TG BOW SWAP 2012 (pics and post)

[Nim-rod]

Here we go....instead of counting ****s everyone will be trying to see if they have a letter that can be dropped below other letters like that.Sweet! :-)

[Pat B]

Maybe a g or q

[dmikeyj]

Or a J?

[John Lipinski]

oh man i'm rather excited to get the ball rolling on this, soon as spring break comes...

[Goose Gossett]

I'll let the recipient share the real deal and yes that's a bit of snake off the handle  :D

 

[rmorris]

Goose with the nice work you do I guess I could learn to shoot  a 92# bow , I think that is what it would be at  my draw. You are the man !

[adeeden]

You gotta love a little snake in a bow!  Very nice goose!

[Nim-rod]

I like snakes :-)

[KellyG]

I really think that there is a k and a y peeking through on that bow Pat.     Great bow goose.

And wow that is all the bows in the mail, I must admit I was not tracking one of them. That brings us to 8 bows delivered and 9.64% complete.

If you see your bowyer has delivered his or her bow and they ware on the don't mail to list just hit me up if I don't contact you to go ahead and ship their bow.

[D]

Well I'm almost positive my name doesn't have anything that would stick out below the little paper on Pats bow. lol  CRAP!!!  I"m changing my name to something that's got a bunch of ***'s and letters that stick down in it. lol

Mine came out of the form today and it came out nicely.  I guess third time really is the charm.  I'll get it cleaned up and try to get a pic or two of it up tomorrow.  Probably start tillering on it tomorrow  and see what happens.

Roy I've got to say thanks to you for posting a pic of your form.  I made one that style and it was so much simplier to get everything lined up.  I really like it.

[wood carver 2]

Man, Goose, That is a ssnake!
So many great looking bows! I gotta get mine finished.
Dave.

[Citycop]

My name has a "y" and a "p". Just give me a few weeks pat and I will finish my bow so you can send me that osage pole    

By first attempt (red oak board) didn't work out. I got one of my fades wrong causing the bow to twist when I put the string on. But I got a raw hide backed hickory stave in the mail today. It's 66" tip to tip and floor tillered. This will be my first stave so hopefully I can make a nice bow out of it.

[SportHunter]

Nope, no hanging letters in my handle in the right places....guess I'll have to build my own pole bow    

[canopyboy]

Goose, unless that last glass of beverage is messing with me, you spelled out canopyboy but got the weight all wrong.  You're at 3.5 lbs too heavy still.
       

[BrushWolf]

So far every bow has been a keeper. Can't wait to see what else this year has in store!

[Pat B]

Well, here she is! I put another 50+ arrows through her today. She still shoots right where I'm looking but does still have a little thump when shot. Not as much as before I narrowed the tips and not too much to be uncomfortable but noticeable. The handle wrap is hemp cord from Walmart saturated in Massey finish with a floppy rest. The handle riser and tip overlays are heavy shoe leather saturated in super glue. I have 6 coats of Tru-Oil and a final spray of satin poly to cut the shine. I'll get a full draw pic later this afternoon.
  She will be going out early next week to her new home in.........d;^)

 

this unbraced pic was taken right after shooting...
 

...and the pictographs on the rawhide back...
 

[Nim-rod]

Very nice Pat! I'm sure I'll love it ...I mean someone will love it!

[Citycop]

That's a great looking bow pat.

Can I glue tips on over raw hide?

[Diamondback59]

very nice pat  sent u a pm brock

[Roy from Pa]

Pretty cool bow, Pat.