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yew stave split for 2 lighter weight bows for local youth group prize and raffle
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on April 23, 2024, 02:50:37 pm ---Looking good Dave! I like it!
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Thanks Arvin!
WhistlingBadger:
--- Quote from: superdav95 on April 23, 2024, 05:47:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on April 23, 2024, 10:49:00 am ---I always enjoy seeing your work, Dave. I hope some kid appreciates how lucky they are to get one of these. I'm working on a kid's bow right now, a juniper-sinew, and I know it's going to hurt to give it away. Fortunately it's too short and light for me to shoot anyway, so that will help. :) I think a whitewood or bamboo bow would be a better gift for a kid, just because white woods are so much more durable than juniper or yew.
A thought about decorating: I happen to know that many girls love Celtic knot work or elvish leafy stuff on the back of a bow. Earth-tone acrylic markers (search on Amazon) are a great way to apply such designs.
For the contest, I like the idea of giving kids a ticket for each bullseye they hit. Another idea: There's an archery range at a camp we teach at every summer. They just score each kid's best three shots. If you want to just award it based on potential skill, that might be a simple way to go.
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Thanks for those suggestions WB! I like that idea of best three shots. I am willing a a couple bamboo bows now as well in case I feel like this bow make be a little too much to maintain or appreciate. The boo bows are pretty tough and resilient and easy to repair if needed. I like the decoration idea too. The scouts theme for the boys camp fleur de lis sympol. I’ve been asked to do the YM camp also so double the bows! Will be a busy summer but should be a blast. I’ll take some pictures.
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Cool. Can't wait to see some pictures. One of my goals is to reach a level of proficiency where I can donate bows to events like that. I love to see kid's eyes light up. It's kind of addictive. ;D
superdav95:
So an update on these bows. i decided to make different bows to donate for this. I decided to make a couple of bamboo bows. they are 32 and 35 pounds respectively. They finished out nice and shoot really well for light weight bows. here are a few pics. as for the yew bows i may save those for something else. Im still doing a raffle bow for this youth group which is a yew bow as well. its a ambidextrous shooter which may appeal to more people too. Ill post some pics of that bow soon.
Thanks for looking.
GlisGlis:
Mighty fine bows there superDav
My experience with kids is they are very excited at first but many will be soon carried away by other interests
In many cases it's a waste of time and energy doing a work of art for kids.
They simply are unable to appreciate it.
If you spend enough time with them you'll eventually find one or two that get really interested and that's when it's worth to give your best
.... and yes I'm frugal too :OK
razorbak:
Wow absolutely stunning truly my hats off to you sir
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