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Offline Stoker

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Re: "No Way"- A Selfbow in Germany (not for BOM)
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2010, 10:48:48 am »
To cool Awesome bow
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« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2010, 10:52:56 am »
Nice bow Jawge!   :)
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« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2010, 11:23:04 am »
Jawge, what a great story, and a great outcome, using the materials and tools you were limited to on the visit. The bow is beautiful. I hope you don’t mind my saying I sensed a bit of wistfulness in there, too, but you sound very proud of the woman your daughter has become.

I also got nostalgic to go back and visit Germany. I was there in mid 80s. We operated around Augsburg and Kempton (and spent time in Munich, too, great city), and you found out what I did – you get rained on a lot. They told me you will grow gills by the time you leave, and they were right :)

The Germans are terrific people, too. Some of the best PA contributors are from Germany.

The food and beer is awesome, too. I should mention that. This weekend I’ll have to make up a batch of home made Spezi to go with pork schnitzel and spaetzle. Spezi was a regional drink when I was there, and kind of strange , but it grows on you. Hopefully you got to try it.

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Re: "No Way"- A Selfbow in Germany (not for BOM)
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2010, 12:30:04 pm »
Great bow and story George.
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« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2010, 02:27:39 pm »
George that is A piece of Art Thanks.Phillip

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Re: "No Way"- A Selfbow in Germany (not for BOM)
« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2010, 02:55:22 pm »
Excellent, you can't keep a bowyer idle for long, it's just as well you found that timber before you started turning the furniture into a bow! ;D
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Re: "No Way"- A Selfbow in Germany (not for BOM)
« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2010, 03:19:20 pm »
That is awesome George.A great bow and arrow set, and all done "a far piece" from the home shop. I like it a lot. God Bless
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: "No Way"- A Selfbow in Germany (not for BOM)
« Reply #22 on: June 04, 2010, 03:35:55 pm »
You do that kind of work on vacation, feel free to come visit me ANYTIME!!!
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: "No Way"- A Selfbow in Germany (not for BOM)
« Reply #23 on: June 04, 2010, 04:39:09 pm »
Thanks, Stoker and Josh! Thanks, Dane. I sure do miss my daughter. But my other daughter lives here in town so that's good. I'm proud of both of them. Never heard of Spezi. My daughter's neighbor did bring over some homemade schnaps before we left. I haven't opened it yet but he gave us a sample from another bottle. Strong stuff. Thanks, barrage and bowkee.Del, LOL. I couldn't find a red oak board at the lumberyard. Thanks, Pete and Rhinodude. Glad you all like it. I forgot to mention that the reason why I named this bow "No Way" is because no way did I think it would be a bow. Thanks. Jawge
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« Reply #24 on: June 04, 2010, 06:03:01 pm »
That's cool!
I should have known, I would have send some feathers; may have brought them along eventually...
Frank from Germany...

Offline George Tsoukalas

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« Reply #25 on: June 04, 2010, 06:11:13 pm »
Thanks, Medicinewheel. It was fun improvising. Jawge
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: "No Way"- A Selfbow in Germany (not for BOM)
« Reply #26 on: June 04, 2010, 09:59:44 pm »
Both the story and the bow are great.  I love the natural profile of that bow.  That sapling was destined to shoot arrows.  Nice work to both of you.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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« Reply #27 on: June 04, 2010, 10:42:26 pm »
Thanks, Rick. Jawge
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« Reply #28 on: June 04, 2010, 11:07:40 pm »
That's a pretty awesome story with a nice bow at the end. Really doesn't get any better than that.
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Re: "No Way"- A Selfbow in Germany (not for BOM)
« Reply #29 on: June 04, 2010, 11:11:02 pm »

great story and bow jawge