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Dream Bow

8/23/2012

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I have a couple days in the shop to build myself a new bow.  Crotalus sold a week ago to a nice man from Finland and I have been left without a bow.

This was my chance to build something that I really wanted.   To incorporate what I have learned to re create my old bow,  but with some touches I had been thinking about.

It is nearly finished,    just cycling through coats of oil right now.   She is a beauty.

Like Crotalus,  it is heavily recurved and dyed british tan.   The tip overlays are buffalo horn and the arrow rest is the antler base of a small spike buck I shot with a bow.

Tillered out to 45 lbs at 28 inches and backed with silk and diamond back rattler skins.  I am proud to say this is my new bow.

It will be one of my entries into the Sidney fine art show in sept.



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Au' puk' wum

8/13/2012

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We were invited onto the traditional land of the Klahoose to Au' puk' wum (Forbes Bay) in Desolation Sound.

We brought 13 staves, thinking folks could have their pick - but we ended up using them all! A couple people left early, but we managed to get 8 bows done in 2 days. These folks worked harder on their bows then any other group we've had.

They made a good range of bows, from a 20lb. paddle bow to a 65lb. flatbow. We were fed, invited to morning dips in a beautiful river, and our little one made a friend (thanks Darien). We've never taught a workshop in such a beautiful setting and we've marked the calendar for next year, in the hopes that we are invited back.

Here's a link to the write up from Johnny Hanuse: http://www.klahoose.com/go381a/The_Forbes

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