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Offline SELFBOW19953

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2012, 03:06:00 PM »
I've threatened to name a couple of mine Firewood-one that had so much handshock, my hand was numb after a dozen shots, and one that I tore a ligament to my ring finger while drawing.
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Offline stykbow67

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2012, 05:04:00 PM »
The bow I'm currently shooting goes by "killer B" named for the osage stripe laminated between some black phenolic in a grey action wood riser that I made. That Oasage is really yellow for a while not so much now!

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Offline GreyGoose

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2012, 05:12:00 PM »
Lucille, after BB King's stringed instrument.
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Offline Mike Most

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2012, 05:31:00 PM »
I was target shooting out back one morning, after an end of three arrows from 20 yards, I noticed a hawk sitting in a tree watching me from not twelve yards away, while I pulled arrows from the target butt. These were freshly fletched wood arrows with 5 1/2 inch bright yellow fletches. I thought momentarily about how I could shoot that bird, but in the next instant thought better of myself and the bird.   :scared:   The arrow hit the bull and the hawk flew away. Hence the name "HAWK: for that bow......It(the memory) was a gift given, for me on that day....
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Offline Bowhunter4life

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #24 on: August 27, 2013, 04:38:00 PM »
I normally don't name my bows, they tend to name themselves... But, I do have an older Black Widow SA III that I named "Reaper" because a lot of things die around that bow...
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Offline bow loving man

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #25 on: August 27, 2013, 04:46:00 PM »
I have a bow named "Maximus Stealth" I call it Max, got the name because it is made from grey actionwood and is hard to see in the woods...
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Offline Shawn Leonard

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #26 on: August 27, 2013, 04:49:00 PM »
Only named 2 bows, 1 was a Robertson recurve named "Mountain Dew" cause I drank a lot of it then. My new bow is called Smokin Beauty because it is smokin fast and it is a beauty. Caribow Tuktu EX recurve. Shawn
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Offline SERGIO VENNERI

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #27 on: August 27, 2013, 04:51:00 PM »
" You're Next" ! obvious reason's!
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Offline EatItRaw

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #28 on: August 27, 2013, 04:51:00 PM »
'Thorgal'. The comic book that started it all.
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Offline Jakeemt

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #29 on: August 27, 2013, 04:52:00 PM »
My bows name is Stalking Fox.
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Offline dcmeckel

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #30 on: August 27, 2013, 04:55:00 PM »
My fave to date is HAG, Hot Archer Girl. A 60"beauty I made myself.
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Offline Zradix

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #31 on: August 27, 2013, 05:05:00 PM »
I've only named one bow.
Here's the story..not much of one..but here it is.

I found this name appropriate as I sold my one good bow (a whip) to get the funds to make my next bow. The first bow I tried to make was an oak board bow..almost worked but it started to chrysal.

Second attempt at a bow was a boo backed ipe. That bow didn't turn out either..pretty sure the ipe wasn't good.

At this point I was running out of money for a bow and was feeling a bit pressed for time to get used to any bow.

I decided to give a boo backed osage a try.
This one actually worked!
After the fury I was in for a couple months to make a working bow I felt like a calm had washed over me after making a working bow.
I named the bow.. Halcyon.
One of the meanings of the word is calming of storms.

 

 

 
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Offline S. Brant Osborn

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #32 on: August 27, 2013, 05:54:00 PM »
I won't name the bowmaker I Recieved a longbow from but it was his personal bow he was selling.  It was beautifull and marked 48@28. I named it Mary.  It was the hardest 48lbs I ever drew.  When I checked it , it was actually 55lbs.  He exchanged it for another stock bow that was less weight.  I named it Mary Mary.  A week later the limb delaminated. A recurve was chosen as replacement and was named Mary Mary Quite Contrary!
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Offline Green

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #33 on: August 27, 2013, 05:57:00 PM »
Only bow I ever named is the Hill Half Breed in my signature below.  God helped me survive a heart attack this past spring, and the bow was ordered soon afterwards.
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Offline Easykeeper

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #34 on: August 27, 2013, 06:08:00 PM »
I don't name mine but if I did they would have names like:

"Saved a long time"
"Sold a bunch of stuff"
"Couldn't justify it but I'm single so who cares"
"Too pretty to sell"
"Need one before the bowyer retires"

or something along those lines.
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Offline Zradix

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #35 on: August 27, 2013, 06:26:00 PM »
lol
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Offline shankspony

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #36 on: August 27, 2013, 08:00:00 PM »
I named my first bow after an Amazon warrior. Alcibie, which means strength/power. It was a 75lb bow that nearly broke me.

My latest bow I have kept with the tradition and named after another Amazon. Ainia, which means swiftness.
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Offline Aggie1993

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #37 on: August 27, 2013, 08:15:00 PM »
My new Kempf Trophy Hunter is named "SUGAR MAMA" because my wife bought it for me and she makes more money than I do and that's my nickname for her.  The bow is a sweet shooter too;)

"TEXAS TWIN" my hunting buddy and I took down a mesquite from his ranch where we both grew up hunting together.  We ship the core to Jack Kempf and he made us matching Qwyk Styks with the mesquite wood in the riser and wedges. Took almost 2 years for the wood to dry out.
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Offline JNewman

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #38 on: August 27, 2013, 08:23:00 PM »
I have a trad tech titan. Camo Riser, black limbs with a camo tape on the backs, a shelf rest and side plate from scap leather I had, and the grip I modified with a rasp.  It got the name " Ol' Ugly", cause it is not a looker by any means. Yet I can set that bow aside and play with others for months, and pick up "ol' ugly"  and hit where I am looking at 30yrds.
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Offline gregg dudley

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Re: Bow names?
« Reply #39 on: August 27, 2013, 08:27:00 PM »
The name of my bow changes...  Some times it is unfit to print!     :scared:
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