2024 Bow Swap Progress Thread - Closed

[Crooked Stic]

That bow looks good with you.
Sorry Kenny 

[Jon Lipovac]

Congrats Derek!

Nicely done Stic. Looks like a super comfortable bow.

Kenny, hoping your trade bow is just gonna travel one state to the North. 

[4 point]

Stic, that's a nice one. A lucky new owner.
Kenny that's a really sharp bow!

[4 point]

I finally went back thru all the stuff I'd missed in the swap. To be honest I haven't been doing a good job of keeping up with it. Man there's some really nice stuff being built. I think this is the best stuff I've seen for swap builds. I'd be very happy to see any of them show up in the mail. Great job everyone.

[Buemaker]

That is a very nice one.

[kennym]

I agree there are some super sweet bows this time. 

My victim's bow will be going ... somewhere

Gonna be a bit tho, went to help neighbor who got tornadoed last May move some dirt around new house.  Couple hours, right? 

Moved dirt for 3 hours, then tractor quit, finally got mechanic there, and now a flat rear tire to go with the dead tractor.

So while I waited , I'll get shop work done ,right?  About 10 minutes in, electric goes off. For 5 hours,  all fixed now except flat tire on tractor.

[DVSHUNTER]

I pulled another stave out and laid out a second bow last night. I will have it roughed out and hopefully to first brace today. There are some beautiful bows being made this year. 

[dbeaver]

Kindness goes a long way kenny

[Longcruise]

Kindness goes a long way kenny

Or, "no good deed goes unpunished".   

[kennym]

Yep on both of those! I told Renee exactly what Mike says when I got home 

[derekdiruz]

Got the limbs glued up today. Didn't Have time to clean em up and weigh them yet- but I expect to hit the weight pretty solidly. None the less, curiosity had me peel the tape to check it out! Bacote both sides.

[jess stuart]

Made some progress.  Appears it will be near the higher end of the requested weight.

[Crooked Stic]

You got my address right Jess 

[DVSHUNTER]

Started whittling.

[kennym]

My hat's off to the selfbow guys!  My patience level ain't there yet...

[derekdiruz]

...well I tried a new wedge with the bacote limbs and it pushed the working limb out much further than I realized it would have. I profiled the limb as usual, and it resulted in a bow looking like it was strung backwards. Big 'ol fail, and immediately tossed em in the trash. New limbs are up. Lol. These are likely curly maple.

[BO-R]

Well besides finally retiring from my employment after 46 Years,
I got some roughing in on some limbs and riser that last couple nights.
Osage/Bocote combo....

[derekdiruz]

Lookin great and CONGRATS on retiring.

[Buemaker]

Looking goood.

[Crooked Stic]

I like that. Really good looking bows this year.