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Tribute to Dean Torges

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Eric Krewson:
I think he was a professor before he started making chairs full time.

Stixnstones:
Good lookin bow Corey. Dean was and is a huge influence on me, though I have never tried to make a Torges style bow. He is definetly my favorite bowyer, just always thought his work as pure artistry

superdav95:
She’s got nice curves for sure.  Looks good to me. 

medicinewheel:
Dean has been very helpful on tillering one of my very first bows, which was from a boo-backed Osage blank I had purchased from him. MANY pics and words have been sent back and forth via email, and the bow hit the desired poundage of 50#/29". The bow had shot thousands of arrows when a splinter lifted in the main bending area, and Dean again helped me to fix that. In return for his help I translated some of his writing into German for him. Which made him send me an English - already had the German version - copy of the book with a dedication.
After years of shooting the bow myself it was passed down to a lady friend who shot it for a long time, and it is now with a youngster in our archery club, and after 17 years of usage it still throws arrows with authority!
An occasional contact between us was kept, and it much seemed to be his pleasure that he had helped me into bow making successfully.
Was said news when I heard he had passed.

RyanY:
I started out with rounded bellies and face ring for wood removal. It’s much easier to remove wood that way versus trying to get a flat belly. I still do this for ELBs where I want the rounded belly. For other bows I prefer a sharp spokeshave to get it as flat as possible.

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