Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: cracker on August 13, 2008, 08:21:53 pm
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Here is the first bow that I have ever completely finished.I started it at the 11th Tennessee Classic. Got a lot of help from Pappy and the rest of the guys. Specs are 74 3/8 overall,73 ntn,53#@28". Thanks for looking.R.C.
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Great lookin bow, is it hickory?
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tiller looks great, good job. Yeah, is it hickory? Danny
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Great lookin bow. I think they want to know if it is hickory.
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Great looking bow. How did you color it. Justin
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Dano Sidewinder yes it is indeed hickory. Justin I used rit dye with about half as much water as the directions call for just kept brushing it on with an elcheapo brush.about six coats of rattle can spar and several coats of johnsons paste wax.R.C.
PS the wax is what really brought out the color of the dye.
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Good looking bow, Ronnie. Sure ain't nothing wrong with that one for a first time bow. I,ll bet with that pyramid style it shoots smooth as silk.
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Good looking bow, Ronnie. Sure ain't nothing wrong with that one for a first time bow. I,ll bet with that pyramid style it shoots smooth as silk.
Yeah it shoots pretty good Eddie I'm tickled with it. R.C.
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Very nice bow Ronnie. Tiller looks right on! Pat
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That's a nice one Ronnie, that tiller is beautiful!
Alan
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nice bow!
frank
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You'll enjoy that one Ronnie. My wife and I shot a couple of Joe Higgin's Hickory pyramid bows at Knapadonia (Whidbey Island, Washington) last weekend. The first time either of us had shot one. He had a 37# for my wife and a 55# for me. My wife wants one now, which tickles me to death as her current bow is a 25# fiberglass recurve. I didn't think she would like shooting off the knuckle, but no problem. And the nice thing about these is that they are ambidextrous, and I am a South Paw.
Keith
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Very well done Ronnie,I knew you could do it.Very nice tiller,bet it shoots great. :)
Pappy
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That sure came out nice Ronnie and I don't think you have to worry about losing it with that dye job ;)
Well done :)
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Nice bow. Sure is bright though
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Great job, Ronnie-looks like a good'un.
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Ron, looks like you did a real fine job on that piece of hickory. I wish I'd had room to bring some of it home from the Tn. Classic. I guess I'll have to go out and cut my own.
You going to try to make it back to Pappy's again next year. If so, I'll probably see you there. Bring some more of that pork loin and that little cooker of yours.
David
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Very nice! and bookmarked for August Self BOM, too
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Hello everyone and thanks for all the kind words. Once again thanks to Pappy and the other guys at the classic.
R.C.
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Ron, looks like you did a real fine job on that piece of hickory. I wish I'd had room to bring some of it home from the Tn. Classic. I guess I'll have to go out and cut my own.
You going to try to make it back to Pappy's again next year. If so, I'll probably see you there. Bring some more of that pork loin and that little cooker of yours.
David
I'll be there unless the sky falls and the creek rises. Don't worry I'll bring the cooker and the groceries.I'll try to come up with some more hickory too.R. C.
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Well, that is one fine looking bow Ronnie! You'll be experimenting with all kinds of colors, dye's, and stain's for your bows as you go along. I went and bought a passle of dye's from Tandy $$ and kinda still like the cheap Rit better. Even though I'm drowning in osage, I still like Hickory - I think just cause it don't grow here :).
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Yep I know what you mean.Ifn you get to wantin hickory you know who to holler at. I'll be cuttin some more the middle of next month.
Ronnie
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Very good bow....How does it shoot?
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Nice looking bow. I really like the dye job. Got to be a smooth shooter.
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Zach and CS It shoots real smooth no stack at all. The dye job turned out a lot brighter than I anticipated.R.C.