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Offline CardboardDuck

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Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« on: September 11, 2012, 08:13:00 PM »
Finally got around to building my wife a bow. I used the 62" Hybrid form I used on my first bow. This one has a cherry riser, maple parallels and tapers, with a white fiberglass and cherry overlay. I tried to match the riser overlay when I made the tip overlays. I'm almost done, just have to do some final sanding and apply a finish.

   

   

   

   

It pulls a whopping #26 @ 28"... 0.271" She's not a body builder thats for sure   :)
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Offline JamesV

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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2012, 08:20:00 PM »
Very nice bow, the wife should be very happy.
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Offline GreyGoose

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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2012, 08:35:00 PM »
What next?  the cobbler's children will get shoes? :>)
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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2012, 04:29:00 PM »
Some finished pics.

 

 

 

 

 
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Offline Hill Hunter

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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2012, 06:01:00 PM »
good looking bow
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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2012, 08:11:00 PM »
Very Nice.
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Offline red hill

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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2012, 11:09:00 PM »
Nice lookin' bow, duck! Bet she enjoys shootin' it.
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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2012, 04:56:00 PM »
Nice job!
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Offline DVSHUNTER

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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2012, 07:37:00 PM »
Nice looking bow. My wife never shoots the one I made her.
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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2012, 08:40:00 PM »
Thanks for the kind words guys! With each one I keep learning little tricks and definitely learning from mistakes  :)

Got some new arrows for her bow from Big Jim's today (great service!) Gold Tip 1535 29" traditionals with 125 grain points. She shot it 'till dark, I took a few shots with it, it's fun shooting such a light bow...
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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2012, 09:05:00 PM »
Nice job!! Sweet lookin stick!!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2012, 09:17:00 PM »
Very Nice bow!! I hope she enjoys it  :)

The one I built my wife is still hanging unshot???

 Oh well...
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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2012, 08:43:00 AM »
Classy looking bow- great job on it!
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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2012, 09:31:00 AM »
Cherry is one of those woods that the older it gets the better it will look as it darkens with age.

Hope she enjoys it.

Built a recurve for my wife and she gave it the thumbs down. Said she wasn't giving up her primitive bow.

Rather than have it hanging in the rack doing nothing I put it in the hands of a young lady in South TX.

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Offline Bernie B.

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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2012, 08:39:00 PM »
That's a very nice looking bow!  I hope she enjoys it a lot.  You have a great talent to enjoy.     :thumbsup:

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Offline CardboardDuck

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« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2012, 06:23:00 PM »
Her shooting -

 

Her best grouping tonight -

 
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Offline bowhntineverythingnh03743

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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2012, 03:15:00 AM »
Wow great bow and her shooting looks spot on! Wish I had your talent for crafting bows! Keep them coming
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Re: Made a bow for the wife... Finished pics.
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2012, 07:40:00 PM »
Good looking bow.
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