| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Rattlesnake skin-backed Osage, beavertail grip and rest, bison horn tips. 66" 47#@28"
Lots of kinks and dips to work with, slight heat corrections for propeller twist and slightly flipped tips, otherwise it follows the natural shape of the stave.
Thanks to Bigstriper (Kurt) and his brother Steve for lugging the wood up to Elm Hall:) Another big thanks to Pappy for his opinions and looking over the goodies with me :)
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Gotta give another thanks to stilldub (Barry) for the awesome strings. Nails it every time.
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| From: joe vt
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Wow that is beautiful!! I am not a fan of rattlesnake skins but every self bow I see with them on looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing the photos.
Beautiful arrows too!!
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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No full draw pics yet, rolling solo for the pics today. Shoots hard, quiet and fast. That's all I need :)
Arrows are home rolled PO cedar with rattler skin cresting accents. Flying great from her. Couldn't be happier with how easy it was to get tuned up. Most likely gonna be my go to next month.
Anyways, enjoy the pics guys and best of luck this season!
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| From: Wayne Hess
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Pictures of bow looks pretty, good
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| From: 2 bears
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Awesome. I love the snaky bows. Beautiful both bow & arrows. >>>-----> Ken
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| From: tradslinger
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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A bow to be proud of for sure. pretty darn awesome bow.
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| From: BowAholic
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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well done...good attention to detail and the little extras just add to the overall quality look. Congrats.
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| From: Draven
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Great looking bow!
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| From: Harry
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Awesome looking bow Damon!
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Thanks Harry! How ya been?
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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That turned out real nice. Every detail looks great, and those skins look awesome.
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| From: 4nolz@work
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Love character bows
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| From: Randog
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| Date: 04-Sep-22 |
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Sweet bow and arrows.
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| From: Will tell
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Ice arrows and bow
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| From: hawkeye in PA
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Very beautiful looking bow and arrows. The first time I've seen rattlesnake cresting, very nice touch.
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Very nice setup altogether Damon.
I would like to see full draw when get someone to take a picture for you. I’m guessing it looks pretty darn good though. You learned well.
Good luck with hunting season. It’s coming right up. Less than a month now.
Bjrogg
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Thanks guys!
hawkeye, I can't claim it as an original idea, I've seen some beauties with snake cresting bands. Some on here.
BJ, I asked my girlfriend to snap a few, but she insisted that we take a few at the cabin where it's all woods for the background lol. Thanks for the compliment, I'm sure we'll be up there soon and I'll post up.
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| From: Don T. Lewis
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Sweet looking bow Damon. You have a gift.
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| From: JMartin
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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I love it! SWEET!
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| From: Heat
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Very cool, thanks for sharing.
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| From: Aeronut
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Well done!
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| From: PA Bones
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Beautiful selfbow. Love everything about it. Great job!
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| From: Wudstix
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Awesome!!!
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| From: MStyles
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Cool!
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| From: Supernaut
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| Date: 05-Sep-22 |
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Wow, that's a beautiful bow!
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| From: Kunzie
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| Date: 06-Sep-22 |
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I really like it.
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| From: BigStriper1
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| Date: 06-Sep-22 |
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Damon, the Bow looks great. Glad the Osage stave turned out to be a good one, looks like you did a good job on finishing the Bow and glad that it shoots fine as well, probably has something to do with the Shooter. I will tell Steve that you are enjoying the Osage and show him the picture of your Bow. Hope to see you next time at Elm Hall or maybe somewhere else. Kurt
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| From: Ironfist
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| Date: 06-Sep-22 |
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Great job. A fine bow.
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 06-Sep-22 |
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Thanks, gentlemen!
Kurt, I'm really hoping to make it a few days camping next year, hoping for a couple other shoots too! Tell Steve thanks again for me! I'm forcing myself to take a break until after bow season, but I'm itching to start on the next stave. Ha!
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| From: BigStriper1
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| Date: 06-Sep-22 |
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Damon I will tell Steve and show him the pictures, hope you can camp next year and maybe make the Tennessee Classic, that’s also a can’t miss shoot for us. We sure love Pappy’s place and friends. Hope to see you next year. Kurt
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| From: bodymanbowyer
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| Date: 06-Sep-22 |
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That's really sweet, great work and details. JF
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| From: Pappy 1952
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| Date: 07-Sep-22 |
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Beautiful work, looks like you done that piece of Osage justice. Pappy
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 07-Sep-22 |
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Wow, thanks guys!
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| From: Reb
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| Date: 07-Sep-22 |
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Very nice.
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| From: White Falcon
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| Date: 07-Sep-22 |
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Very nice work. I like snaky shaped limbs.
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| From: Arvin
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| Date: 15-Sep-22 |
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Looking great!
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| From: Arrowhead
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| Date: 10-Nov-22 |
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Great looking bow! I've been having a hard time finding a snakey osage stave with medium to wide late wood growth rings without to much propeller twist. If anyone can steer me on to some I would appreciate it. Again great looking bow.
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| From: Don T. Lewis
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| Date: 10-Nov-22 |
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That is amazing! How long you been making bows?
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| From: MStyles
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| Date: 10-Nov-22 |
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Pretty cool!
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| From: dgb
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| Date: 10-Nov-22 |
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That was a challenging stave to work - and you did a masterful job. Got to like snake skins on a snaky bow!
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 10-Nov-22 |
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Arrowhead, I'll shoot you a PM shortly. Thanks for the compliment!
Don, only a couple years actually, but I've been daydreaming and studying it off and on for years lol.
Thank you Mike and Don! Much appreciated!
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| From: Boker
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| Date: 10-Nov-22 |
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Nice job.
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| From: mahantango
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| Date: 11-Nov-22 |
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That is freaking awesome!
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| From: George Tsoukalas
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| Date: 11-Nov-22 |
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Very impressive. Thanks for sharing. Jawge
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| From: kaw369
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| Date: 11-Nov-22 |
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That bow looks as if it has magic in it without being strung!
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| From: leftwing
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| Date: 11-Nov-22 |
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Hope it shoots as good as it looks, beautiful bow!
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| From: Altek
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| Date: 11-Nov-22 |
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Hairy canary, those are nice!! Beautiful job! All that's left now is the break in process. You know, put on some character marks like the rest of us do. Maybe drop-kick it around the driveway when loading the car, or slam it in the truck door. You could just beat the dickens out of it on one of those big ole' yard logs you showed in the pics. Just typical stuff. Otherwise deer might laugh and call your bow a prettyboy.
Don't let deer laugh and call your bow a prettyboy. Prepare it now, avoid the embarrassment. :)
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 11-Nov-22 |
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Thanks guys!
Tony, LMAO I've been beating the poor thing up, so the deer are apparently afraid to get within 20 yards. It's like they think they're too good to get killed by it!
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| From: Lonster
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| Date: 20-Nov-22 |
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That’s a beautiful bow!
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| From: deerfly
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| Date: 20-Nov-22 |
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wow, beautiful bow, well done and congrats on surviving tiller. ;) Looking forward to seeing your first kill with it.
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| From: Draven
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| Date: 20-Nov-22 |
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Beautiful!
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 20-Nov-22 |
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Thank you gentlemen!
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| From: Kunzie
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| Date: 22-Nov-22 |
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I love going to this thread. That is such a beautiful bow. I never tire of seeing it. Great job.
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| From: Beendare
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| Date: 22-Nov-22 |
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That is a real beauty… Thanks for posting and letting me gawk at it for a while
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 22-Nov-22 |
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Thank you guys, appreciate it! Still trying for my first deer with a selfbow. Came close a few times so far. Gonna be even more of a challenge after the guns leave the woods, but I'll be out there!
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| From: zwickey2bl
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| Date: 22-Nov-22 |
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That is fabulous! Just needs a little blood on it for christening.
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| From: Gizzen
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| Date: 23-Nov-22 |
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Holy Cats! That is stunning. Amazing work!
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| From: Stickbow Felty
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| Date: 24-Nov-22 |
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Still love the bow Damon. You did an awesome job on it.
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 24-Nov-22 |
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Appreciate it guys, very nice of you!
Still trying with it every chance I get, Greg! Thank you! Won't be long and I'll be hacking on another stave.
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| From: Bob Rowlands
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| Date: 24-Nov-22 |
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Fine looking bow! Thanks for the photos.
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