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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Flatshooter on November 12, 2015, 02:35:00 PM
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Sold most of my bows and decided to order a new Thunder Child. Had one a few years ago and always regretted selling it. Right now I'm thinking about wood combinations. Lets see what you've got. Giving a lot of thought right now to some combination of Koa or desert ironwood with gaboon ebony in the riser.
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I had a TC with desert Ironwood; prettiest bow I ever owned. You almost forget to pick a spot because you are looking at the figure in the wood.
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac67/peastes/46d4a91a.jpg) (http://s886.photobucket.com/user/peastes/media/46d4a91a.jpg.html)
My bank account hopes that nobody makes a Hill style in ironwood; it is a stunning bow wood. (http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac67/peastes/0a844f90.jpg) (http://s886.photobucket.com/user/peastes/media/0a844f90.jpg.html)
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Walnut in the riser and tiger Myrtle veneers, sheep horn overlays.
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Bow%20Pictures/1430825113.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/Bow%20Pictures/1430825113.jpg.html)
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Bow%20Pictures/1430825136.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/Bow%20Pictures/1430825136.jpg.html)
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Bow%20Pictures/1430825120.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/Bow%20Pictures/1430825120.jpg.html)
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Bow%20Pictures/1430769781.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/Bow%20Pictures/1430769781.jpg.html)
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Bow%20Pictures/1430769854.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/Bow%20Pictures/1430769854.jpg.html)
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Bow%20Pictures/1430769838.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/Bow%20Pictures/1430769838.jpg.html)
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East Indian Rosewood with Quilted maple limbs
(http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy182/jsparky93/20151009_171125.jpg) (http://s790.photobucket.com/user/jsparky93/media/20151009_171125.jpg.html)
(http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy182/jsparky93/20151009_171105.jpg) (http://s790.photobucket.com/user/jsparky93/media/20151009_171105.jpg.html)
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Any Koa riser Thunderchilds out there??
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Wow, Jim is the best at matching woods, stripes and accents.
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That bow that centaur had is quite a looker. Big Jim is a real "bowmeister" for sure. I have never seen one of his bows that was anything less than stunning in looks.
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(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee458/jimavelis/FullSizeRender_1.jpg)
This is the plum back. I had Jim use woods from my property and some that had been in the family a while.
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I will try to get pictures of mine up in a little bit. What I will say is that Jim stands behind his product and is an awesome guy to deal with. I have tried alot of shorter r/d bows, and the only one that I have kept is a thunderchild. I hope you love the bow that you get as much as I think that you will.
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(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd102/pdk25/P1020295.jpg)
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd102/pdk25/P1020296.jpg)
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(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd102/pdk25/P1020298.jpg)
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Here's mine
(http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss224/snuffornot/7a9b42f2-5c91-4984-830d-05041a74dfc6.jpg)
(http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss224/snuffornot/85e585d8-9a6a-4c59-acb6-e8ededeeef79.jpg)
(http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss224/snuffornot/2723e68c-9768-4cec-8c18-8b32d481380b.jpg)
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(http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h415/mshepherd1/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151114_134258_zpsqisoi9tc.jpg) (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/mshepherd1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151114_134258_zpsqisoi9tc.jpg.html)
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An extraordinarily gifted artisan.
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I have been honored to have been a friend of Big Jim for many years. Our friendship was never predicated on my owning and shooting one of his both marvelous and coveted creations. In fact, I have never owned one. I am currently climbing the mountain toward reaching that castle in the sky.