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Author Topic: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand  (Read 220 times)

Offline critman

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It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« on: February 28, 2013, 09:36:00 PM »
I haven't posted anything in a while so I wanted to touch base with yall tradgangers and let you know just how much yall have influenced me. I started shooting trad a couple of years ago. Bought a recurve and didn't look back. I have since moved to the longbow and just recently made my first bow, which luckily shoots awesome. I now understand why we have more than one bow, like or dislike woodies, shoot heavy points, define what to each of us is a "selfbow",how 3 seconds with a power tool can ruin 10 hours worth of work, what tiller is and how to get there, build our own strings, bows and arrows. I find myself not getting nearly as upset about the little things in life. I mean, you spend countless hours shaping a bow and WHACK! it breaks on you. What to do? Start another one. This trad lifestyle is sooooo me that second to being a christian, I know of no other single thing that influnced my life more. The wife and kids just shake their heads and smile as I walk out with my old overalls on, pencils sticking out everywhere, and head for the shop for a couple of totally soothing hours of working with wood. Thanks for all the posts and pictures I read and studied in order to get where I am now. I haven't posted any questions yet because with a little searching the answer was already there. I do now have some that I haven't found so be prepared gentlemen. Be patient and remember "knowledge is power".
God Bless,
Critman

Offline ChuckC

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2013, 09:46:00 PM »
:bigsmyl:  

ChuckC

Offline nineworlds9

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2013, 09:52:00 PM »
It's the only good addiction I know of
52" Texas Recurve
58" Two Tracks Ogemaw
60" Toelke Chinook
62" Tall Tines Stickflinger
64" Big Jim Mountain Monarch
64" Poison Dart LB
66" Wes Wallace Royal
            
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TBOF

Online wooddamon1

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2013, 10:24:00 PM »
:thumbsup:  Well said. I'm getting the itch to make a bow. Already make arrows, it calms me like nothing else.
"The history of the bow and arrow is the history of mankind..."-Fred Bear

Offline Roadkill

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2013, 11:13:00 PM »
Pleasant sort of misery, hey?
Cast a long shadow-you may provide shade to someone who needs it.  Semper Fi

Offline Mike Most

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2013, 11:26:00 PM »
Cool post Critman,,,,  :clapper:    :clapper:  

Its right there with shooting em.... and seeing your work in action.
"It Shall be Life" (Ten Bears to Josie Wales)
------------------                Michael Most-Adkins Texas

Offline Richie

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2013, 12:26:00 AM »
:thumbsup:
Once a Marine always a Marine, Semper Fi

Offline Froggy

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2013, 08:59:00 AM »
:thumbsup:
TGMM  >>>>---------> Family of the bow

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2013, 09:07:00 AM »
:clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:  

Bisch

Offline Sockrsblur

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2013, 10:01:00 AM »
Great post Critman!
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Offline koops4

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Re: It's my lifestyle too, now I understand
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2013, 12:33:00 PM »
Well said Critman.
Paul

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