Congratulations to Rich Bistline of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
for His Distinctive Bamboo backed Ipe "Copperhead" Bow 
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,18830.0.html
From Rich:
Here's my latest bow...It's a highly r/d blank from Knightd, it's 60" oal, 58" ntn and 55# @ 27". It's bamboo backed Ipe, the 
handle is hickory, shadua, marblewood and ipe. The limb tip overlays are macarta. THe bow is backed with a Copperhead skin 
that was given to me by David. The finish is 4 coats of Tru-oil, 3 of poly and 2 of paste wax. The string is a 10 strand of 8125 
with padded loops. hope ya'll like it....
And from you folks:
-"dude thats sweet   love the skins,the tiller the design
and 60"  hmmmmmmmmm me thinks thats a nice blind bow" sailordad
-" Copperheads are always my favoret.Nice bow,the skin's on the bottom limb and from younger snakes.They don't start fadeing 
here in WV untill there about 4 or 5 years old.Younger always have clearer makings."  crooketarrow
-"Almost to pretty to take hunting,almost. nicely done, hope to have those skills someday."  n2huntn
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