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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: tibor on October 19, 2020, 03:13:54 pm

Title: maple snake bow
Post by: tibor on October 19, 2020, 03:13:54 pm
maple snake bow with snakeskin 57inch long 37lb / 27 inch
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Post by: tibor on October 19, 2020, 03:15:02 pm
foto
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Post by: tibor on October 19, 2020, 03:16:26 pm
foto
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Post by: Pat B on October 19, 2020, 03:27:13 pm
Excellent!  8)   :OK
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Post by: Santanasaur on October 19, 2020, 03:32:18 pm
Gorgeous! Great tiller too. Awesome finishing details all over and it’s cool you can still see the pith. Sweet bow tibor!
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Post by: tibor on October 19, 2020, 03:37:58 pm
Quote from: Pat B on October 19, 2020, 03:27:13 pm
Excellent!  8)   :OK
thanks
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Post by: tibor on October 19, 2020, 03:38:34 pm
Quote from: Santanasaur on October 19, 2020, 03:32:18 pm
Gorgeous! Great tiller too. Awesome finishing details all over and it’s cool you can still see the pith. Sweet bow tibor!
thanks
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Post by: willie on October 19, 2020, 03:45:48 pm
crooked wicked, nice finish

from a sapling or branch?
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Post by: tibor on October 19, 2020, 03:54:03 pm
Quote from: willie on October 19, 2020, 03:45:48 pm
crooked wicked, nice finish

from a sapling or branch?
from sapling
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Post by: Hamish on October 19, 2020, 03:54:31 pm
Wow! That's a real work of art.
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Post by: Allyn T on October 19, 2020, 05:05:39 pm
That is beautiful! Finish is fantastic and the bow has awesome character!
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Post by: bradsmith2010 on October 19, 2020, 05:16:46 pm
beautiful,, congrats
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Post by: WhistlingBadger on October 19, 2020, 05:19:49 pm
Beautiful!  What kind of snake skin is that?

T
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Post by: bassman on October 19, 2020, 06:56:40 pm
Would you look at that . AWESOME
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Post by: DC on October 20, 2020, 11:17:33 am
Very nicely done! Do you know what species of Maple?
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Post by: silent sniper on October 20, 2020, 11:27:16 am
Awesome work!
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Post by: Selfbowman on October 20, 2020, 12:07:28 pm
Nice bow well done . Arvin
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Post by: tibor on October 20, 2020, 12:45:57 pm
thank you for the comments, unfortunately I do not know what kind of snake is on the bow, the bow is made of field maple
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Post by: Will B on October 20, 2020, 01:15:11 pm
Great looking bow!  How does it shoot for you?
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Post by: barebo on October 20, 2020, 01:46:42 pm
Superb Craftsmanship in every detail! What exactly is "field maple"? One wood I've never heard of? Nice Bow!
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Post by: tibor on October 21, 2020, 02:44:57 am
The bow shoots well, it's fast, but a little weak for my taste ... I like stronger bows about 50 - 60 lb ... field maple - Acer Campestre
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Post by: Hilongbow on October 21, 2020, 05:44:09 am
Wow! Super cool bow
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Post by: gifford on October 21, 2020, 12:49:08 pm
Well done. Very nice job on a sapling bow. The pattern on the snake skin is quite unique, as asked previously, do you know the species of snake?

I wasn't familiar with the species of maple but a little research confirmed it is native to Europe and is introduced into the U.S.
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Post by: bownarra on October 21, 2020, 01:07:56 pm
Yes it's an European native species :)
Beautiful bow, love the snakeyness. did it take much set? Did you heat treat it?
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Post by: Stoner on October 26, 2020, 02:38:09 pm
I can't believe that's maple. Very well done sir. John
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Post by: paulc on October 26, 2020, 06:05:55 pm
Skin says boa to me but I've been wrong before. P
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Post by: druid on October 27, 2020, 12:42:44 am
Oh, what a bow. 😍 Great, everything great. Congratulations!!!
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Post by: MM2 on October 27, 2020, 03:43:16 am
A real beauty! Congrats and thank' for sharing!

Michael

 
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Post by: tibor on October 27, 2020, 11:37:29 am
Thank you all for the comments. Minor adjustments were made to the bow with dry heat, but it was not tanned. Here is a photo of raw wood ...
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Post by: Russ on October 28, 2020, 11:15:44 am
thats a awesome tiller!!! put that on the ground and i would probably think it was a snake!!!