St. Jude Auction Bow Final Chapter

[AZStickman]

Mickey It's pretty amazing what you can do with wood I never would have kept going except for all the encouragement I got here from you guys... I appreciate all the help from each and every one of ya..    ...This is a special bow for sure..... Terry

[the Ferret]

LOL..I guess the lesson here is "it ain't broke till "WE" say it's broke" ha ha

[Dano]

Dang Terry, the value just went up on that bow. A dinamite job on that handle wrap. Sweet full draw profile too.  

[Steve]

Nice save, Terry. So now my question is, since the handle became reflexed after "the incident", and now the laminated handle helps hold the reflex, how much more reflex do the tips hold as compared to "pre - incident"? Steve

[AZStickman]

Thanks Dano.....  :D  
Steve.... She was at about 1 3/4" reflex before and now she's measuring 2 1/2" after sitting unbraced almost a half hour......Terry

[AZStickman]

Here's a full draw pic of "La Corazon" after sanding and fine tuning the tiller..... I've also included a pic of her braced..... Final weight 52#@28" right on target....  :D  .... Terry

 http://bowyersworkshop.com/auctionbow23.htm

[Terry Green]

That's just dandy AZ...just dandy.

Thanks for offering up your talents.

[AZStickman]

My Pleasure Tarz.....And Thank you ,Lance and Rob for putting this Auction on.....It's really amazing to see that right now there's over $8,000 pledged and we're just half way through ......What a great group of people to be associated with...... Terry

[the Ferret]

Outstanding Terry, simply elegant!

[Dano]

Very nice Terry, love that braced profile.

[AZStickman]

Mickey and Dano......Thanks for hanging in on this build along.... It's been a long one.... Your help was invaluable....Terry

[Steve]

Wow Terry -that bow came out great! Been alot of work, but alot of learning, too. A great addition to the auction, with quite a story behind it for it's new owner, too. Good work. Steve

[AZStickman]

Thanks Steve.....About a year and a half ago when I finally got to where I could make a bow with some consistency and started looking at perfecting tiller I lifted pics of two bows and saved them to train my eye on what a perfect tiller looked like.... One of the pics was of a bow David Mims made and the other was one of yours....You've been a great source of info and encouragement Steve.... Thank you.....Timo if you're out there lurking thanks for sending me the stave this bow was made of..... That Century tree of yours sure did have a lot of magic in it and your generosity with the staves from it sets a high standard of selflessness for the rest of us......Terry