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Offline Marc St Louis

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200+ lbs warbow
« on: March 26, 2017, 08:50:08 pm »
I had an email from a guy wanting a Yew warbow of more than 200# @ 32" from a 6' bow.  I'm not interested.  Anybody here want to have a go at it?
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Offline Morgan

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2017, 09:20:24 pm »
My shoulder just popped itself out of socket at the thought of that bow. Hats off to the men that can pull that off.

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2017, 11:57:23 pm »
Must be one big dude with a heck of a chest and shoulder measurement >:D (SH) :NN. "Little" John, maybe?  Me, I'm crazy, not dumb, as well as older and somewhat wiser ;D, well, I don't jump out of airplanes, anymore, at least. 
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Offline loon

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2017, 01:56:36 am »
72" seems rather short for that...?

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« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2017, 02:29:12 am »
I've got a really nice dry yew stave but.....I think my tillering tree might not like it :)
72 is too short in my opinion.

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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2017, 06:25:14 am »
At 72" length and a 200+@32" draw, that's going to be absolute murder on the fingers.
Was he British? He might of been asking for a warbow that draws to 32" for £200...I'd like one of those.  ;D

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2017, 07:52:21 am »
No an American and a very rude one at that, told me to F off for refusing the task
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« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2017, 08:29:17 am »
Urrrr.... Methinks possibly a no-neck meathead on steroids  :D,
...never any need for rudeness, especially for such a tall order.  ::)

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2017, 09:09:04 am »
Sounds like just another idiot... if he wants one, he can surely make it himself.
anyone who takes that on is just signing up for a load of trouble, probably from both bow and customer.
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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2017, 11:53:00 am »
The length of the bow was an issue with me, can be done but to iffy, plus I just don't like making heavy weight bows anymore and 200+ lbs is heavy
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Offline WillS

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2017, 01:44:13 pm »
The two people I know capable of shooting 200lb are also more than capable of making the bows themselves, and the two people I know working up to 200lb have bowyers on tap to make them as well. 

Just give him a 2" x 2" with really nice horn nocks. 

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2017, 04:03:40 pm »
sorry you are treated that way after an honest response.

BTW, does "american" still mean "not canadian", but from that other big country in north america? ;)

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2017, 04:51:09 pm »
I edited my previous post to read don't like.

American as in USA
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Offline loon

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2017, 01:16:08 am »
Sorry about that. That's even worse than when I asked you for 40 arrows or something, when I had no idea of anything..

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Re: 200+ lbs warbow
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2017, 01:52:17 am »
A rude ah is still a rude ah no matter where they maybe from!  Marc, my apologies that this one was from our area.  Does anyone really pull a 200# bow?  Or is this some ah macho thing? 
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