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1/2primitive:
When a friend and her new husband came to our house for a visit, she got to shooting with me for a bit, and before they left decided she wanted one, so I just put the finishing touches on one for her. I named it Orion (Pronounced O'ryan) after 'The Archer' constellation. This one was an interesting one to tiller, the swoop above the handle was a hindrance for a while, but I think I got the hang of it. It turned out to be a pretty good bow, it shoots nice and straight. She wanted it to be legal for deer hunting, so I made it 42lbs@25", and 62"ntn for safety. It started out with about 1 1/2" of reflex and ended up barely past straight when rested. The bow is a little over 1-1/14" wide for the most part, tapering to 1/2" nocks. The handle had a cut in it, I don't know what it was from, but it grew in the tree. This I filled with sawdust and glue, and sinew wrapped the area. I like this bow, but I'm happy to be giving it to someone who I know will appreciate it.

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       Sean

Oh, and for those of you who are going to Mojam, look for this quiver, I'll be around there somewhere. :)

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p.s., Josh just corrected me on the name, so, it's named after the 'hunter' constellation. Not the archer one. ;)

Pat B:
Sean, You did an excellent job with a difficult stave. Good deal.  I'm sure your friend will love it.    Pat

koan:
Nice bow man! See ya @ the Jam......Brian

DCM:
Looks like she was a wretched lil hussy.  I love it.

I done throwed a couple of charmers in my load for MoJam.  Somma you boys that has a hankerin' for misery are welcome to stop on by my truck and have a go with one of them.  I'll swap you sumptin' cheap.

Jbell:
Super cool bow Sean. Must of been a real bugger to tiller. You guys are bummin me out about Mojam, cant make it this year. >:(

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