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Title: A gift of bows
Post by: jmack on March 29, 2012, 02:19:00 PM
So not too long ago, I won a drawing here for a kids bow. I was really excited, because the boys (I have 5yo twins) have been shooting little fiberglass Wal-Mart bows for almost 2 years now, and they've been starting to ask when they were going to get a "real" bow like daddy's. What we recieved was a beautiful 48" longbow, black glass on the back, and a hickory belly. Had a nice little pistol grip on it too. Right away, I contacted the man that made the bow, and ordered another so the twins wouldn't have to share. I got a call about a week later, and the man said that he wasn't happy with how his hickory was behaving, and that he had made us two new matching bows, with glass on the back and belly. The only stipulation was that he had a new winner for the first bow, and I had to ship it to him. My wife is a photographer, and she did a big write up on the first bow on her blog ( CLICK HERE (http://www.kristinlarue.com/blog/my-guys/) ). Well a couple of weeks ago, that special man called me up and said,"Hey, I got a lot of calls from those pictures your wife took, and I saw a real little guy on that blog, and was wondering if he'd like to model a new 36" bow I'm trying to build?" WELL HECK YEAH HE WOULD! *This is not an attempt to sell any bows, but is instead a sincere thank you, and a showcase of craftsmanship and goodheartedness. Pictues of the new bows, and Mr. Chrestman's info is included on this other blog...    CLICK HERE (http://www.kristinlarue.com/blog/one-little-two-little-three-little-indians/)
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Post by: Rick Richard on March 29, 2012, 02:33:00 PM
Very Nice!
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Post by: JV Rooster on March 29, 2012, 02:38:00 PM
Very nice pics and bows.Looks like the little guys are having fun with them bows.   :clapper:
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Post by: tj69 on March 29, 2012, 03:10:00 PM
Sooo sweeet!  :)
That makes me smile and fills my heart with joy!
Thank you for sharing.
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Post by: LITTLEBIGMAN on March 29, 2012, 03:22:00 PM
man thats what its ALL ABOUT!
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Post by: cbCrow on March 29, 2012, 04:02:00 PM
Great to see those boys ahavin fun!
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Post by: ScottL on March 29, 2012, 04:18:00 PM
Great story
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Post by: L. E. Carroll on March 29, 2012, 04:51:00 PM
:clapper:     :clapper:    :clapper:  Excellent story and wonderful pictures... Both you and your husband have been truly blessed.

Also a big    :clapper:  for your anonymous bowyer.
 
Gene
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Post by: S.C. Hunter on March 29, 2012, 07:02:00 PM
We have a lot of those kind of folks here. It is a truly blessed Gang here.
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Post by: straitera on March 29, 2012, 08:44:00 PM
Folks doing good for others especially little folks makes me real happy. Much obliged for the post.
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Post by: kennym on March 29, 2012, 08:49:00 PM
That is COOL!!
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Post by: Mudd on March 29, 2012, 08:57:00 PM
:archer:
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Post by: GreyGoose on March 30, 2012, 09:36:00 AM
If there's anything I like better than this story, it's the pictures!  Thanks for sharing both.
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Post by: Kyle Patterson on March 30, 2012, 10:13:00 AM
Those are great pics! Your kids look very happy and i bet your a pretty proud pops too!
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Post by: Wapiti Chaser on March 30, 2012, 10:17:00 AM
Priceless !
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Post by: wooddamon1 on March 30, 2012, 12:19:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :clapper:
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Post by: Joshua Polland on March 31, 2012, 11:37:00 AM
It really looks like your boys like hanging with their daddy. That says a lot, you must be so proud. I love their back quivers, where did you get them?
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Post by: jmack on April 01, 2012, 02:49:00 PM
Thanks for all the compliments everyone. As for the back quivers, I made those myself.
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Post by: stujay on April 01, 2012, 07:22:00 PM
Outstanding, nice story, pics and gernerosity.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Rustic on April 01, 2012, 07:57:00 PM
That was special...  :clapper:
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Post by: mmisciag on April 01, 2012, 09:43:00 PM
Very nice!

Martin
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on April 01, 2012, 09:52:00 PM
Great photos and subjects.

Kudos to all involved!