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Offline Mike Mecredy

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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #20 on: August 04, 2010, 08:54:00 PM »
Very Nice.  I've always wanted to try one of those.
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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2010, 03:30:00 PM »
Beautiful bow Kris! Great talking with you today......

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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #22 on: November 19, 2010, 03:38:00 PM »
Yeah, nice .

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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2010, 04:08:00 PM »
You to Bobby.

 I will have to pick you out a good stave and build you a character bow and do some trading.

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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #24 on: November 19, 2010, 04:26:00 PM »
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You to Bobby.

 I will have to pick you out a good stave and build you a character bow and do some trading.

 Stiks
Sounds like a plan Kris!
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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #25 on: November 19, 2010, 04:42:00 PM »
How cool... and from just plain wood...  :clapper:  

I love the color of the bow too...

You give hope...  :)

Much Aloha...  :archer2:

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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2010, 04:52:00 PM »
Nice!

Wrt to John's comments, I saw that as well.  And other than being generally timid about offering advice on a thread like this, on a character bow in particular I'd want to see the rested profile, and want to know what the lower limb looked like, how and how much set it took, over the course of the project.  I should also mention a character bow (twist) will frequently show you a different tiller one side compared to the other, which you probably already appretiate since you posted both.

But just bald, flatfooted, only looking at the one pic, inner limb lower looked like it bent a little generous.

Again, congradulations on a great project.

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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #27 on: November 19, 2010, 04:53:00 PM »
cool bow kris. That makes me want to work on a few of mine.
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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #28 on: November 20, 2010, 10:11:00 AM »
DCM,

 I did tweek the tiller a little after these pics. It had a bit of natural set in the bottom limb that came back some even after I heat treated it. It shoots great and I added some skins to her so I will post some updated pics. both braced and unbraced.

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Re: I think she's finished. First character bow
« Reply #29 on: November 20, 2010, 02:47:00 PM »
Great job Stiks.    :thumbsup:  
  I will be trying a Osage in a coulple of months, my first, Ill be happy if it just stay together.  
   Again  GREAT JOB
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