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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: islandpiper on August 25, 2009, 10:30:32 pm

Title: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: islandpiper on August 25, 2009, 10:30:32 pm: Ian_Johnson stopped in today and pulled my newest bow aa couple of times. It is 60", something over 50# at 26" and Ian was pulling it 27" on my request just to "prove" the bow. It is Osage/Osage?hickory with a hickory handle build up. I had him draw it three times to make up for not always posting full draw pics in the past. Ian has WAY LONGER ARMS THAN I DO, so he can really stretch a bow string. I'll try to get some portraits and close ups ASAP. ( portraits of the bow, not Ian......I can't afford a new camera right now. :) :))

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0106.jpg)

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0105.jpg)

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0107.jpg)

Oh, yeah.......two of the shots were in the violin shop. No worries mate......just draw the bow and make sure you don't release the arrow!!

Piper
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: JustAim on August 26, 2009, 12:53:07 am: Very nice bow! Great job on that one.
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: recurve shooter on August 26, 2009, 10:04:34 am: Quote from: islandpiper on August 25, 2009, 10:30:32 pm
( portraits of the bow, not Ian......I can't afford a new camera right now. :) :))

yup, ole ian is one ugly critter aint he?

i should be able to drop in friday or satturday if yer gunna be there.
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: adb on August 26, 2009, 11:51:13 am: Very nicely done. Your tiller is perfect.
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: DanaM on August 26, 2009, 11:53:47 am: Thats a beauty Kieth, the bow not Ian ;) :D
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: Josh on August 26, 2009, 12:13:20 pm: Nice bow!!! :) -josh
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: robbsbass on August 26, 2009, 02:13:58 pm: Really nice job on the bow, but being a fiddler I couldn't get my eyes off all those violins.

Robb
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: recurve shooter on August 26, 2009, 05:23:26 pm: ok i was at home earlyer when i posted and the pics wouldnt come up. the bow is really nice mr. kieth. great work, as usual.

Quote from: robbsbass on August 26, 2009, 02:13:58 pm
Really nice job on the bow, but being a fiddler I couldn't get my eyes off all those violins.

Robb

Mr. kieth is an amazeing craftsman, both with bows and violins. i cant play anything, but i have seen the work that he puts into his insturments. not something to sneeze at.
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: knightd on August 26, 2009, 06:09:00 pm: Thats a good looking bow you got there Keith.. ;)
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: PeteC on August 26, 2009, 10:02:11 pm: That's a great bow! Good work. God Bless
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: GregB on August 27, 2009, 07:57:34 am: That's a fine looking bow, just like your musical instruments in the background! :)
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: islandpiper on August 27, 2009, 08:31:53 am: Instruments? Oh, yeah......there's a few. Look closer and see the tillering stick on the chair......and the two bows standing against the wall back in the kitchenette......

Archery is invading my quiet little violin shop!! Wood, shaped and bent and polished.....strings under great tension......lots of parallels there I guess.

piper
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: Marc St Louis on August 27, 2009, 08:58:08 am: Very nice bow Keith
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: islandpiper on August 27, 2009, 07:52:17 pm: (http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0115.jpg)
Here's a few more:

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0120.jpg)

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0122.jpg)

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0117.jpg)

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0119.jpg)

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0116.jpg)

Thanks for all the kind comments.

piper
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: dismount on August 27, 2009, 08:18:29 pm: Nice, Keith I think lam bow construction suites you!. simple but elegant. Phil
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: recurve shooter on August 27, 2009, 08:46:27 pm: Quote from: dismount on August 27, 2009, 08:18:29 pm
Nice, Keith I think lam bow construction suites you!. simple but elegant. Phil
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: recurve shooter on August 27, 2009, 08:47:08 pm: Quote from: dismount on August 27, 2009, 08:18:29 pm
Nice, Keith I think lam bow construction suites you!. simple but elegant. Phil

TOLD YA!!!! ;D
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: OldBow on August 30, 2009, 12:54:58 pm: Love the slim handle! Bookmarked, too, for Aug BOM fun!
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: recurve shooter on August 30, 2009, 08:26:55 pm: man i went and shot these suckers today. they are light as a feather, slim, and as fast as my glass bow.

really nice bows.

but i think i owe mr. kieth some arrows now. :-[
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: islandpiper on August 30, 2009, 10:41:02 pm: Here's what my backyard looked like for a while today, that's Recurve Shooter closest and Ian_Johnson furthest away. Recurve Shooter, really Trey.......nicknamed "Tiny", shooting a new hickory board bow, 68" overall, flipped tips, 1 3/4 wide at the fades and pulling over 60# someplace. Not finished yet. I want to enter it for Sept. BOM.

Ian is shooting the O/O/H 60" overall, 50# at 27".

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0128-1.jpg)

Here's what happened to my arrow supply letting these guys shoot: (yup, there's one of yours in there, Dana)

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0131.jpg)

Overall , great guys. If all the young men in the USA were like these two, us old guys would sleep better.

piper
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: Jesse on August 30, 2009, 11:24:13 pm: I missed this one. That baby is bending nice :o Great looking bow
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: Pappy on August 31, 2009, 08:50:51 am: Great looking bow,very nice tiller.Bet it shoots good. :)
Pappy
Title: Re: Another triple laminated bow
Post by: orcbow on September 03, 2009, 07:57:19 am: Nice work on that bow! Looks like you have a couple of good tester too!