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Pete Clayton's August Bow is Self Bow of the Year for 2009

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OldBow:
Congratulations to Pete Clayton of Whitehouse, Texas
His Slippery Elm Recurve is 2009 Self Bow of the Year
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,14604.0.htmlFrom Pete:Just finished this bow (in time for August BOM), and gave the tru-oil a week to cure,braced it today,shot a few through it ,and took some pictures.
Slippery Elm   ,65" tip to tip,63 1/2" nock to nock  ,  1 7/16" at fades,slightly tapering to 1 3/8" near mid-limb,then tapering to 3/8" tips,with osage overlays.
Scarlet Rit dye on tips,walnut stain on rest of bow.Western diamondback skins.dyed calfskin grip,heat treated.This is my first Elm recurve,and I really like this design with this wood.it is very smooth to draw and shoot,and has excellent speed. It's 60# @28",and came out of a 4" diameter tree.I've got 8 pictures so I'll put 4 on this one ,and post another.  God Bless
From PA forum members: I'll update your comments in a few days. -OldBow
-"VERY nice bow! l love recurves and your bow is an excellent example of one. Well Done" JustAim
-"Nice bow Pete.  I've always liked the way Elm looks like after heat treating.  Really brings out the grain" Marc St Louis
-"can i have it? that's amazing, i need some of that elm!" radius
-"thats got to be one of the nicest looking if not the nicest recurve bow i have seen" youngbowyer33

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cowboy:
Congrat's Pete! That is one fine looking weapon and well deserved win! So how does a person go about winning bow of the year anyway ;D. Oh, guess I'm sposed to build a bow every once in awhile  ::). Congradulation's again man!

Keenan:
 Congratulations Pete, That is a very fine bow and great example of a recurve.

DanaM:
Awesome recurve Pete, congrats eh :)

medicinewheel:
Congrats Pete!

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