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Title: Thanks to everyone who helped!! Wife's bow is a success!
Post by: BEN on May 21, 2009, 02:07:00 PM
Hey Gang--------the finished product. My second attempt at bow making: hickory selfbow-47# @ 25" (wife's draw). Phenolic tips and backed with Saharan rock viper:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/selling%20pics/100_1006.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/selling%20pics/100_0993.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/selling%20pics/100_1003.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/selling%20pics/100_1002.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/selling%20pics/100_1001.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/selling%20pics/100_0997.jpg)

You can see the arrow fly just to the right of her bow limb:  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/selling%20pics/100_0999.jpg)

thanks to everyone, esp. "Dano" "Pat B" and "kurtbel5"

Ben    :notworthy:
Title: Re: Thanks to everyone who helped!! Wife's bow is a success!
Post by: razorsharptokill on May 21, 2009, 07:05:00 PM
Pics are gone?
Title: Re: Thanks to everyone who helped!! Wife's bow is a success!
Post by: BEN on May 21, 2009, 09:43:00 PM
Pics should be back now-----don't iknow what happpened--but re-posted.......

another couple: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/selling%20pics/100_1000.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/selling%20pics/100_0998.jpg)
Title: Re: Thanks to everyone who helped!! Wife's bow is a success!
Post by: Dano on May 21, 2009, 10:07:00 PM
Ben, you did good. The smile on your wife's face say's it all. Tiller looks great, but I especially like the handle wrap trough the fades like that.
Title: Re: Thanks to everyone who helped!! Wife's bow is a success!
Post by: Pat B on May 21, 2009, 10:54:00 PM
Very well done, Ben. Your wife's smile does tell the whole story. She also has very good form.
  Is the snake skin from the belly of the snake? It looks like belly scales.
Title: Re: Thanks to everyone who helped!! Wife's bow is a success!
Post by: kurtbel5 on May 21, 2009, 11:05:00 PM
Nice work Ben
Looks like a good job there.
       Kurt
Title: Re: Thanks to everyone who helped!! Wife's bow is a success!
Post by: ChristopherO on May 22, 2009, 08:06:00 AM
Excellent job on that bow.  Great skin and belly colors.
Title: Re: Thanks to everyone who helped!! Wife's bow is a success!
Post by: George Tsoukalas on May 22, 2009, 08:58:00 AM
That's a super bow! Well done! Jawge
Title: Re: Thanks to everyone who helped!! Wife's bow is a success!
Post by: BEN on May 22, 2009, 09:23:00 AM
Pat----it is the Belly of the snake. my wife liked the pattern that changed as it went from the front ot the tail.
Had a lot of fun making it. My wife loves it too. She's only had it a day and she's taking it this weekend for our local 3-day Trad. Shoot--instead of her Kodiak she's shot for 2 years!

thanks again for all you guys' help!

Ben