2013 Annual Bow Swap

inksoup · July 31, 2013, 08:28:00 AM

jbluefeather, what do you think about bull tooth on the bow?

sticks, can you please update me about the situation with PM. thanks.

mjwhitby · July 31, 2013, 08:24:00 PM

All this waiting is killing me!

KellyG · July 31, 2013, 09:58:00 PM

Ok mine is fished I will ship her on Friday and post pics tomorrow. It really thumps an arrow harder then any bow I have made.

Ended up with a toasted belly re-flex d-flex hackberry with black snake skins. I got the leather on the handle this evening and shot her for about an hour and left her strung for about an hour more. Looks good. I am happy with it. I hope ******* is too.

Red hill as long as you dont lose it in your sock draw we all will be happy.

goobersan · July 31, 2013, 11:09:00 PM

me too, MJ. I'm sure they will all be worth the wait, I just hope mine shows up before I leave town.

kevin_h · August 01, 2013, 04:07:00 AM

The wait is getting to me as well...seeing all the unbelievable handiwork be shipped...
Kevin

canopyboy · August 01, 2013, 08:37:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by KellyG:
Red hill as long as you dont lose it in your sock draw we all will be happy.

KellyG · August 01, 2013, 07:18:00 PM

Ok here is some pics of the bow I am shipping out tomorrow.
The skin is one snake and I am amazed at the difference in the pattern.

Side profile

A bit shinny I just

Nice and toasty limbs

Well she really thumps and arrow let me tell you. I will let *************************** post pics of the money shot. I warn you she looks flat but before I put in the re-flex d-flex in there she had a nice round draw. This is my first R/D.

goobersan · August 01, 2013, 07:29:00 PM

Looks awesome Kelly !! Great job !

Dan Landis · August 01, 2013, 08:11:00 PM

Looks good Kelly, you did a good job on toasting, mine always seem to come out spotty for some reason.

KellyG · August 01, 2013, 08:16:00 PM

Dan that is only my second toasting but I had DVS there to watch over me. I did learn that if your caul has a back lip the heat can really reflect of it and get your back. Luckily it was mostly glue that got it.

But thanks

Troy D. Breeding · August 01, 2013, 10:29:00 PM

Well, I can now say that I did receive my trade bow. Even though it's been here a few days I had no way of posting that it arrived. My computer gave up it's ghost and I finally had found time today to go buy a new one.

I must say Walt did one heck of a job. It's one of the sweetest looking one piece bows I've had in a long time.

Now just to find time to shoot it alittle. My furniture building has taken way too much of my time. Hopefully I'll be able to put a few arrows thru it tomarrow.

I'll try to post a few pics as well over the weekend.

Thanks Again Walt!!!

Troy

bigbob2 · August 02, 2013, 05:12:00 AM

Nice bow Kelly!

canopyboy · August 02, 2013, 09:29:00 AM

Nice bow Kelly. Congrats Troy!

KellyG · August 02, 2013, 10:24:00 AM

Congrats Troy that brings us up to over 61% done. Mine is wrapped and ready to ship. I will take it down in a bit to the post office. I have had a couple of folks give me tracking numbers so I verified several were received even though some had not posted saying they received.

Slow but we are getting there in the end.

k-hat · August 02, 2013, 10:48:00 AM

Like that r/d profile Kelly!

So y'all can MARK ME AS SHIPPED!! Dropped her off this morning and somebody should have a long white tube on the porch come Monday or Tuesday :D

Glad to be done with that!

Kelly I'll pm you the tracking #

canopyboy · August 02, 2013, 12:58:00 PM

Kevin - isn't that the greatest feeling?

I think the grace period is about to end if I calculated right. I know I needed it again this year.

Troy D. Breeding · August 02, 2013, 04:21:00 PM

Said the heck with all work today and decided it was time to put some arrows thru the new bow.

I must say I'm very happy. It cast my 800gr arrows with some great authority.

Switched the endless loop string Walt sent with the bow to a flemish twist, added a set of strings puffs and crimped on a string nock.

At first I thought I was going to need different arrows. The ones I normally shoot seemed a bit weak in spine. However, adding another piece of Velcro to the sight window solved all the flight problems.

Approx. 100 arrows thru it today and I can tell everyone "my fingers are sore". Guess I can expect that since I havn't shot in over three weeks.

Thanks Again Walt!!!

Troy

KellyG · August 02, 2013, 06:13:00 PM

Mine went out today so Watch your porches if you have not gotten one.

k-hat · August 02, 2013, 07:51:00 PM

Yes sir Canopy! Now i gotta finish my PA trade bow

Maybe there's a Kelly G r/d bow headed my way!

KellyG · August 02, 2013, 09:56:00 PM

I am in the same boat Kevin. That R/D was my third bow this year. For theses swaps. I had one that was for this one. It is a bow but only pulling about30#s at 28".

I also had a shorty D bow pulling to about 25 before it decided it was not going to be a bow. I almost had the handle bending but no luck. Then the hack berry first time using hackberry and the first R/D. Now I am working on an American Long bow for the P/A swap.

I really hope to have it tillered out this weekend. IF so it will be my fastest tillering job to date by far. But I really plan on using the next 3 days. with lots of breaks so I am not rushing it.

And Kevin you have a 4% chance it is headed your way! Just like all the others not received yet.