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battle of a trade bow build
soy:
But as luck should have it not two days prior a friend of mine picked me up a few tanned wdb skins so i removed the other center skin cut the snake in half put the middle tward the outsides so the diamond pattern got larger as it moves away from the handle making it merge to the carp
.....blessing in disguise ...as it brings another somthing to the party ;) i did npt water soak the snake and used the same "petting " technique as pd calls it to remove air and access tb3.
I used black linnen thread to cover the joints as one was slightly higher than the other
soy:
Looks kinda cool not what i had planned but all things happen for a reason...keep in mind first time with carp, snake, and rawhide ...
I had made quite a mess with the glue on me and the bow after scraping and sanding to fix my mess i ended up loosing 5#of draw weight >:(
Now that the backing is on time to adress the next project on tbe list
soy:
Well the answer to that is mop :o mother of pearl, it was not as hard to work with as i first suspected nippers, coaping saw, file, and sand paper.first i drilled out the center of the knot you so it was round, measured it for a rough oppening, and shaped to fit and than i glued it in with epoxy. Turned out to be the first inlay job that i was happy with :laugh:
soy:
And than wala >:D
Kinda looks like a moonlight night ???
randman:
That sure is a beauty Soy. Some guys going to be proud to own that one! Specially knowin what went into it. You got my address don't ya? ;)
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Sounds like a good name for it.
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