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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #15 on: June 24, 2018, 06:33:26 pm »
If I saw that thing laying in the grass I'd jump for sure.  :o.

That's an incredible piece of work. The tiller looks awesome.  8)
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Offline stuckinthemud

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2018, 04:29:35 am »
I've got a couple of nasty pieces of yew I was going to burn, they've just been saved! Amazing work, love it!
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Offline Ryan Jacob

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2018, 04:40:51 am »
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A rather dangerous way to get rid of them ???
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Offline stuckinthemud

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2018, 05:49:24 am »
I know, I know, but my 'workspace' is also my timber store and I keep promising myself I will rationalise the timber store into "genuinely useful" timber and "might be useful one day" and then burn the "might be useful one day" pile, but each time I look at the burn-it pile I can't bring myself to do it.  The burn-it pile is now empty. >:D Currently, I have less than 3-feet of space between my workbench and the stave-stack, I add 1/2 dozen staves to the pile each year but am building 2 or 3 bows per-year...
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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2018, 06:12:34 am »
Beautiful stick, nice work on a challenging stave. :)
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Offline Morgan

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #20 on: June 25, 2018, 09:48:36 am »
That had to be ridiculously tough to tiller so well. Outstanding job!!
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Offline Thunderlizard

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #21 on: June 25, 2018, 10:39:54 am »
That's awesome Jamie. What a sweet looking bow!
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Offline silent sniper

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #22 on: June 25, 2018, 10:50:10 am »
Very nice job on that one! Simply amazing!
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Offline TorstenT

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #23 on: June 25, 2018, 11:15:19 am »
Chapeau to this bow!  ;D
That’s a definite A-level in ‘following the grain’!  :D
It really looks alive with all those wiggles - a beauty!
The only small detail I would criticize are the tips. They look a little rough and chunky, as if yet unfinished. But that’s just a matter of taste, I guess...

Torsten
« Last Edit: June 25, 2018, 11:19:11 am by TorstenT »
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Offline simk

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #24 on: June 25, 2018, 12:03:58 pm »
ron sure get's his advanced bowyer certificate for this one - georgeous bow - thanx for showing up that!
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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #25 on: June 25, 2018, 01:17:52 pm »
Quote from: TorstenT on June 25, 2018, 11:15:19 am
Chapeau to this bow!  ;D
That’s a definite A-level in ‘following the grain’!  :D
It really looks alive with all those wiggles - a beauty!
The only small detail I would criticize are the tips. They look a little rough and chunky, as if yet unfinished. But that’s just a matter of taste, I guess...

Torsten

He mentions that at the end of the first post. It isn't finished yet.
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Offline TorstenT

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2018, 03:41:06 pm »
Oops - you’re right, of course... ...he mentioned a final sanding of the tips. Mea culpa!  :D
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Offline RatherBinTheWoods

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #27 on: June 26, 2018, 09:06:52 am »
That's alive! Amazing job on an equally amazing stave.
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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #28 on: June 26, 2018, 12:03:58 pm »
Gorgeous bow and awesome craftsmanship on that knarley piece of wood. A++
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Offline stickbowbeard

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Re: Basilisk 45@28 - Wiggly yew longbow backed with boa constrictor
« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2018, 12:18:28 pm »
One of the coolest bows I've seen.  Very nice work!
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