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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2008, 04:09:53 pm »
Nice work! That is a VERY neat looking bow. BTW, where did you get the rattan from ?
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2008, 05:25:28 pm »
Nice little bow.. Looks like you have a couple tools out of place drawknife razor knife..lol..

David
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2008, 06:16:04 pm »
Finished in 2 hours?!!  Lawwwwd, I must be slow.  Nice little bow.  (Again, in 2 hours?!!)  Mao Tse Tung would be proud.   ;)
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #18 on: August 12, 2008, 07:10:12 pm »
 That is one, nice, looking bow Frank. That is going to be a happy yungin'.I'm with Adam,2 hours?, Whew.
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #19 on: August 12, 2008, 07:33:30 pm »
oh wow! thanks everybody for all the nice comments!

YES, he did like the bow!

hey, can you guess what his favourite colour is?? (hint: it's not green!   ;D ;D ;D )

again thanks,

frank

ps: btw. his name is Luca

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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #20 on: August 12, 2008, 07:51:44 pm »
Very nice work......
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #21 on: August 12, 2008, 08:47:23 pm »
Luca is one lucky kid Frank, thanks for posting the picture man I love seeing kids with bows :)
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2008, 10:44:28 pm »
You made a sweet bow like that in 2 hours? You da man! 8)
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2008, 10:57:40 pm »
Very, very nice. Great bow to give a child. Jawge
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2008, 10:57:49 pm »
Thats very cool! ;D
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2008, 04:24:52 am »
well yes, to technically finish the bow did not take long at all! the finish work sure took way longer!!

heat-treating rattan is no problem at all; just a few minutes with the heatgun and it bends! i heated it some more when it was clamped down and worked on soon as i could touch it.

the recurves are ridgid, so they wont be pulled out!

in germany rattan (also called manau) is available from archery suppliers.

i had seen a guy with a similar bow with a cable backing, looked pretty much like an inuitbow. thatone had around 50# and he was happy with it!

thanks again, frank
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #26 on: September 13, 2008, 07:24:16 am »
haven't had a chance to take a picture of Luca in full draw, yet, but today i was sent a picture of another boy named Felipe pulling a similar bow i made for him a while back. he loves it and i'd say his bearing looks great at full draw; he pulls close to 30# here and he is not the biggest guy!


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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #27 on: September 13, 2008, 08:20:56 am »
Very nice looking bow Frank.  I'm sure he will be quite happy with that one
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #28 on: September 13, 2008, 08:56:41 am »
I'm impressed nice bow very nice bow.Ron
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Re: little red bow....not for BOM!
« Reply #29 on: September 13, 2008, 10:13:28 am »
Wow Frank! Wham bam - presto ;D. That is one cool looking little bow - love the finish work :).
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