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Offline mullet

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Purple Piggie Eater
« on: October 11, 2015, 02:32:31 pm »

If y'all were at the Tenn. Classic this year you probably saw those cool looking, bow blanks that James Parker was selling. The ones that when you held them in the light they would change colors. Well I had to have one. When I bought the blank, it had a lot of orange and yellow in it. After I got it home and finished it off with Poly the color changed to an iridescent, dark purple, green and black.

 The bow is a R/D, Bamboo Backed Ipe, Zebrawood tip overlays, 66" nock to nock. It is shooting 54# @ 28" and I finished off the arrow rest with a wine bottle cork and leather with the handle wrapped with some gold leaf, wide ribbon from the Fabric Store.
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 If you have to pull the trigger, is it really archery?

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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2015, 02:33:37 pm »
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2015, 02:38:17 pm »
That's one awesome looking bow !
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2015, 02:44:45 pm »
Sweet!! Love me a bamboo backed bow, and the color is super cool too.

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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2015, 02:48:58 pm »
Nice looking bow and certainly a unique finish......but I like it.
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2015, 02:50:55 pm »
I remember those cool blanks that James was selling. You did a nice job finishing her up. That color is incredible.
 Your pineapple is getting bigger each time I see it.
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2015, 02:55:54 pm »
Oh man, that's some cool color! Love that bow!
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2015, 03:44:00 pm »
Thanks everyone. I forgot to add that James put a Thunderbird finish on the paint, then I put 14 coats of Poly on wet sanding with 1200 grit the last 4 coats. I'll have to cover up the mirror shine if I hunt with it.
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2015, 04:24:33 pm »
Dude... you got a pineapple in your garden :o ::)
Del
(Oh yeah, an' the bow's ok I s'pose ;) )
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2015, 06:12:57 pm »
Yes that's definitely purple all right.  Very nice.  Looks a bit like the RD bows that were being made 10~15 years ago
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2015, 08:04:12 pm »
Now that's perty!  That ought to put some piggy in the pan!   I hope you can eat it... ???   Josh
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2015, 08:11:42 pm »
That's a nice looking bow Mulllet.  Makes me regret not picking up one of his blanks.
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2015, 09:03:47 pm »
Thanks, Del. I have pineapples everywhere. When you cut the top off just throw it on the ground,,,, and live in a Sub-Tropical climate.

Marc, yea, I made it longer. I wanted one that was more stable and fun to shoot. I have enough really short bows. I haven't seen anybody in the last 10-15 years painting Bamboo with auto paints and clear coating like that, the reason I bought it and it was cheap.

You were too busy selling and trading your Staves, Clint. I know he is still making them.

Come on down Josh, You can have my hog meat.
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2015, 10:09:15 pm »
That's one pretty bow and I love that profile.  Nice!
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Re: Purple Piggie Eater
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2015, 10:28:59 pm »
If i can get a load that way I'll take you up on that Eddie!  I haven't managed to get any closer than Jacksonville in the last 2 or 3 years.  I'm gonna have to have a talk with my dispatcher I guess!  Josh
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