| From: bodork
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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I was fortunate enough to win the components to make a laminated longbow in April and here is what I did with it.
The kit came with the walnut riser block,maple lams, morado veneers and clear glass. I had some mesquite burl chunks on hand and made the stripes and overlays with it.
I left a 'live edge' on the overlays and filled the voids with turquoise and copper powder.
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| From: bodork
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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Oh my! Let me try to resize this!
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| From: bodork
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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That's better. Anyway I was fortunate enough to win the components to build a laminated longbow and this is what I did with it. The kit included a walnut riser block, maple lams,morado veneers and clear glass. I had chunk of mesquite burl and made the stripes and overlays from it.
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| From: bodork
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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I left a 'live edge' on the overlays and filled the viods with turquoise and copper powder
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| From: Bxrecurve15
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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Wow great looking bow.
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| From: bodymanbowyer
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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That's pretty cool bodork. Looks great. I really like the turquoise and copper inlays :-) JF
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| From: Bowbaker
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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Mighty fine job it looks great.
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| From: kennym
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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An artist that builds bows! Great job Mike!
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| From: sir misalots
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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very nice love the color combo
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| From: MStyles
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| Date: 27-Jun-17 |
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A beauty.
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| From: Archre167
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Wow Mike! That looks great!
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| From: TrapperKayak
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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That's a winner, Mike! Beautiful!
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| From: Dry Bones
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Really nice. Mesquite Burl? As long as I have been in Mesquite thickets I have never seen a burl on Mesquite. Looks good to me.
-Bones
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| From: Carpdaddy
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Over the top sharp!! Thanks for explaining the colors in the overlays, I was scratching my head on the first pictures. Nice!
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| From: Pa Steve
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Nice work. Great looking bow
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| From: Car54
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Good looking bow..you got skills!
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| From: gettin closer
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Love the "live edge" with the turquoise!
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| From: Clinton Gowin
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Fantastic bow. Is that your first bow build? Amazing.
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| From: bodork
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Thanks for the compliments guys! Bones, a friend of mine gave me a couple of big chunks he harvested from a ranch on the Palo Duro Canyon. I think most Mesquite burls are found at or near the ground and are kind of few and far between. Artisans will turn bowls and orbs from it and it is very stunning. Not uncommon for bowls to approach and surpass the one thousand dollar mark. Clinton, I've been making bows since 2000 but don't make a lot of them.
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| From: rattlesnake
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Another fantastic bow...very classy.!
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| From: RymanCat
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Very nice that is sweet.
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| From: TGbow
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| Date: 28-Jun-17 |
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Very good lookin bow. You did very good.
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| From: Buzz
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| Date: 29-Jun-17 |
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Sweet.
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| From: indianalongbowshoote
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| Date: 29-Jun-17 |
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Mike, as usual cool looking bow, what are the specs on it?
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| From: bodork
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| Date: 29-Jun-17 |
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Thanks again guys! It is a 62" longbow from a Kennym form. 41#@28". I will get some braced and full draw pics in a few days.
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| From: bodork
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| Date: 03-Jul-17 |
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Here are a few pics braced and full draw. The pictures make it look a little shorter and fatter than it really is.
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| From: cobra
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| Date: 05-Jul-17 |
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Heirloom and I think we are related
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