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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2007, 04:32:41 am »
YEAHHHH !!! :) :) :) :)
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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2007, 06:09:24 am »
Very sweet looking bow.great job.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2007, 06:40:30 am »
Another sweet bow Gordon, wish my experiments came out so nice
my last is in 2 pieces ;)


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Offline StanM

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2007, 11:05:34 am »
Well done, Gordon!  Last year my attempt at an ABC bow gave me more string follow than I like as well (which is a lot more than you got!)

Couple of questions for you; do you notice any stack on the bow as you approach 27"? and what diameter was the tree from which the bow was made?  Thanks,

Stan
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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2007, 11:22:11 am »
What can I say that hasn't been said already? Another great bow and beautiful workmanship!
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2007, 12:40:16 pm »
Stan at first I thought the bow might be stacking because it was hard to bring it to full draw. Then I computed a force/draw curve and discovered it was gaining weight evenly all the way to 27, i.e. no stack. I'm just not used to pulling that kind of weight :-[. The bow was made from a fairly large diameter stave (at least as far as VM goes), I think it was about 4".

Thank you all for the very nice comments!

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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2007, 01:06:00 pm »

hey gorgon!  -  a real beauty as always!!

did you dye the bow and than put on rawhide later?? is that tricky to do?? what glue did you use??? is it translucent calf rawhide???

frank

ps: already thought about having an extra folder on my computer for the 'GF-beauties' ...downloaded them ALL!!!
pps: ....oh yeah: good to see the bavarian hat is back, too!
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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2007, 02:23:57 pm »
Frank,

I dyed the bow after the rawhide was applied. I used deer rawhide (very thin - most likely from the belly) and applied it with liquid hide glue. Not tricky to do at all.

BTW, the hat isn't exactly Bavarian. It came from the Corinthian region of Austria which is where my folks were born and raised and most of my relatives still live.
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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2007, 02:27:04 pm »
Very nice Gordon.  67# is a heavy little bow.  I like that weight a lot.  I think 60-65#s is a reasonable minimum for Elk at ordinary ranges.  I wish I could comfortably hunt with an 85-100# bow like Hill did, though. :P  Your fine attention to detail is always a pleasure to see. 

                      J. D. Duff
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #24 on: May 29, 2007, 03:15:59 pm »

thanks gordon!  -  would you tell me the name of the leather dye you are using?? i have a sort of leather dye that actually is from the US that does not dye wood at all!

...i may have guessed that's were your name originates from; stylistically that does not make such a big difference, i guess  ;D ;D ;D

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Offline Gordon

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #25 on: May 29, 2007, 03:28:57 pm »
Frank,

Fiebings Leather Dye.

Here is a link to the product that I use.

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/products.asp?number=2100-04
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Offline AndrewS

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #26 on: May 29, 2007, 05:04:25 pm »
A nice piece of wood - Master Gordon  8)!

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #27 on: May 29, 2007, 06:06:50 pm »
Loved it, as always with Gordon's bows (and modesty) and captured a FD picture from another forum for my TBD pages.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #28 on: May 29, 2007, 06:37:47 pm »

thanks gordon!
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Vine Maple Ambush Bow
« Reply #29 on: May 29, 2007, 07:32:02 pm »
My word- Gordon your mastery of bow making and unprecidented skills inspire us all! Thank you for another wonderful bow!

Kegan
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