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Title: Finished my most recent!! and arrows now
Post by: lowell on January 01, 2008, 01:42:05 pm
unstrung ... braced  and full draw!! ;D

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Title: Re: Finished my most recent!!
Post by: lowell on January 01, 2008, 01:45:41 pm
Did I mention this is for my first grandson that will be born in Feb.

Mine son and his wife are going to name him Hunter!!  At least his first bow will be primitive but no doubt my son will have some modern equipment for him too. LOL

  Didn't know what he might be able to pull so just guessed.  It's 18 3/8 NTN!!!
Title: Re: Finished my most recent!!
Post by: markinengland on January 01, 2008, 01:49:43 pm
Lowell,
Very sweet.
The last photo took me by surprise.
Have you made any tiny arrows?
Mark
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Post by: duffontap on January 01, 2008, 01:50:38 pm
Sweeeeeeet!  I have a little, tiny Yew stave set aside for my daughter's first bow.  I can't wait. 

          J. D.
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Post by: Glenn R. on January 01, 2008, 01:51:24 pm
Thats some fine work on such a small scale.
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Post by: Bishop on January 01, 2008, 03:00:20 pm
thats fantastic, i thought i was looking at a full sized bow then, wham..lol...great work on that little Bow.

Bishop
Title: Re: Finished my most recent!!
Post by: Pat B on January 01, 2008, 03:22:15 pm
Way Cool!! Lowell. ;)   These little bows can be as difficult as a full sized one and you did a great job on it. I'm sure your grandson will grow up to appreciate the simple things in life because of his grandpa. 8)      Pat
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Post by: jamie on January 01, 2008, 03:22:36 pm
that was cool ;D
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Post by: Justin Snyder on January 01, 2008, 03:50:33 pm
Great job Lowell. You just need to spend time with him shooting and he will see the value of primitive since he will love spending the time with grandpa.  Justin
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Post by: venisonburger on January 01, 2008, 04:30:44 pm
Pretty tricky, when I  looked at the second photo I thought the limbs looked a little thin but then I saw the third and understood, thats really neat. must be hard to knap heads for the arrows that thing shoots.
VB
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Post by: DanaM on January 01, 2008, 08:31:50 pm
Very cool lowell, He will outgrow that one in no time so ya better get busy ;D
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Post by: Ryano on January 01, 2008, 09:46:11 pm
you got me...cool !
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Post by: PK on January 01, 2008, 09:51:57 pm
Hey! Thats smaller than mine No fare! lol
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Post by: BigWapiti on January 02, 2008, 12:29:13 am
The setup of those pictures was perfect - I howled laughing when I scrolled down and saw the last picture.  That was great!  Love the little bow.
Title: Re: Finished my most recent!!
Post by: Sidewinder on January 02, 2008, 01:50:03 am
That was way cool. I would like one with a dozen little blunts to shoot people at work. Danny
Title: Re: Finished my most recent!!
Post by: OldBow on January 02, 2008, 01:16:19 pm
What fun!  I, too, thought it was full sized until I scrolled down.  Reminds me of remote model airplanes that look so real!
What is the wood in this bow?
Title: Re: Finished my most recent!!
Post by: Pappy on January 02, 2008, 01:18:44 pm
You got me to,very nice job. ;D ;D
   Pappy
Title: Re: Finished my most recent!!
Post by: lowell on January 02, 2008, 02:11:51 pm
Thanks all.  It was fun!!

 I tried to post picture without anything to show actual size till last pic.  It was on a table and leaning against the wall but was next to a light switch so I had to crop that out.

 Oldbow,  It's osage and is down to about 1 ring of sapwood and 1 of heartwood.

  Now back to some "real" bows!! ;D  ......Unless I make some arrows and a quiver for this one first.
Title: Re: Finished my most recent!!
Post by: DanaM on January 02, 2008, 02:58:25 pm
By all means make some arra's and a quiver it will be quite the party bow ;D
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Post by: SimonUK on January 02, 2008, 07:40:10 pm
ha ha that made me laugh  :D  I'm impressed though, great tiller. 
Title: Re: Finished my most recent!! and arrows
Post by: lowell on January 08, 2008, 11:16:23 pm
Think I'm about done with this small stuff.  Actual size bow and arrows are easier I thnk.

  Anyway here are the arrows. Rose shoots with turkey feathers and painted points. :)

 No time was spent to get them to proper spine!! :D

 Sorry I didn't post pics when I first made this post. ???

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Title: Re: Finished my most recent!!
Post by: Postman on January 10, 2008, 12:13:06 pm
awesome.... Do they have any cats he can practice on? imagine if you started shooting before you could walk....
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Post by: tradrick on January 10, 2008, 12:47:48 pm
Very cool,I thought it was a full size bow myself until the last pic.tradrick
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Post by: Dane on January 10, 2008, 03:49:08 pm
Man, what a fun thread. Made me laugh, and made a tough day easier. Just beautiful workmanship. Lucky boy is little Hunter.

Dane
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Post by: cowboy on January 10, 2008, 03:57:20 pm
Yep ;D, I had to scroll up and down - do a coupla double takes, hehehe. Nice bow!!
Title: Re: Finished my most recent!! and arrows now
Post by: BigWapiti on January 13, 2008, 01:16:58 am
Bow of the month entry, for sure!