Please help me

[jerry r baker]

Being well blessed by Jesus Christ
My Wounderful Wife has put me on
a 1 Custom bow a year diet
What am I to do
Also I am retired and bored to death

[drewsbow]

start making your own  

[Tsalagi]

You can look on the bright side. I couldn't afford a new bow now if I wanted one. Unemployed and no jobs here. Not even slingin' capuccinos at the local coffeehouse. Couldn't even get that job. On my bright side, I am learning what a SWEEEET bow my Martin Saber recurve is.

[Dick in Seattle]

Good advice from Drewsbow...  You can build board bows quite inexpensively, and, speaking from experience, once you've done a good bow yourself, you'll want to do it again, and again, and again.  Best feature is that you'll find you only want to shoot what you build.  I haven't bought a bow made by anyone else since I started, and I used to buy several a year.  I'm not doing board bows, but only because I prefer the work and tools involved in laminates.  Just put #17 in the oven a couple of hours ago.  Just my opinion, but building increases your understanding and enjoyment of archery.

[mjdglobal]

what momma don't know won't hurt her  

[Steelhead]

Tell her its not custom made.

[Bjorn]

Building bows is tremendously gratifying and does not have to be expensive. Boards are real good for learning; do a few, and move on to some good staves of local wood-do some research on what's good and how to season it etc. Lots of fun!!

[Hawkeye]

I'd love to be on THAT diet!  

[huntindad]

I wish I could get one every year!   :mad:  Guys like you would bi@#h if it rained silver dollars!  

[Brian Krebs]

Buy HER a bow  

[lpcjon2]

Start trading bows or wives either way you may make out ok.

[Robertfishes]

yes, start building your own. I sold a bunch of my custom bows last spring /summer and bought bow building tools. I started off by ordering a dvd from Binghams Projects and using the search function on this site, lots of late nights reading old threads..I had never used a band saw, table saw or sanders before but somehow I was able to build my first recurve with no help. The next bow I am building is a KennyM design longbow.

[shakeyslim]

shooting the ones i already own is problem enough! try shooting more whinning less

[PAPA BEAR]

you heard it here brother.build yourself some bows.i'd love the chance to learn to make bows.

[PrarrieDog]

I didn't hear any restrictions on arrows, armgards, targets, knives, tabs....  

[amicus]

I wish I could buy once a year.

Gilbert

[DngrsDan]

Well, if you think about it...if ya built your own you could pretty much get the tools and equipment you'd need for the price of one custom bow. With enough left over to get the making for SEVERAL new bows.  That would getcha outta that "1 per year" budget. How much wood, laminates, glue, etc., for how many bows could you get for the equivalent $XXX for that ONE bow/year?  

[jerry r baker]

Thanks guys
to the guy that said i had a fat pocket book
the reason i do so is
last January 26 I beging a chemical engener
was setting up
new machine when a steel bar broke an
struck me in the legs
I  will never walk again with the aid of
leg braces
god above helps the stnd and shoot my bow
i would give every dollar i have to be able to run again

[SveinD]

Jerry, sorry to hear about your accident at work!
All the more reason to keep busy, and i second the suggestions stated above.
Start building your own bows, at least when time is no problem..
Though i would start easy, just to see if you really enjoy it  
You don't need much, in the way of tools either for making one piece self flatbows..
You can also start making some arrows, or even do a bit of leatherworking if ventilation does not hold a problem.

Anyway, best of luck to you, and keep those hands busy  

-SveinD-

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

Being a God fearing man and so richly blessed, you certainly understand the rewards of reaching out.
Maybe it's time, to give back,, Both to God and to archery.
How about donating all of those custom bow to a boy's club, or selling them and donating half to an archery club.
I can give you a hundred suggestions on ways to share your good fortune.