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Offline OldBow

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Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« on: March 15, 2007, 12:45:42 PM »
Got the stave from a nearby canyon last summer.  Made from billets. 70"ntn. 1 3/4" at flares tapering to 5/8"
Pull only 48# at 26"  Kind of wimpy. I don't think mountain maple (Acer glabrum) is as tough as Gordon's vine maple.
Made my first decent Flemish double loop string following the recent thread on bowstrings.  Thanks guys.
Bow is called Gator Eye because of a knot on one side.
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2007, 12:52:56 PM »
Very nice Don. Did you induce backset when you spliced the handle? I'm glad you put in a full draw pic so we could enter you in ther BOM for March.  ;D  Pat
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2007, 01:10:22 PM »
Whoops1 Thanks, Pat.  Yes, I induced a lot of backset when glueing together the billets.
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2007, 02:04:40 PM »
Nice bow.  I definitely see the gator in that wood grain.
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2007, 02:54:09 PM »
Nice character bow Don. ;D  Be careful of the knot on the side of the limb there, looks like the grain is violated pretty bad there, might want to consider a wrap of some sort there... ;)
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2007, 04:12:17 PM »
A gnarly lookin chunk of wood indeed!  I like it!  :D
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2007, 05:08:03 PM »
Nice bow. I really like the name you came up with.The eye looks great.

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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2007, 05:27:13 PM »
 Wow Don, That is awesome looking. Very nice charactor bow with a very fitting name. If you were to carve some teeth in the edge it might even bite. Congratulations.   Keenan
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2007, 06:30:01 PM »
Great work Don.  ;D
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2007, 06:37:33 PM »
Well finally ya have to enter yerself in the BOM ;D

Beautiful bow Oldbow luv the character in it

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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2007, 06:56:21 PM »
  Great looking bow Don.Those knots look like they were a challenge.A gator skin handle would look good with that bow.
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2007, 07:17:44 PM »
very nice looking bow! what kind of splice did you cut and what type of glue did you use? again very nice bow i like the color too, -jesse
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2007, 07:21:49 PM »
Nice looking bow, the knots make it special, I really like knotty wood.
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2007, 08:07:20 PM »
That is a pretty gnarly knot.  You did one heck of a job.  I think this is the first bow I have seen you post, and that includes the old board.  Justin
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Re: Old Gator Eye, New Mountain Maple Bow
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2007, 08:48:34 PM »
Nice job with a challenging piece Don. Congratulations.

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