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Author Topic: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)  (Read 515 times)

Offline gobblegrunter

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My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« on: October 14, 2010, 09:41:00 PM »
Hi all! I've really enjoyed checking out all of your bows, so on a rainy night when I couldn't shoot, thought I'd share some pics of my 1st custom bow (I am a beginner & have been shootin some older, used bows till now). I can't tell you all how tickled I am with it! It was made by Tim Duvall of Dry Ridge Archery and is a 68" R/D 40# @ my 30in draw (thought I'd go light so I could work on my form). Bocote/cocobolo riser with bocote limb veneers, 'bolo tips, wedges, and wedge overlays.  Tim is an awesome guy to deal with, and offers a fanatastic bow...especially for the money! I'm thrilled with the asthetics of it, but am even more thrilled with how it shoots! I'm really having a great time with it. Thanks Tim!

I notice that most of you guys refer to your bows as "her"...never quite got it before receiving this beauty! Do you think our bows have feelings? Maybe "she" will be hurt that I've been referring to her as "it"? Think maybe I should come up with a name too...         :D        

Anyway, here they are (hopefully the pics do it, I mean, her, some justice...

       

       

       

       
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Offline reinmb

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2010, 09:44:00 PM »
thats a beauty, you should be proud

Offline Big Ed

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2010, 09:44:00 PM »
Great looking bow!!
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Offline chopx2

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2010, 09:50:00 PM »
Congrats, she's a beauty...you always remember your first...lol

Yep mine are all girls and their names just come to me, usually related to something about how they look, wood color, figure, etc.
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Offline DannyBows

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2010, 10:05:00 PM »
Wow! What an awesome bow! You did very well on your first custom. Love the Bocote, it's one of my favorite woods. Congrats!

P.S.--The rule is that anything that gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling inside, can, and should be,  called her/she. Bows, cars, motorcycles, your favorite flyrod, etc.. but especially bows. Lol!
"Always feel the wind, and walk just like the leaves".  ("LongBow Country"--Chad Slagle, "High, Wild, and Free").

Offline ron w

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2010, 10:12:00 PM »
Nice....   :thumbsup:
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Offline straitera

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2010, 11:45:00 PM »
Very nice bow partner!
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Offline Hot Hap

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2010, 11:48:00 PM »
That is a very nice looking bow. Hap

Offline Bjorn

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2010, 12:30:00 AM »
She is stunning! Great curves too.    :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

Offline Jerry Jeffer

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2010, 12:34:00 AM »
Nice to get a bow made for you that you are comfortable with. Very nice bow.
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Offline Buemaker

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2010, 03:12:00 AM »
A real lady.  Bue--.

Offline L. E. Carroll

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2010, 03:19:00 AM »
:clapper:  Very nice!

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Offline Benny Nganabbarru

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2010, 03:51:00 AM »
Nice... Have fun!
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Offline Benner

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2010, 07:42:00 AM »
Great looking bow.

Offline wisconsin wood butcher

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2010, 07:53:00 AM »
good looking bow congrats..

Offline penrosefred

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2010, 08:10:00 AM »
She sure is a nice looking bow
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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2010, 09:12:00 AM »
I like it! The shelfs even on the right side.
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Offline PrarrieDog

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #17 on: October 15, 2010, 11:08:00 AM »
Beautiful bow and you are wise to start light.
A lot of folks overbow from the start.
Good luck and good hunting!
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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #18 on: October 15, 2010, 11:32:00 AM »
:thumbsup:   Sweet!!!
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Offline Paul WA

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Re: My 1st new Longbow has arrived!! (W/PICS)
« Reply #19 on: October 15, 2010, 12:11:00 PM »
Yes Sir!!! you have a work of art...PR
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