly problem on the bottom limb tip and decided to put a splint on!, got some rawhide cut to fit, wetted and stitched on, dyed brown and coated in finish it is now hard and works very well, somethings just seem to work themselves out. lol Turned out almost like a static curve but still moves some.

Put her on trhe scale and she pulls 44lbs @27", 54" ntn. somewaht lighter than I hoped but still very nice to draw and seems to shoot very snappy.
I'm very pleased with the building of this bow and was going at alot of it in the dark!
If I have anyone to thank for the help in building this bow it would be you fine folk from PA!
You're unselfish giving of advise is very rare in this day and age, and is much appreciated from me big time!  ;D
Well here's the rest of the pics!
Thanks again
tpoof

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tpoof:
a few more!  ;D

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Hillbilly:
Man, that turned out nice! Great job, looks like a good'un.

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