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LimbLover:
Hello Everyone!

Another lurker who has finally decided to introduce myself! I wasn't really sure where to do that before.  :o

I actually posted a thread in the "Bows" forum awhile back about a red oak board build I was working on, which exploded shortly after posting. It broke exactly where everyone said it would and I felt pretty embarrassed about it. I haven't really posted since, but I'm addicted to the Bows forum and to the fine examples of art and skill you post daily and spend a lot of time examining them. Since breaking my, I recovered, bought the Traditional Bowyer's Bible Volumes 1-2 and have created two functional bows since. Both of them from boards - a red oak, and one from a piece of black locust I found in my Grandfather's barn attic.

They are far from perfect, but they shoot well, and I learned a lot about choosing wood and proper tillering. I've also learned to be more patient and to have thicker skin when taking advice. A bow is or isn't going to break regardless of how it is brought to your attention, and the point is to learn from the flaw.

Thank you all for sharing your builds and opinions. I'm sure there are a lot of lurkers like me who are learning volumes about making their own gear by simply being here!

The BOM eye-candy alone is well worth the price of admission!

Thanks!

blackhawk:
Welcome to PA..  :)  but stay away from them michigan bowyers up there,they're "bad news",and will only worsen the addiction.  8)

mitch:
haha I also lurk around and am yet to post anything with pictures myself, i broke my first 3 bows all because the were too thin in the handle they were cedar board bows. I have learned alot since then and will try to post something in the near future!  ;D Its and addiction

LimbLover:
Addiction is an understatement. We just had our second little girl a week ago and the first thing I do when I change her and hand her over to the wife for nightly feedings is check PA for new bows.

I'm starting two more bows in the near future, another red oak from an above average board I found a Menards and another locust bow for my 2.5 year old.

Thanks Blackhawk! I love your bows man!! Tattoo Dave lives near within minutes of me and has been enduring my private messages since build number one. Hope to meet him soon. :laugh:

blackhawk:
Thanks...Daves a nice guy and yeah only twenty mins from ya you know. Also another new guy who just made his first bow named Dan(who goes by DGF here) lives in wyoming a few mins from ya too. Then there's Matt(mwirwicki) and Marty who live in perry just outside of lansing and are more than willing to help you out, and they both know there stuff. Also is Chris(pearl drums)who's and hour north of the lansing area. But all those guys wood be more than willing to help ya out,just send em a pm. I'm an exmichigander and was born n raised in Holland.

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