2017 Bow Swap

[Roy from Pa]

Ink, any man who signs up for a bow swap, receives his bow, then bails out and doesn't ship out a bow, should be banned. Their name should be posted here also so we know who not to trust in the future.

[mwosborn]

Roy I would agree with you completely.  It is one thing to have stuff come up and communicate that with the group, it is completely something else to bail without any communication and explanation as to what is going on.  

I certainly do not "need" a bow.  But it would have been nice to hear from my guy and let me know why he couldn't come through.

[canopyboy]

A lot can be forgiven with a little communication.

[KellyG]

Well I think I have bowyers lined up to help fill the void.

[monterey]

Good job, Kelly.  This has been tough on you as well as the participants who got skunked.

[Roy from Pa]

Hey Mitch, AKA mwosborn... Guess What you are gonna get?         How does a trilam from Pennsylvania sound? I got your specs, but do you shoot split or three under?

Kelly, let it all hang out here. Post the names of those who screwed the guys in this swap. Why not I say. They had the guts to bail out after they got a their free bow, they should have the guts to take the shame...

Just a simple post of those who have not shipped would suffice.

[mwosborn]

Roy, a trilam from Pennsylvania would be wonderful!       It certainly would find a special place in my bow rack and would see some field time after whitetails.  I very much appreciate you stepping up.  Could I help out with materials and/or shipping?  I do shoot 3 under.

[Roy from Pa]

All costs have been covered by two good men on this site. I just gotta build it. Ya ok wif pink dye? I got some left over from a bow I made for KennyM.. LOL

Ok on 3 under. That's my favorite.

[mwosborn]

Another example of the generosity of the people on this site - thank you.      

Roy - I will trust your judgement on the color.  I guess if pink was good enough for Kenny it's good enough for me.     :D

[kennym]

Hadn't checked in on this post for a bit. Roy told me when he made my bow he had some dye left over from tie dying his undies....

[KellyG]

Well Having a BBO from roy myself. I bet you will no be up set in the least.

[John Malone]

What are the time tables for a bow swap? Say you sign up in January ship by ???? How does that work?

[canopyboy]

You can look up last year’s sign up thread for the full rules, but nominally ship by June.

[canopyboy]

[dbl post]

[Roy from Pa]

By June?
Now that's funny:)

[talkingcabbage]

Good to see some communication on here finally.  I've been away for awhile and finally had a chance to get back on.  I halfway figured it was just over.  Thanks to you all who is stepping up to fill the voids.

[canopyboy]

ttt

Kelly is still running this one to ground and I don't want to steal his thunder here, but with the 2018 signup going on I don't want the 2017 swap to be forgotten until it's truly wrapped up.

Ink, my understanding is that your replacement bowyer should be shipping in about 2 weeks. And then the long, tense wait to get through Turkish customs I guess.

[talkingcabbage]

Well I got a message from my new bowyer and it's on the way!  Should see something around next Tuesday.

[mwosborn]

Originally posted by talkingcabbage:
Well I got a message from my new bowyer and it's on the way!  Should see something around next Tuesday.

  Good to hear.


Roy stepped up and is building me one of his famous trilams.  He said I had to wait a few months though!    :eek:   I said it would be worth the wait and it would give me time to build him one of my not so famous glass longbows.   :D  

Looks like all is going to work out for 2017 unless I am missing someone.

[talkingcabbage]

Stinks that you have to wait so long, but it's awesome that Roy stepped in.  I'd love to have one of his trilams.  I suppose if you have to wait, he's definitely one worth waiting for!