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The ABC's of bow making
Eric Krewson:
My three would be knowledge, patience and training your eye to recognize subtle differences in tiller, shaping and final finish.
GlisGlis:
A, B, B, D
Another one
Before
Bride
Discover
No C sorry. My english is pretty limited (lol)
Pappy:
Functional, and Durability , Beauty and finish come last as long as it will not effect the first 2. :)
Pappy
BowEd:
That's about the best analogy of my way of thinking too Pappy.I need it to be a long life durable bow no.1.Even though I've got way more bows then I need.....lol.
bjrogg:
I would have to agree with Pappy. I do like to make so special bows that I dress up for a special occasion, but I really just like the bow to find its way out of the stave.
A- always listens to the stave. I may look at a stave many times and put it back on the pile. I don't really get serious with it till I can see the bow hiding in there. Then I start to lay it out.
B- Be ready to make adaptations. Sometimes I can see two different bows in the same stave. If I'm trying to make one type and the bow wants to be the other I may just agree with the bow and switch to the other type.
C- Conservative. I guess this goes back to durability and functionality. I started out making very conservative bow designs. I've pushed my layouts a bit more to get better performance. I'm thinking I found my happy medium. I'm probably still more conservative than many but I believe my bows performance is more than adequate.
I guess those are my ABC's. Never was very good at school. I fact I've never seen or read any of the TBB's. I have learned an enormous amount from many members of this site and would like to thank you all. You included Ed.
Thanks
Bjrogg
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