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Offline Shaun

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Rattan Brave and Legolas
« on: December 01, 2012, 09:43:51 pm »
I have been making Torges style rattan bows for Christmas



and had a couple special orders. Legolas is 30 @ 28" and the Brave is 11 @ 24".









Golden "hair" in the Legolas string


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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2012, 10:43:50 pm »
Awesome!! 8)
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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2012, 10:49:33 pm »
these are great!

Offline seabass

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2012, 11:20:38 pm »
looks like there is gonna be some happy kids this year.good job buddy.
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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2012, 11:23:30 pm »
Cool!  8)
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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2012, 11:30:00 pm »
"I started developing an eye for those smooth curves as a young man.  Now that my hair is greying and my middle spreading I make bows instead."

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2012, 11:36:11 pm »
im curious what weight could you make that legolas bow to?
warbows and fishing, what else is there to do?
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2012, 11:45:43 pm »
Very nice set of bows

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2012, 11:54:29 pm »
That is really cool!  Looks like that rattan is the ticket for getting a number of kids bows done efficiently. 
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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 steve b.

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2012, 12:35:11 am »
awesome

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2012, 10:01:55 am »
Oh yeah!! Those look cool! Great job! Happy kids around the corner, for sure!!
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2012, 10:26:24 am »
Those are awesome bows.
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2012, 10:48:59 am »
Those look sweet. Where are you buying your rattan at I have a friend that has asked me to build him a rattan bow
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Offline Shaun

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2012, 10:58:30 am »
Thanks guys. I just love to make bows and really like to see kids play with bows n arrows.

Got this rattan from Frank's and Cane & Basket both on the left coast - you'll find them if you google. The east coast supplier listed in Dean's website was out of stock.

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Re: Rattan Brave and Legolas
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2012, 11:12:10 am »
Some kids are going to be very, very happy with those c 8) 8)l bows. Nice job Shaun.
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