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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: limbow on January 14, 2010, 08:43:00 PM
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Came across these two bows a while back and couldn't pass them up! Finally got a few pics of them--Here they are
Dale Dye Limited Snakewood bow #7 of 12
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s271/Limbow/DSC_1073-1.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s271/Limbow/DSC_1070.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s271/Limbow/DSC_1059-1.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s271/Limbow/DSC_1060-2.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s271/Limbow/DSC_1061-1.jpg)
Blacktail Elite VL- Love the cocobolo and footed ebony riser!
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s271/Limbow/DSC_1057-1.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s271/Limbow/DSC_1059.jpg)
Had a blacktail once and sold it :knothead: This one however takes the cake!
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Wow! Both are stunning. Congrats.
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Thanks!! My Silvertip's are already getting jealous--Without these two though there was a Silvertip monopoly and I couldn't allow that :)
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Nice, REAL NICE :thumbsup:
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Wow.. both are beautiful bows, but I really like the Blacktail
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Beautiful!! i really like the snakewood.
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Very nice Kevin !!!!!
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Love that Snakewood. Awesome bows!
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Two of the best bows out there. I also have one of each.... and they are both beautiful, and they shoot!
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I can see why your Silvertips are getting jealous. With those hanging on the rack, they might develop a complex.
Beautiful bows........
Winterhawk1960
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Kevin,
Please take pics of the laminations on the Dale Dye bow. He uses some of the most amazing laminations, or veneers, I've seen.
Bill
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Magnificent!
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Here you go Bill, these are the ones I had. If you would like to see more, let me know and I will snap a few and email them to you.
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s271/Limbow/DSC_1072-1.jpg)
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What are the specs, in case you ever need a kidney and want to trade me one of those beauties?
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Nice!!! :thumbsup:
Bill
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Those are both absolutely beautiful !!!
That is the first time I have seen a Dye Snakewood Stunning.
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O'MY
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I wish you all wouldn't put pics of beautiful bows on here, because I can resist anything but temptation.
Joe
7months 2weeks and 2 days until Elk season....
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Nice!!!!
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Kevin,I can understand you completely,I get a Blacktail like yours and I reallyfind unique that Dye.
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Well - like one could think those bows are tools to make meat, but somehow my thought was, those were made by a artist...beautiful bows - you lucky dude !...ever feel like you dont like them enymore, feel free to send them to Finland for disposal ;)
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I love that checkered grip with the arrow head at the bottom. Looks really great.
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I'll Take it !...... oh wait , wrong forum ! :biglaugh: Beautiful Bows !!
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Nice Thomas. Nice !!! :biglaugh:
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Great looking bows. Thanks for sharing.
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Very nice!!!
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The snakewood in that bow probably cost the bowyer $500!
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Thanks for sharing that Snakewood! Bet it is even prettier in person.
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Stunning, is all that comes to mind.
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Really nice the Snake wood is stunning.
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Okay...you made me look :knothead: ...a Blacktail is back on the list!
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Kevin,
Thanks for the pic of the lamination. Mr. Dye gets some of the most beautiful Elm, err, Medicine Wood, I've seen! :) I had one and the limbs looked iridescent.
Bill
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Your welcome Bill, I have to agree.
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Kevin,
Those bows are eye-popping, drop dead, gorgeous creations by two of the best bowyers in the business. What a find! I kind of have a combination of those bows, because I have a Blacktail Snakebit that has the beauty of the Snakewood and the unbelievable artistic craftsmanship that no one has mastered to the extent Norm Johnson has in building bows that constitute absolute works of art. Of course, Dale is nipping at Norm's heels in the beauty department and is his equal in the function and performance categories. You are indeed a fortunate man to have added such fine bows to your stable of thoroughbreds.
Mark's comment that there must be $500 in the bowyer's cost for the Snakewood in the Dye bow is probably accurate, because I have never paid even close to as much for any other bow I own as I did for my Snakebit, nor have I been so glad to pay so much in order to have that bow in my collection. I love the checkered grip on the Dye and have talked to Norm from the very start about doing that to the grip of my Snakebit. Norm suggested I wait awhile to see how the Snakewood does, because it is very subject to checking (cracking) and would be hard to repair in any area where there was checkering. A year or so from now I will probably get the checkering done. That pattern on the Dye grip looks to be just about perfect. I wonder where Dale gets his checkering done?
The Silvertips may be a little jealous, but Dave sure builds a great bow too. I think your two new bows will feel right at home. None of your bows have any reason to feel inferior. I was a little surprised to see you say that all the bows on your rack prior to these two were Silvertips. What happened to all the other nice bows, including those you had been searching for and finally found? All sold off and gone?
Allan
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Both are great bows.