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Title: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: LC on May 28, 2009, 11:27:00 PM
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/LCooper/DSC00921.jpg)
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Just finished this up ready made out of red elm. Wish the pics showed how nice the lams really looked. Thanks Kenny!
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: LC on May 28, 2009, 11:32:00 PM
Sorry tried to edit the "ready" out of the thread but said mods could only do this! I thought you could edit posts here, is that a recent change?
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: bjhaug on May 29, 2009, 12:24:00 AM
Looks good!  Looks real good!
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: Ray_G on May 29, 2009, 01:59:00 AM
LC,

Nice looking bow!  Specs?

Edit function is temporarily disabled during the St. Jude's Auction.  Terry made a post about it a couple of days ago.

Ray
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: Apex Predator on May 29, 2009, 05:42:00 AM
That one looks really nice!
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: Dmaxshawn on May 29, 2009, 02:37:00 PM
That red elm looks great.  Did you stain them or is that natural.

Shawn
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: kennym on May 29, 2009, 03:25:00 PM
Thats a beaut Larry!!
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: LC on May 29, 2009, 10:48:00 PM
Well thanks guys, but compared to the quality of work I see on here regularly it's just average, BUT it does shoot really well.

Ray G thanks that makes sense on the editing thing.

For specs it's 50# @ 28" amo 60". The red elm is stained with "yellow maple" alcohol based stain from Woodcrafters. The stain is really red but can be thinned down. I use it for everything from curly maple to whatever. I actually made this bow teaching a fellow coworker who wanted to learn how to make bows. He doesn't have much bowhunting gear so I gave him that old Selway quiver I never liked, some old carbon arrows and set him up completely to be able to go home and shoot it. He loves it, it really shoots great and hope to take him out soon and shoot some carp with it! Thanks again Kenny for the awesome lams. They look better in real life than the pics do them justice.
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: Pennsyltuckey pete on May 30, 2009, 10:40:00 PM
nice job!

I love red elm.

pete
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: kennym on May 31, 2009, 05:21:00 PM
Larry, got any pics of that stain on curly maple? I got an itch to build myself one out of curly..........
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: razorsharptokill on May 31, 2009, 10:00:00 PM
Great job! Great way to spread the trad bug too. I really like those elm lams!
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: Dano on May 31, 2009, 10:49:00 PM
Very nice work, My favorite lams, might just be me but I think red elm makes a pretty zippy bow.
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: SteveD on June 02, 2009, 08:02:00 AM
Nice Job. Looks great
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: bayoulongbowman on June 02, 2009, 08:18:00 AM
that sir is a keeper for sure!   :wavey:  time for 2nd cup top of the morning to all.. :)
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: LC on June 02, 2009, 10:02:00 PM
Well thanks again everyone. Kenny I don't have any pics on my computer of a curly maple bow, will have to take some pics of the only curly bow I have and post them. Sad thing is it's from back in the days when Gordons quality control sucked and it has a white streak down the top limb! The white steak hasn't hurt it any and it's taken several animals though. Been working tons of hours lately and promise to some pics up soon.
Title: Re: My latest bow with Kenny lams
Post by: kennym on June 02, 2009, 10:35:00 PM
No hurry at all Larry,I'm holdin off on my personal bow til Feb 2010,if I can!!  :D