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ERC Takedown - (new tiller)
Pat B:
Very nice ERC bow. The snake skins are beautiful and the yellow B-50 compliments well. I agree with Frank about the lower limb being a bit still. Looks like the outer 1/2 to 1/3. Thats a neat idea about painting on the color and design and adding a shed skin over it. Did the other limbs break at the sleeve? if so, maybe a raw hide backing that is added before attaching the sleeve would protect that area. Pat
Pappy:
Very cool stickhead,looks like you done a mighty fine job on that one.Its a beauty. :)
Pappy
Hillbilly:
Sweet! Good looking weapon, and that's quite imaginitive artwork with the markers and shed skin. Good job.
DBernier:
Hey Stickhead, sure wish you lived closer to PatB's and could come down at the end of the month. I would love to see that bow in the flesh. I will have about 8 pieces of ERC there and hope the fellows can get me started in the right direction. "Everything" about your bow is a class act and I so want to do one of my own. Great job and I admire your workmanship. Shed skin over paint? Out standing!
Dick
Stickhead:
Thanks for the kind words, guys. As for the tiller, I know it's a little stiffer on the bottom, which was partially intentional. I ended up weakening the top limb a little more than I intended. It was a little tricky tillering a new limb to match a finished, and I think the final sanding threw it off a little.
I don't want to lose any weight, so I haven't messed with the bottom limb's tilller. However, it occurs to me that since it's a little longer than the top (by 1/2" or so), I suppose I could pike it an inch. That way, maybe I'd regain the couple of pounds I lose from tillering. Of course, I'd have to relocate the overlay, but then, I've already done that twice before. Hmmm.
Dick - thanks, and good luck with that ERC. It can be a cruel mistress. Keep it wide if you can, and if you've got more sense than me, you'll back it. Fraid I can't get to NC this month, since I'll be heading up to Denton Hill.
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