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Title: My Last 3 Wood Bows.(Pics this time!)
Post by: vanillabear? on March 28, 2010, 02:46:00 PM
Sorry, pics were too big. will try again later
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Post by: vanillabear? on March 28, 2010, 02:49:00 PM
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Post by: vanillabear? on March 28, 2010, 02:52:00 PM
Title: Re: My Last 3 Wood Bows.(Pics this time!)
Post by: bjansen on March 28, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
Wow.  The finish work on those bows is extraordinary.  Great job.  

What kind of backing is on the first bow?
Title: Re: My Last 3 Wood Bows.(Pics this time!)
Post by: vanillabear? on March 28, 2010, 03:17:00 PM
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Post by: vanillabear? on March 28, 2010, 05:27:00 PM
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Post by: Shore08 on March 28, 2010, 05:30:00 PM
Nice! Good work.
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Post by: scottm on March 28, 2010, 05:32:00 PM
Nice!
Title: Re: My Last 3 Wood Bows.(Pics this time!)
Post by: vanillabear? on March 28, 2010, 05:35:00 PM
Title: Re: My Last 3 Wood Bows.(Pics this time!)
Post by: vanillabear? on March 28, 2010, 05:43:00 PM
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Post by: ChristopherO on March 28, 2010, 06:08:00 PM
Just stunning bows.
My first thought on the farm country picture was, "That is coyote calling country!"  Pretty background.
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Post by: DVSHUNTER on March 28, 2010, 06:50:00 PM
great looking bows! I wish you lived close so I could shoot them. Very nice job.
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Post by: 4est trekker on March 28, 2010, 07:11:00 PM
You've got talent, man!  Thanks for sharing.  I wish mine would turn out that nice.  Keep it up, and keep posting!
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Post by: Stiks-n-Strings on March 28, 2010, 08:31:00 PM
Good looking stik flingers Man!
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Post by: carver on March 28, 2010, 08:54:00 PM
holy crap, eh.

so another guy who posts on hear, Moen, told me that ash doesn't like dry heat.  Guess it varies from species to species.  He's in Norway, and uses a different kind of ash, i imagine.  I've got a bunch of ash staves on the go, all cut from a 1x6.  They are all going to be elb style, as earlier this year i saw dozens of rift sawn white ash bows made in this style.  They were all very taut, high weight, and solid.  

So, heat treat, eh????
Title: Re: My Last 3 Wood Bows.(Pics this time!)
Post by: vanillabear? on March 28, 2010, 09:33:00 PM
Title: Re: My Last 3 Wood Bows.(Pics this time!)
Post by: carver on March 28, 2010, 09:41:00 PM
have you made deep-cored bows of ash?  

When you heat treat, do you apply a varnish, the way marc st louis talks about?  I did that several times last year on flatbows made of white oak, and overall the effect of heat treating them was very good.  I see you have really cooked the snot out of yours.  How thick was it when you cooked it, how much came off when you tillered it, did you tiller it before tempering it, and the obvious question:  did you temper the belly wood before applying the hickory backing strip?
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Post by: vanillabear? on March 28, 2010, 10:20:00 PM
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Post by: glenbo on March 29, 2010, 05:04:00 PM
Great job on all three.Each one is nicer than the other.
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Post by: metsastaja on March 30, 2010, 02:11:00 PM
Very nice looking bows.
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Post by: Hermann From Bavaria on March 30, 2010, 03:03:00 PM
cool looking bows!

awesome!

greets
herm
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Post by: Hard Head on May 24, 2011, 07:45:00 PM
Really nice bows. Looks like you have it down to a science........... Hard Head
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Post by: vanillabear? on May 24, 2011, 08:25:00 PM
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Post by: b.glass on May 25, 2011, 08:29:00 AM
Well done!!!
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Post by: bigcountry on May 25, 2011, 01:52:00 PM
Hey Vanilla, I have a white ash blank, that I had no intension of backing.  Would you still heat temper the belly?

Or would you think ash self backing wouldn't be enough tension?
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Post by: vanillabear? on May 25, 2011, 01:59:00 PM
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Post by: Swissbow on May 25, 2011, 03:50:00 PM
Fantastic work ! The osage with the flipped tips is my favorite.

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Andy
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Post by: Dean Marlow on May 25, 2011, 04:23:00 PM
Those are really nice bows. Great job on all three. Which one do you like and think shoots the best. Dean
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Post by: vanillabear? on May 25, 2011, 04:56:00 PM
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Post by: red hill on May 25, 2011, 09:05:00 PM
Trully beautiful bows, Vanillabear!   :clapper:
Stan
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