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Author Topic: A Birthday gift from a friend  (Read 992 times)

Offline Ron LaClair

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A Birthday gift from a friend
« on: March 09, 2016, 05:22:00 PM »
I just got this from my friend John Lee. John knew Howard Hill and studied under Howard on his method of building the original Hill bows. He made the last three bows for Howard before he died.

  "In honor of Ron LaClair's 80th Birthday on March 22, 2016 and for Dolly, Ron's beloved Beagle and constant Companion for many years. A copy of a Historic piece of Archery Memorabilia has been created in Bow named Dolly. Ron's love and promotion of the "true" American Longbow is renowned in Traditional American Archery History. Dolly, the bow, created for Ron is a duplicate of the laminated longbow Hill was making in California after 1932. Tempered Bamboo and Oregon Yew wood were bound together using Casein glue made from milk to a powder form then mixed with water. Before WW II there was no Fiberglass for backing and facing bows and only natural materials-wood, sinew, rawhide, horn or baleen were used. However, the forerunner of plastic, Vulcanized Fibre became available in the 30s and some bowyers used it for backing. Dolly has both Madake and Tea Stick Bamboo under the fibre with a Earl Ullrich flat grain Yew wood core. The glue is casein and the bow limbs, like back in the 1930s were reinforced with "size D" Silk rod wrap thread. Dolly is 67 1/4"nock to nock and 45#@27".  

Happy Birthday Ron !"  John Lee"  

   

   

This is Dolly. I lost her last June 2005-2015

   
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2016, 05:42:00 PM »
That's cool!

Happy Birthday, Ron!

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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2016, 05:57:00 PM »
:thumbsup:  Pretty neet stuff.....
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2016, 06:06:00 PM »
Cool bow! And with Earl's yew wood!

Happy 80th!
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2016, 06:16:00 PM »
Happy Birthday, Sir. What a great present.
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2016, 06:20:00 PM »
Very fitting!!  Happy Birthday Ron.    :thumbsup:    :clapper:    :clapper:
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2016, 06:29:00 PM »
Happy Birthday!! Enjoy!
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2016, 06:31:00 PM »
Wowser - that is awesome!
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2016, 06:36:00 PM »
Hmmm, if I had know about this project I might have been able to supply some baleen for the backing.
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2016, 06:44:00 PM »
Happy Birthday Ron!  Awsome birthday present!   :clapper:    :archer2:


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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2016, 07:12:00 PM »
Happy Birthday Ron!

What a Gift! A true historical recreation by the man who knows.

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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2016, 07:37:00 PM »
Ron, First Happy Birthday and many more to you... Second, love your posts, one of my favorite posters, Third, what a nice tribute to you from a good friend.
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2016, 07:39:00 PM »
Ron, First Happy Birthday and many more to you... Second, love your posts, one of my favorite posters, Third, what a nice tribute to you from a good friend.
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2016, 07:52:00 PM »
Happy birthday Ron, that's a very nice gift!
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2016, 07:53:00 PM »
Happy Birthday..Ron.....congrats on the beautiful bow..!
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Offline Ron LaClair

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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2016, 08:19:00 PM »
Thank you for the birthday wishes.

Here's Dolly the beagle and I doing what we both loved

   
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2016, 08:48:00 PM »
Very cool! Happy birthday sir.
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2016, 09:03:00 PM »
All the ingredients of a perfect day right there!
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2016, 09:06:00 PM »
Happy Birthday! Congratulations on the bow!
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Re: A Birthday gift from a friend
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2016, 09:16:00 PM »
Happy Birthday Ron

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