Been lurking on here for months after some referrals from the AT traditional site.  Finally registered so get ready for a real honest to goodness addicted newbie- with plenty of questions    .  Have refinished 3 bows already (1 Bear and 2 Ben Pearsons) and made 4 quivers (3 plains and 1 back).  Next project on the horizon are some wood arras!  Hope to go on my first hunt '08 (for a NV Muley).  Cudos to y'all for the quality of communications and info shared!  
Quinn

Hi there. Hap

welcome aboard

Hope you don't get addicted like others. Costs a chunky bunch!!
Welcome aboard the ship that has a destiny with no end in sight.

Welcome Quinn,

Thank your daughter,is she state side now?

You violated man law here, talking about bows refinished, quivers built,and now arrows, where are the pictures?? lol
       Kurt Bel5
  PS I am guilty myself

   

Thanks for the welcome.  My daughter is stateside- with my wife praying she remains so.
Here's a recent quiver "Muley"- for my 1st hunt fall '08...
 

and one for a friend "Elky"- traded this for new arras (not blue ones LOL)...
 

the Bear I did about 6 months ago when the addiction took hold.
 
 

Have not had a chance to take pics of the two Ben Pearsons- waiting for summer to chase down a rattler or two for backing on the Colt.

My son and our not-so-small pup in their bachelor pad...

 

       

Wow!  You're just starting out refinishing bows and making quivers and they turn out like that??    

Boy, I'm sure glad you found us - we have a lot to learn!  

way too much talent for a new guy!

Yeh, I sort of dive in- then find out if the pool is empty or full. LOL.  
As a teenager, I use to shoot in the backyard with a glass stick and loved it but never truly hunted- dad was not a hunter.  I just moved to the "wide open spaces" of Carson Valley, NV from Los(t) Angeles w/18mil neighbors (Kurtbel5-you gotta get out o' there fast).  
Now, my back yard is the Sierras and the front door opens to high desert and I live next door to a 15y/o kid that loves to hunt but rarely ever gets to because his dad doesn't.  So, I decided to be his huntin' big-brother.  Well, went to a church lot sale and ended up w/a compound.  Shot it about a week and didn't find the challenge I remembered as a child.  So I dug out the old green glass stick and Shazam- I was hooked again. As you can see I got all addicted to this trad insanity but with a limited budget, I build my own or refinish old gear.  Fortunately some of the older gear of our sport seems to outperform more modern goods.  I've not spent over $150 for ECWCS camo gear, 4 quality bows, arras, and 3 quivers.  Will be making a few more quivers in spring to fund my '08 lic./tags.  My wife is definitely apreciative of my budget control.
I'm a little artsy-fartsy ergo the quiver and enjoy refinishing old bamboo fly rods too but a total newbie w/hunting and thought I would just sneak in the back door here and lurk but my addiction and questions drove me to join.  Thanks guys for the cudos.  Sorry about the long bio but now you know where I'm coming from when I ask a ridiculously stupid question.  

Welcome  

       

Welcome aboard, this can all become very addicting. But, it's a good addiction !