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Title: Hickory by Haley
Post by: Pappy on August 17, 2009, 06:15:33 am
This is a Hickory bow one of the girls in the club made,I will say she had a little help but done most on her own,she was determed to do it herself and followed instructions very good.I ant sure on the color but it dose kind of  grow on you.It is 66 t-t and 36@26 I think,It shoot nice.See what yall think.
GregB done the pictures. :)
   Pappy

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Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: Pappy on August 17, 2009, 06:17:07 am
Few more.
   Pappy

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Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: cracker on August 17, 2009, 07:17:05 am
Looks like a fine bow to me Pappy she did a nice job. I'm shure she had plenty of expert help to make it come out real good.Ronnie
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: DanaM on August 17, 2009, 07:26:17 am
Thats a fine looking bow she made, congrats to Haley :)
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: mox1968 on August 17, 2009, 07:54:16 am
I like the color too pappy!!does kinda grow on you !!!!nice looking bow :)
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: GregB on August 17, 2009, 08:33:30 am
The Tennessee state flower is the Iris...Haley likes purple Iris's, and that influenced her decision for the bow's color...that and she wanted something different. I'd say she accomplished that! :) It really is a nice bow, and she did a lot of the work on it herself like Pappy said...we were all impressed with how she stuck with it.
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: islandpiper on August 17, 2009, 08:52:10 am
That reminds me, i need to find an archery club, and join it. 

piper
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: JustAim on August 17, 2009, 08:59:44 am
Very nice bow! She did a great job on it. :)
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 17, 2009, 09:31:13 am
Haley! That is just an awesome bow. The tiller is great also. I love the handle work. Well done. Jawge
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: medicinewheel on August 17, 2009, 09:47:58 am
Looks nice!
I like the colour and the Greg-styled handle!
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: Dano on August 17, 2009, 10:13:14 am
She did real good, love that handle wrap. Way ta go Haley!
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Post by: John K on August 17, 2009, 12:15:09 pm
Nice bow Haley ! Congrats  !!
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Post by: OldBow on August 17, 2009, 12:37:23 pm
Great bow. Great color :P I think I can see GregB's help on the tips. Bookmarked for August Self BOM fun.
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: GregB on August 17, 2009, 01:00:23 pm
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Great bow. Great color  I think I can see GregB's help on the tips.
I may have helped just a little bit on the grip as well, but she picked out the leather! ;D
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: CutNShoot on August 17, 2009, 04:58:50 pm
Very nice!
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: RG on August 17, 2009, 05:21:38 pm
Hey guys this is Haley. Thanks for all the great comments on my bow. I did have lots of help from people like Pappy and GregB, but I'm proud to say I did most of the work myself! ;D Now I just can't wait to start chasin growth rings!
 _Haley
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: Josh on August 17, 2009, 05:24:13 pm
NICE bow!!!!!  My fiance wants a purple bow so I guess now I will have to make her one.  Really nice for a first but then again she had the "Elite Tennessee Team"  helping her!!   ;D  ;)  :)
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: medicinewheel on August 17, 2009, 05:30:52 pm
... Now I just can't wait to start chasin growth rings!
 _Haley

If I only had known!! Happend to chase 1/4" of rings on a yew stave this past weekend; I would have LOVED to leave that up to someone else!  >:D >:D >:D
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: Timo on August 17, 2009, 06:59:11 pm
Perty sweet bow! I actually like that color.it really make the grain pop out. You go girl! ;)
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: PeteC on August 17, 2009, 07:43:33 pm
Great bow Haley!! ;). My daughter hunts with one I built her,but I can't get her to build her own :P   Good job, and God Bless
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: GregB on August 18, 2009, 07:43:35 am
Haley's pretty determined when she gets her mind set...when she first started shooting the string popped her arm a couple of times and raised a good welp, she just shook it off and kept at it. Can't keep a good girl down!  ;)
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: Ryano on August 18, 2009, 08:36:31 am
Very nice Job!  ;D That's a great looking bow and you have some great teachers down there....
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: DCM on August 18, 2009, 09:29:07 am
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Nice job Haley!
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: ricktrojanowski on August 18, 2009, 09:49:41 pm
Nice looking bow, Congrats on the build.  That handle wrap is outstanding.
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: luke the drifter on August 19, 2009, 07:22:52 pm
haley,  i was just wondering what the age of the wood was and if you had very much string follow to occur?  i like the bow design very much.  it is really a nice looking bow.
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: Pappy on August 20, 2009, 05:40:48 am
Luke I can answer that for you,the wood was Hickory cut in 04 and don't have any string follow.
she put about 2 inches of reflex in it to start with and after shooting it,it is flat.After resting about 30 min. it holds about 1/2 inch of reflex.We told her from the start she had to keep it dry and she did a good job doing that. I think she put about 10 coats of sealer on it.Several Tru oil and then several more Polly. :)
   Pappy
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: GregB on August 20, 2009, 07:43:03 am
David, you did good matching that iris color with her bow color...pretty sure that's a good example of what inspired her color selection. :)
Title: Re: Hickory by Haley
Post by: Little John on August 20, 2009, 08:46:04 am
That is a nice looking bow, very nice job and have fun.     Kenneth