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Offline Thumper Dunker

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Skin or no skin
« on: June 23, 2015, 02:17:00 AM »
Have this real cool looking carp skin real orange  looking and that's after it was tanned .
Thinking of putting it on this wing.
What do you think.
 
 
 
 
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Offline Jerry Jeffer

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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2015, 03:26:00 AM »
Heck yes!
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Offline arrowslinger22

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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2015, 07:38:00 AM »
Not sure, but I have heard that a tanned skin won't work, or maybe that's only snakeskin.
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Offline JRY309

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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2015, 08:09:00 AM »
I have put dried snakeskins on the back of a bow.When I had a tanned snakeskin I used it on a backquiver and accents for other items like an armguard.Never put a tanned skin on the back of a bow.Did put rawhide on the back of a selfbow.
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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2015, 08:54:00 AM »
If that's a vintage bow ?, I'd leave it alone, even though it will look good.
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Offline double eagle

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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2015, 08:59:00 AM »
I think it naked like it is looks great.  There is beauty in the grain.  If you have a lot of the carp skin, it may be a good try on an arm guard or imagine a carp skin quiver.  Interesting maybe.
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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2015, 09:09:00 AM »
I've used dried carp shins on bows with good results and they look great. I have but won't again use tanned skins on a bow. It doesn't work as well, IMO and on selfbows I think tanned skins will soak up moisture because of their sponge-like texture.
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Offline damascusdave

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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2015, 09:26:00 AM »
I had thought about doing something like that with burbot skin but then I got a headache and quit thinking like that...if I ever get another bow skinned it will be going to Bob Morrison for snake skins

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Offline dbd870

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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2015, 10:02:00 AM »
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Originally posted by njloco:
If that's a vintage bow ?, I'd leave it alone, even though it will look good.
I'd leave a vintage bow alone as well; but I'm not a skin fan either so there is that!
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Offline Thumper Dunker

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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2015, 10:35:00 AM »
I'm going to leave it alone. The skins are not really tanned that's just what I call it. cleaned and dried. Going to go on a Osage stave standing next to me.
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Offline DennyK

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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2015, 02:48:00 PM »
Thumper, sound wisdom, that's gonna look awsome on an Osage bow!       Denny
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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2015, 09:24:00 PM »
I would leave as is, I don't really care for any skins on bows but that is just me.
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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2015, 07:21:00 AM »
Please show us picks of your self bow once skinned.
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Offline Caughtandhobble

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Re: Skin or no skin
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2015, 12:18:00 PM »
Go ahead and skin it, after all you're the Captain of Cool!!!!   :archer:
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