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Title: Place your bets
Post by: mamba on December 01, 2007, 01:28:49 pm
This was a bow just to pretty to die.Originally osage hickory backed with a cherrybark outer shell made by someone here.
  After many years of hard use the bottom limb blew.I have Z spliced a hickory limb to her,reinforced the bottom with a piece of ironwood and will add a hickory backing to the back .
 The top limb had a little problem that a sinew wrap curred - wish this bow luck !

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Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: Pat B on December 01, 2007, 01:30:49 pm
A true primitive scavenger. ;) 8)  Good save. How does she shoot?     Pat
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on December 01, 2007, 01:35:35 pm
                         Maybe call er "RECYCLE" when ya get done ! Cool ;D.....bob
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: Ryano on December 01, 2007, 01:51:01 pm
lol..... Ive seen that before some where  :-\......good luck Ray.
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: mamba on December 01, 2007, 02:38:58 pm
She use to be a real sweet shooting bow Pat.
 Hopefully I will make a bow out of it again to show later.This is my second try,I first tried just the Z splice but not being in the meat of the handle the glue joint didn't hold.By adding wood to the bottom and a new hickory backing on the top of the splice it may hold.Then all I have to do is tiller and pray (LOL).
 Good name Bob . It will never be the bow it once was Ryan.
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: Jbell on December 01, 2007, 04:06:29 pm
Frankenstein bow!! >:D I love it! Good luck.
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: medicinewheel on December 01, 2007, 04:50:40 pm

yeah! good luck with that bow!!!
frank
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: Justin Snyder on December 01, 2007, 05:46:07 pm
You dont need luck Frank, I have faith in you.  Justin
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: DanaM on December 01, 2007, 08:06:54 pm
Waste not want not eh!
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: Pappy on December 03, 2007, 10:57:42 am
Good save.I like to try and fix things and you learn a lot also. :)
   Pappy
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: mamba on December 30, 2007, 05:58:26 pm
TTT, nine pages back.This board has grown leaps and bounds.
Title: Re: Place your bets
Post by: leapingbare on December 30, 2007, 06:13:39 pm
 :o