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Offline beetlebailey1977

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Re: Re-discovering Snakewood. Finished bow pics
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2013, 11:24:37 pm »
Very pretty bow....love the skins and the grip.
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Re-discovering Snakewood. Finished bow pics
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2013, 11:45:44 pm »
thanks Guy's .  Marc- yeah I had found that early on and assumed that was it, but the info listed about his bows was that they cut it themselves and it was a native tree. Turns out the native peoples used it too but fell out of popularity since there are not many bow makers in history from S. FL   There are details of going out and harvesting the trees here local..  lol it really is a long story..one I'll be happy to share, but I'd like to have it organized better.
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Offline missilemaster

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« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2013, 12:25:32 am »
That is a really beautiful bow Ryan!
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« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2013, 02:30:00 am »
Dang dude, that's incredible!  Did the bark just peal off for ya?
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« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2013, 02:39:20 am »
Great bow, quiver and arrows. I always like to see your stuff.
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Offline dwardo

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« Reply #20 on: August 24, 2013, 05:20:49 am »
Fancy wood or not that is a lovely bow, very nice work indeed.

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« Reply #21 on: August 24, 2013, 08:01:57 am »
Great background info and sweet lookin bow, too!!
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Re: Re-discovering Snakewood. Finished bow pics
« Reply #22 on: August 24, 2013, 09:22:15 am »
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The bow is lovely, very well done.
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Re: Re-discovering Snakewood. Finished bow pics
« Reply #23 on: August 24, 2013, 03:13:10 pm »
Very nice looking bow, Ryan. Coowachobee told me he new where there was some snakewood growing on the Mikasuki Reservation.
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« Reply #24 on: August 24, 2013, 03:37:07 pm »
That's a fine bow Ryan.  Looking forward to the article. 
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Offline IdahoMatt

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« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2013, 12:35:31 am »
Wow.  Saw this bow and had to post.  Something so authentic about it.  It looks like a lethal piece of art. Great job.  The amount of reflex in the tips was perfect.   :)

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« Reply #26 on: August 25, 2013, 01:12:44 am »
Awesome!
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« Reply #27 on: August 25, 2013, 08:36:00 am »
Great work on that bow,and impressive dedication to keep on hunting the mystery wood!
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Offline burn em up chuck

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« Reply #28 on: August 25, 2013, 12:04:42 pm »
    cool story, such tenacity, very nice bow, and beautiful skins

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« Reply #29 on: August 25, 2013, 12:08:10 pm »
Nice work all around Ryan.
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