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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2012, 11:07:24 pm »
DMC, Missle & SA - Thank you for the compliments and the welcome.

Randman - No meat last season, not the bows fault though.

Jon W - I really love this style also, as well as others.

Sadie - Thanks, have more that I would like to post. Like I said I owe you folks some pictures since I've seen so many of everyones bows on here.

Slim & Lesken - Thanks for the compliments. SB, some bows I like to leave natural shape, some I'll heat correct.

LE - Try the scallops man, you can do it. Made 3 so far without failure and if one does fail, well I'll just reach in the     woodpile and try again.

Blackhawk - Thanks, seen your locust bows on here, real real nice and they look like they can get the job done. this is one of five bl bows i've made, one fretted evenly through out the working section of both limbs but still no further degregation in a year. Matter of fact it is the top of the stave that the belly split for this bow came from.

Will & Judo - Thanks for the kind words I appreciate it.

Halfeye - I've viewed you beautiful bows so many times on here that I feel I know you. Yes it is 57" ntn which seems to be about right for my 25" draw in a hunting bow. Thanks for the compliments means a lot coming from you with your scallop bow building skill.

To all, sorry for the slow response, still working on my 'puter skills.
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Offline straightarrow

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2012, 11:16:17 pm »
What you lack in computer skills you sure as heck make up for in bow making and arrow making. I hope you get them refined because alot folks are gonna like looking at your stuff....great job on that bow. Love the tiller

Jon

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2012, 12:06:58 am »
Gun Doc - Thanks for your compliment, saw your recent 5 curve osage man now that sucker is nice. As far as being down range of me with antlers if the antlers are big your likely ok, now if your a forkhorn odds go up in my favor. :)
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Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2012, 12:19:28 am »
"badly bent?"

Dude, that thing is SWEET

Seems like you will fit in just fine here.

-Billy
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2012, 01:31:55 am »
Glad you decided to venture past lurking and start posting pictures of your sweet bows!  That is a nice full draw shot. 
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline Pappy

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2012, 08:25:29 am »
Welcome to PA,Don't see anything wrong with that bow,very nice job. :)
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2012, 09:02:14 am »
Nice bow, nice finish and grea bend. All good there, get some more posted up!
Welcome too :)

Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2012, 10:10:06 am »
That is an Awesome bow...the quiver and arrows look top notch also.

I have attempted three of those bows. Two out of elm that broke and one of hickory that I thinned to much and got a 25# pull weight. Will try again when time allows.
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2012, 10:25:56 am »
Welcome!  That is a fine looking bow.  A short D bow is hard to beat for a tool to hunt with.   I gotta try that scalloped edge effect.  Looks great and thanks for posting.  I am not too swift with the computer skills either.  Don't feel bad - I think most of the folks on here are more adept at stone age stuff than the new technology!  Show us some more bro!
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2012, 10:54:55 am »
great looking bow, nice full draw as well. 
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Offline danny f

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2012, 12:43:50 pm »
nice bow and welcome, :)

Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2012, 02:17:10 pm »
Incredibly nice bow... Love the finish and tiller...

Jon

Offline sadiejane

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2012, 05:04:13 pm »
That is an Awesome bow...the quiver and arrows look top notch also.

yessir-would certainly like to see some close ups of  those arrows and quiver too!

the scalloped bows are lovely to behold.
i am the lucky recipient of two made by halfeye. even more lovely in person.
and a pleasure to shoot
tho i hardly get to hold one as the neighborhoods kids have claimed it as their own....
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Offline bubby

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2012, 07:08:56 pm »
you got the nod from the scallopped bow master, but i dont need rich to tell me that's a sweet looking bend on that bow, Bub
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Offline Deo

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Re: Intro, Black Locust Scalloped Bow
« Reply #29 on: June 18, 2012, 10:12:27 pm »
beautiful bow, love that style. want to make one like that one of these days.