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Offline J05H

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #435 on: May 02, 2015, 03:45:08 pm »
I'd go with leather.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #436 on: May 02, 2015, 03:46:30 pm »
I vote leather
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Offline bubbles

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #437 on: May 02, 2015, 08:43:38 pm »
Im a sucker for a nice leather grip as well.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #438 on: May 02, 2015, 08:45:37 pm »
I vote leather also
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Offline Drewster

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #439 on: May 02, 2015, 09:28:45 pm »
Leather would be my preference for sure.
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Offline huisme

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #440 on: May 03, 2015, 01:11:44 pm »
I'm actually partial to a bare grip/ leather pass, especially if there's a knot involved.
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Offline DC

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #441 on: May 03, 2015, 01:36:27 pm »
I like bare wood. Interrupting the nice smooth flow of the wood with a piece of something just jars my eye. Some handles are works of art though, so you have to weigh one against the other.
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Offline jeffp51

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #442 on: May 05, 2015, 08:32:18 pm »
Plan A just died of a bad back.  It cracked while trying to straighten a compound curve.  (Note to self: take out one twist at a time not all of them at once.)
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Offline Drewster

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #443 on: May 06, 2015, 10:50:01 am »
Started floor tillering my bow yesterday.   Needs a bit more work then I'll heat treat her.  Making progress.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #444 on: May 06, 2015, 11:12:55 am »
I'm back from the classic so now it's time to get going on this trade bow. Going to try and get it floor tillered this weekend. Which means it's going to get some Bending done to it as well. Patrick
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #445 on: May 06, 2015, 10:04:58 pm »
I am about done with the finish on mine. I'm hoping to have it out the end o next week.
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Offline huisme

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #446 on: May 07, 2015, 01:57:55 pm »
Plan B is having issues, good thing A is promising. I had extra rings over the tips for self-back nocks but I'm going with ebony now, hope that's okay ;)
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Offline Gaur

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #447 on: May 08, 2015, 09:16:13 am »
Not a lot to update .  I've been traveling a lot for work.  I have some nice staves and I'll bang one out.  Just got back from Haiti and off to Thailand and Laos tomorrow.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #448 on: May 08, 2015, 09:57:51 am »
Well done some more work last night. Just about got it floor tillered. Just about time for some heat corrections. Patrick
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Offline E. Jensen

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #449 on: May 08, 2015, 01:36:31 pm »
I've been lolligaging on mine but I've got a couple weeks of free time coming up so I should be able to get to it.  Mine is profiled, and shaved down some, but there are a few dead knots that aren't so dead on the belly that I'm dealing with.
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