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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: turtle on November 06, 2014, 04:47:42 pm

Title: for Sarah
Post by: turtle on November 06, 2014, 04:47:42 pm: A friend at work asked me to make a bow for his best friends daughter. I picked a stave that had split kind of bad.
The top limb profile is just how it split from fade to tip. Only thing i did was square up the edges and then try to match the profile on the other limb. Fades are 1 3/8" fairly straight taper to just under 3/8" tips.62" t2t 40#@27"
Deer antler tip overlays. I hope she likes it.

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Title: Re: for Sarah
Post by: Aaron H on November 06, 2014, 05:11:54 pm: Nice bow
Title: Re: for Sarah
Post by: burchett.donald on November 06, 2014, 05:30:25 pm: I love those dead straight unstrung profiles 8) The handle work is extra sweet, nice work. I'm sure Sarah will smile for a while...
Don
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Post by: arachnid on November 06, 2014, 05:55:26 pm: If she doesn`t like it (can`t see a reason for that though....) be sure to send it to me.... ;D ;D
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Post by: hunterbob on November 06, 2014, 06:02:17 pm: Sara is going to love it turtle. Great job.
Title: Re: for Sarah
Post by: hunterbob on November 06, 2014, 06:03:17 pm: I meant sarah
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Post by: Peacebow_Coos on November 06, 2014, 07:32:51 pm: I'm sure she will, nice piece of yellow wood
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Post by: Drewster on November 06, 2014, 07:51:18 pm: I can't imagine why Sarah wouldn't like this bow. Yeah, I like that handle work too......very nicely done.
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Post by: SLIMBOB on November 06, 2014, 08:23:52 pm: She'll love it! Nice job.
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Post by: lebhuntfish on November 06, 2014, 11:53:05 pm: Very cool little bow! I really like the way you did the handle wrap over the shelf! Nicely done! She should love it! Patrick
Title: Re: for Sarah
Post by: Traxx on November 07, 2014, 01:12:06 am: Very cool little bow! I really like the way you did the handle wrap over the shelf! Nicely done! She should love it!

I agree.
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Post by: Pappy on November 07, 2014, 05:20:46 am: Beauty,she should love that. :)
Pappy
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Post by: lesken2011 on November 07, 2014, 08:12:20 am: Nice job on that one, Turtle! Thanks, Don. Now I can't get that song out of my head!! ::)
Title: Re: for Sarah
Post by: turtle on November 07, 2014, 08:13:12 am: Thanks for all the kind replys.
I got the idea for the handle rest from this post.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=37208.0
Title: Re: for Sarah
Post by: lebhuntfish on November 07, 2014, 10:07:52 am: Very cool! Thanks turtle! Patrick
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Post by: sweeney3 on November 07, 2014, 11:28:20 am: That is a fine piece of work. Very well done; simple, effective, detailed. She should be very happy with that bow.
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Post by: simson on November 07, 2014, 04:57:17 pm: elegant simplicity - she will love that bow!
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Post by: burn em up chuck on November 08, 2014, 11:31:11 am: sweet

chuck
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Post by: bushboy on November 08, 2014, 06:16:38 pm: Very nice indeed!love the handle wrap!
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Post by: Arrowind on November 09, 2014, 08:55:13 pm: Anyone would be lucky to have that bow. Nice work!
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Post by: IdahoMatt on November 09, 2014, 10:11:42 pm: Thats a super nice bow man. She is going gone to be pumped to get that thing.
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Post by: BowBreaker on December 06, 2014, 01:30:42 am: I like it...simple, yet elegant....she should love it!
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Post by: GB on December 06, 2014, 03:58:58 am: Really nice. I'm with everyone else on how cool your handle wrap is.
Title: Re: for Sarah
Post by: Del the cat on December 06, 2014, 04:55:00 am: What's not to like... clean, elegant, simple, little bit of character cool bow.
Sometimes those bows from offcuts and splits just really want to be a bow :laugh:
40# is good weight, smooth, easy, but still gives some punch.
Del
Title: Re: for Sarah
Post by: turtle on December 06, 2014, 08:02:07 am: Thanks again for the kind words. I passed this bow on to my friend about 3 weeks ago, still havnt heard if she liked it or not. I told him if it was too heavy for her i would lighten it up.