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Offline Wylden Freeborne

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Maeven Bow
« on: October 05, 2013, 10:06:38 pm »
Hello all. Well, while the final touches are drying up on my xmas trade item, I decided to use the beautiful fall afternoon to get some shots of my newest hunting weight bow, the Maeven Bow. After finishing up the Blonde Bomber for a friend, I was so overcome with jealousy that I decided to hop right in and 0"make myself a good heavy bow. This is it. My wife, Angela, did the beautiful celtic knotwork with acrylic paint. The handle wrap is leather with a saskatoon arrow shelf.
The really tricky thing about this bow was the twist. It has a considerable amount of twist, so much so that the tips both twist about 25 degrees away from center, making them about 50 degrees from each other. After some risky tillering and white knuckles, a few prayers to various gods and a degree of sweating that is just downright embarrassing, the string laid down center shot with no heat bending or correction at all. Let me know what y'all think!

Yew. 60" nTn. 64# @ 26"



















photos by my buddy Travis "Jip" Proffitt.
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2013, 10:14:19 pm »
Nice like the artwork.

Offline ajooter

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2013, 11:20:02 pm »
Beautiful bow sir.  Like the bend on her.

Offline bow101

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2013, 11:38:58 pm »
Kewl stuff and tiller looks really sweet. Green is allways a good thing....
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Offline Ozzy

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2013, 11:51:33 pm »
SWEEEEEEETTT!!!!!!!!
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2013, 11:53:52 pm »
That's fantastic! Each bow just gets better and better. Can't wait to see it next week.

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2013, 12:22:19 am »
That's fantastic! Each bow just gets better and better. Can't wait to see it next week.
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Weylin took the words out of my mouth.  Nice work man.
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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
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2013, 12:59:11 am »
Great bow.  The finishing looks great.  Great work on the paint job.  Tips are super cool. Love the color scheme  :).  Getting better and better

Offline TRACY

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2013, 08:38:44 am »
Very nice tiller and art work.

Tracy
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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2013, 11:39:03 am »
Beautiful! I love the green.

Offline BowSlayer

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2013, 05:44:29 pm »
wow. love the bow and the art work!
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2013, 05:48:13 pm »
Nicely done sir!  The Celtic knots are a particularly nice touch!  Josh

Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2013, 07:22:52 pm »
Let me know what y'all think!



I think it's a beautiful bow!
"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."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline TimPotter

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2013, 08:54:55 am »
Fantastic work!
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Offline smoke

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Re: Maeven Bow
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2013, 09:14:27 am »
Very cool bow!!