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Title: Final Photos of my first wood carved riser.
Post by: 1screagle on March 25, 2013, 01:51:00 PM

I wanted to share the last photos from my 1st wood carving project. I'm done for now. I don't know if I'll add any more carving to it or not, we'll see if anything cries out to me as we hunt.
Thank you all for the very encouraging comments. I hope other artist's will post some custom work of their own hands too. I see so many very talented people in our community!
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Post by: T Mowery on March 25, 2013, 01:55:00 PM

Awesome, you are very talented!  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Mike Vines on March 25, 2013, 02:07:00 PM

WOW, just looking on my phone, it'a amazing.  I can only imagine how impressive it is in person.

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Post by: T-Bowhunter on March 25, 2013, 05:36:00 PM

Wow, that is great!    :notworthy:    :notworthy:

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Post by: Froggy on March 25, 2013, 05:43:00 PM

That looks awesome..... I will say you have a larger pair of kahuna's than me    :thumbsup:  

Froggy

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Post by: Izzy on March 25, 2013, 06:29:00 PM

That is unreal. Will you be offering that service through the sponsors listings?   :readit:

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Post by: Old Sarge on March 25, 2013, 06:37:00 PM

Man that is terrific. Great talent you have sir, I am impressed!

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Post by: Steve Jr on March 25, 2013, 06:47:00 PM

X2 Froggy, That looks great !

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Post by: 1screagle on March 25, 2013, 07:09:00 PM

Thanks guys! Izzy, I am suprised I havn't heard from anyone when I asked if others offered custom wood carving for trad bows, seems like a natural thing. I can do metal engraving as on my limb bolts too. I may do more of this on my bows till I see where the potential may be. I do love the thought of working on bows. Who knows, perhaps if the right doors opened up I would consider offering wood carving, scrimshaw, metal engraving on bows. The only wood carving I've seen was offered by Dave Windauer from Silver Tips. I see so many talented people here I assumed this was something being offered thru some bowyers already. I talked with Whip and he kinda liked the thought of adding a Bison to his bow. My next bow already has some Elk drawings being worked into it. I want to see if I can get gun style engraving detail into my work. I think the ideas may be limitless?

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Post by: ron w on March 25, 2013, 07:14:00 PM

I carve some walking sticks and a few Santas now and then when my arthritis allows it ....but nothing like that. Very nice job, and this is your first attempt on a bow.....WOW.!!   :cool:    :thumbsup:     :notworthy:

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Post by: on March 26, 2013, 12:42:00 AM

That is really AWESOME work!

Bisch

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Post by: Sixby on March 26, 2013, 01:43:00 AM

Greatwork, I love the way you defined his head and got life into the eye. Really good. God bless you , Steve

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Post by: jlowrey75 on March 26, 2013, 06:33:00 AM

:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on March 26, 2013, 06:37:00 AM

Ken, It Turned out Great!

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Post by: hardtimes on March 26, 2013, 06:48:00 AM

Outstanding work!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

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Post by: Whip on March 26, 2013, 06:53:00 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Mike Vines:
 I can only imagine how impressive it is in person.

I did have a chance to see it in person this past weekend Mike, and you are right.  Impressive doesn't begin to describe it!  What a cool way to personalize a bow and make it into a truly heirloom quality piece.

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Post by: steadman on March 26, 2013, 09:48:00 AM

Now there's some talent!! Very nice!!

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Post by: Ricker on March 26, 2013, 02:32:00 PM

Excellent workmanship.  You even show the tiny lines in the feathers, Wow.

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Post by: knobby on March 26, 2013, 09:45:00 PM

Very nice! As with all of your work, the detail is impressive. You are one talented artist,Ken.

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Post by: DeerBacon on March 26, 2013, 10:28:00 PM

:notworthy:

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Post by: JEFF B on March 26, 2013, 10:55:00 PM

AWESOME WORK!!!!!!!   :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:

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Post by: Hud on March 26, 2013, 10:57:00 PM

Very nice work, has your phone been ringing?   :wavey:    :clapper:    :clapper:

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Post by: VictoryHunter on March 27, 2013, 12:26:00 AM

Beautiful work! Are you taking orders?! Nice job, thanks for sharing. P.S. just kidding about the order thing.

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Post by: barebow17 on March 27, 2013, 05:23:00 PM

Nice job.  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

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Post by: frassettor on March 27, 2013, 05:42:00 PM

:thumbsup:

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Post by: D. Key on March 27, 2013, 06:26:00 PM

Great work.  You have skilz and guts to take on a beautiful riser and begin to whack on it like that.

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Post by: 1screagle on March 27, 2013, 07:53:00 PM

D. Key, you have no idea how hard it actually was to layout my design, have a wood cutting tool in my hand and simply start. Imagine you walking over to your favorite recurve, put it in your hands, then try to see your self digging in. I am so glad I did. I enjoyed everything after the pain stricken fear of failure to start. Now my mind is racing and my hands can't keep up with the ideas starting to flow. Poor trees! They are in trouble!

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Post by: JJB on March 27, 2013, 09:27:00 PM

That is really impressive, you're a brave man to take the initial plunge.  Keep us informed of your future works too.
-Jay

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Post by: Richie on March 27, 2013, 10:39:00 PM

Awesome, now thats custom   :clapper:

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Post by: Arraflinger on March 27, 2013, 10:48:00 PM

You my friend, have true talent!!!

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Post by: typical2 on March 27, 2013, 11:08:00 PM

I usually don't like that kind of stuff on bows but that is COOL!

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Post by: pamike on March 28, 2013, 08:16:00 AM

that Eagle's head is amazing - WOW!  i would let you do that to my bows ANYTIME. I have to believe you will be getting some requests soon.  

How long did that take you?

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Post by: RecurveRookie on March 28, 2013, 08:37:00 AM

Wow!  That's beautiful.  I wouldn't let that bow leave the museum!

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Post by: 1screagle on March 29, 2013, 08:44:00 AM

Thanks again, PAMIKE, I wish I knew how many hours I had into the actual carving, I'm guessing around 40. I have done alot of studying as I went along, looking at what and where to remove, could be 15 hours of study. With this being my go to hunting recurve and only getting one shot I planned my moves carefully. I feel comfortable with saying I could probably reduce the time in half with some confidence and experience.

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Post by: MCS on March 29, 2013, 10:58:00 AM

You have talent

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Post by: Big Ed on March 29, 2013, 11:02:00 AM

Holy Moly that is awesome. Put be on the list when you start taking customers!!

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Post by: east_tx_pineknot on March 29, 2013, 12:02:00 PM

Beautiful work! You are very talented and brave, I might add!   I'm also curious where you got the knobs for bolting your limbs on?

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Post by: 1screagle on March 29, 2013, 12:27:00 PM

Thank you, I bought the limb bolts from Black Widow, I engraved them myself. I have some ideas for some custom limb bolts I'm going to create soon. That alone can be an awesome addition to many bows. Between wood carving and engraving I'm gonna be pushing hard to create a niche for custom work in the near future. I have so much to learn. Perhaps I can find a bowyer that would be willing to work together to create some unique bows and help my learning curve. I have many ideas that I don't know are good, bad, or ugly, just ideas. I am not a bow builder so I'm not sure about the questions let alone the answers in regards to strength and integrity of the bow concerns. I also know this kind of stuff isn't for everyone, but I also know that most everyone has that one special bow that they would never part with, making it personalized, adding charactor, only adds to the experience and heirloom quality some enjoy. I've been shooting this bow today, it has been enjoyable to look down and feel satisfaction through the artwork. Pretty cool.

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Post by: Greg Szalewski on March 29, 2013, 01:07:00 PM

I see you put the final detail into the eagle. It looks good Kenn. We can design a riser to fit a piece of art you may want to make. You know it is only a matter of time till you make your first bow. Let me know when you are ready.

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Post by: 1screagle on March 29, 2013, 01:16:00 PM

Greg, to be honest with you, I really never considered making a bow, artwork and all before this moment. I definately will be giving thought to this concept. I've had thoughts about adding to the beauty of others, why I havn't pursued making my own before this is a good question. Probably fear again, maybe it's time to tackle that fear!

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Post by: DEATHMASTER on April 05, 2013, 01:20:00 PM

Ken I have a Wallace bow in the works. If it did not have a checkered grip I would have loved to have a eagle put on by you. You are a TRUE artist and I have a love of Eagles like you do for your Wallace bows.
Maybe some limb bolts are in the works for me from you someday.

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Post by: Hopewell Tom on April 05, 2013, 06:07:00 PM

I see where your talent comes from on your website.
You could add that bow to the Specialty section of your Gallery.
I wish you lived closer, you'd be doing my father's headstone.