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Author Topic: Another Selfbow  (Read 573 times)

Offline LEOPARD

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Re: Another Selfbow
« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2008, 07:37:00 AM »
Wow, that's a beauty Walt! Well done!  ;)   :thumbsup:   :clapper:
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Re: Another Selfbow
« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2008, 07:46:00 AM »
Awesome Job Walt.  :wavey:
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Offline blacktailchaser

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Re: Another Selfbow
« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2008, 10:56:00 AM »
wow walt,thats a nice one.

Offline Lenny Brown

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Re: Another Selfbow
« Reply #23 on: March 22, 2008, 11:56:00 AM »
The Bow Walt donated to PBS for the Salt Lake Convention in 2006 won the prestigious Jerry Pierce Bowyers Contest. This one looks like another contender.Beautiful donation,awesome bow.You'll have to bid high on this one guys, It won't go cheap!
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Online Walt Francis

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Re: Another Selfbow
« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2008, 12:02:00 PM »
Chrisg, I think you are correct, but don’t' know for sure.  I know they are python and believe they are Burmese.  I got them from Mike Yancey at Pine Hollow Bows but unfortunately he is unable to get them anymore.

Larry, not all of them look as nice as this one, but most of them wouldn't be considered ugly either.  I haven't sold any of my bows, once I traded one for a custom fly fishing pole (which I gave to one of my brothers for his birthday), but 90% of them are given to friends, relatives, and different hunting organizations.  I am a little too meticulous (my wife calls me anal retentive) and spend as much time, if not more, finishing the bow then I do getting it tillered.  If I sold these bows based on an hourly wage, I’d make less then the minimum wage, so I keep this as a fun hobby.  If you want to buy a good selfbow talk with Mike Yancey at Pine Hollow (a sponsor here), Mike or Jason Westvang at Drayad Bows (also a sponsor here), Gary Davis at Rattlestick bows, or Eric Krewson a regular member here, they all make quality selfbows for sale.  

Lenny, give me a call, we need to pulls some treestands tomorrow.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Another Selfbow
« Reply #25 on: March 22, 2008, 01:20:00 PM »
Very nice bow! I need to get started on one to donate to to the Alabama Society of Traditional Bowmen to be auctioned off at their Children's Hospital Benefit shoot at the end of April.

The guy who won the bidding for the one I donated last year took it to the Tn Classic the following week and beat all of us seasoned selfbow shooters with it. He is one heck of a shot with any bow he shoots.

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