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Offline OldBow

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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2007, 12:15:08 pm »
Got your fine bow all set up for June Self Bow of the Month consideration.  Nice Job!
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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #16 on: June 27, 2007, 12:20:26 pm »
Nice hickory bow, Andrew.    Pat
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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2007, 05:18:05 pm »
Thanks for your compliments!

@FarEastArcher

yep it is from a board. I make most of my hickory from boards. Here in Germany it is easier to get  boards of hickory.

@finnishnative
I think the stiff part is an optical mistake ;), cause I hold the bow not right straight up.
I tiller the bow that it begins to bend a little just after the fade out.

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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #18 on: June 27, 2007, 06:00:33 pm »
very nice

Offline Dane

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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #19 on: June 27, 2007, 06:24:24 pm »
I too, really like your work, AndrewS. That building behind you - it looks ancient - a barn? I was going to ask where you are, but you already said! I spent 18 months in your great country, and some of my best memories are of Germany, and not just the bier, though....they are up there!
Greenfield, Western Massachusetts

Offline mamba

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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #20 on: June 27, 2007, 06:32:06 pm »
Great job Andrew,looks like a shooter to me.
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Offline tom sawyer

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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #21 on: June 27, 2007, 06:33:17 pm »
Very nice bow, that plum is beautiful stuff.  I like the looks of the horn on the static tips too.  Not a bad idea, to bend the thinned board and then bolster it with an overlay.  You could also kerf the tips and insert a wedge of wood, as an alternative to stiffen a tip like that.  Scarier procedure than what you did.
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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #22 on: June 27, 2007, 06:35:59 pm »
@Dane
yes it is a barn! In the barn there is my shop ;)

I live in Gießen. May be you know it???

(But as a snob I think the beer in Gießen isn't good - the best beer comes from Peine (my hometown where my parents live). It's called "Härke-Bier" and in Peine we say "Härke gibt die Stärke" what means "The "Härke"-beer made you strong" ;D


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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #23 on: June 27, 2007, 06:42:39 pm »
Can I have that barn! Wow, what a great place to work.

No, afraid I don't know that town, although I have heard the name.

I was near Klosterlechfeld, down south below Augburg, and perhaps 1 hour by train to Munchen. One of my favorite beirs locally was called Haffenbrau, seit 13 something...and we thing 100 years is old in the country, :)

I'd love to try the bier from your hometown, of course. I hope to get back there one day in the next few years, and bring my wife. Then I can try it! She, alas, is a wine drinker, but there is always hope, as last night, I had a local weisen with the lemon slice, and she said it was drinkable. :)
Greenfield, Western Massachusetts

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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #24 on: June 27, 2007, 11:15:34 pm »
that a great looking recurve. marlon

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Re: Hickoryrecurve with Plumwoodhandle
« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2007, 06:20:40 am »
@Dane
I think it is complicated shipping the barn :D

In bavarian they have a lot of beer. Very little local breweries with a lot of delicious stuff ;D
In other regions of Germany there is a lot of good and fine wine. Isn't that a reason to come back and visit the nice places in Germany :)

Greetings to your wife - in summer I like Weizen, too.

Today I will go to Belgium - they also have nice beer (something like champagne beer ::))