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DirtyDan:
Here is a sinew-backed mesquite bow that I made for a rancher friend of mine in Dickens, Texas.  He was kind enough to let me hunt on his ranch and he wanted me to build him a bow and some arrows for his son for graduation from Texas Tech.  I made this set for him.  The bow is 62", 52 lbs. at 28".  It took many steamings and clampings to get it straight enough for a bow.  The points are trade points.  I used the Hamm-Allely pictures in Encyclopedia of North American Bows and Arrows for Comanche style in both arrows and bow.  The tiller is not bad for a crooked piece of west Texas scrub mesquite.  The bow is plenty fast, and I am convinced that in the hands of a Comanche warrior, it would have done the deed.

Robinwho:
I wish the pics were a little bigger, getting old you know.   ;D

DirtyDan:
Sorry about the size of the pictures, but with the byte limits on this board and the type of camera I have, it is hard to get bigger pictures.  I am going to try to reduce the quality on my camera and see if that helps.

Dan

Pat B:
Dan, it took me two years to figure to reduce the quality on the camera to the lowest. On our 2 dig cameras that comes out to 640x480; perfect for posting on PA site.
   Your bow and arrows look cool from what I can see. Hope the info above helps you with your pics.     Pat

Justin Snyder:
I use the highest quality picture I can.  Just crop the extra background, reduce it to 600X400 and it comes out great.  Justin

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