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Offline Cooper

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Kids Bow
« on: January 22, 2009, 07:23:39 pm »
Well, here is the first bow for my almost 4-year-old son.
He insists on it, cause his sister has one too.
She is five years older, but that does not worry him at all  ;D

Corvin's bow:
Hickory (board) backed with black silk. Handle and tips are from Tigerwood (Goncalo alves) and maple.

Length NtN 36 1/4'' (92cm)
??lb / xx'' (well, it is light)
Width at Fade Outs 1 3/16'' (30mm)
Width at the tips 23/64'' (9mm)

I hope he will enjoy - and shoot with it.
And I hope you like it too.



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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 07:40:56 pm »
                     I think it's Great....boy when I was a Kid....the things I could have done with a Bow like that!!!!
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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 08:22:16 pm »
ElDestructo, when you were a kid the Michigan State Police still had dog teams and cap-lock rifles!!!

You would have had every Eye-talion kid in Ishpeming trying to trade it off you for a bag of fools gold!!

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Offline Jesse

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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2009, 08:27:10 pm »
 very Nice work. The profile pictures are great also
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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 11:38:36 pm »
Great bow!  I'm sure he'll love it! :)
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2009, 11:44:48 pm »
Cool bow. What's he gonna get when hes 16? ::) ;D
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Offline Cooper

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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2009, 06:04:50 am »
Thank you, folks.

Cool bow. What's he gonna get when hes 16? ::) ;D
Arghh, I should have thought of that sooner  ??? ;D

… The profile pictures are great also
I can't help myself, it's my job  ;)
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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2009, 06:30:42 am »
Very nice.Wished I had something like that when I was a kid. :)
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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2009, 12:53:58 pm »
Very, very nice. Kid's Bow or serious work at woodcraft. Not to mention fine bowery. And really decent pictures. Thanks and this one is a keeper for January Self Bow of the Month.
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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2009, 02:09:12 pm »
Outstanding.  Beautiful bow and great pictures.

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Offline Cooper

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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2009, 05:03:18 pm »
OldBow, DirtyDan: Again thank you very much for your friendly comments.
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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2009, 11:05:01 am »
Hm, I suppose my son is stronger than I thought.
I didn't looked just one moment an he pulled his bow to much - and the lower limb brook.
No "January Self Bow of the Month"-candidate from me this time  :-[

Ok, I will try to repair it - and I had already glued the limb (no problem: it was a very long break, about 4'').
Then a backing from linen fabric and a facing with 2mm maple - root for me, that this will work  ;)

Although it will be no selfbow again, just another laminated  :D
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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2009, 11:28:02 am »
Sorry to hear that. :)
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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2009, 12:33:16 pm »
Man, I am really sorry to hear this. 

This is one of those posts that you go from really happy to very sad.

I am shocked hickory broke.  Wonder if the break was from a board bow design?
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Re: Kids Bow
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2009, 09:34:03 pm »
Two words brother... UN- BELIEVABLE.... great job ... Hawk a/ho
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