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Gordon:
Stan at first I thought the bow might be stacking because it was hard to bring it to full draw. Then I computed a force/draw curve and discovered it was gaining weight evenly all the way to 27, i.e. no stack. I'm just not used to pulling that kind of weight :-[. The bow was made from a fairly large diameter stave (at least as far as VM goes), I think it was about 4".
Thank you all for the very nice comments!
Gordon
medicinewheel:
hey gorgon! - a real beauty as always!!
did you dye the bow and than put on rawhide later?? is that tricky to do?? what glue did you use??? is it translucent calf rawhide???
frank
ps: already thought about having an extra folder on my computer for the 'GF-beauties' ...downloaded them ALL!!!
pps: ....oh yeah: good to see the bavarian hat is back, too!
Gordon:
Frank,
I dyed the bow after the rawhide was applied. I used deer rawhide (very thin - most likely from the belly) and applied it with liquid hide glue. Not tricky to do at all.
BTW, the hat isn't exactly Bavarian. It came from the Corinthian region of Austria which is where my folks were born and raised and most of my relatives still live.
duffontap:
Very nice Gordon. 67# is a heavy little bow. I like that weight a lot. I think 60-65#s is a reasonable minimum for Elk at ordinary ranges. I wish I could comfortably hunt with an 85-100# bow like Hill did, though. :P Your fine attention to detail is always a pleasure to see.
J. D. Duff
medicinewheel:
thanks gordon! - would you tell me the name of the leather dye you are using?? i have a sort of leather dye that actually is from the US that does not dye wood at all!
...i may have guessed that's were your name originates from; stylistically that does not make such a big difference, i guess ;D ;D ;D
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