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Thimo - your story about the native hunters in the canoe after moose made me remember one of my favorite hunting stories...It is in the book "A Thousand Campfires" by the late Jay Massey (1985 by Bear...
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I would like some tillering imput on the drawn pic, before finishing this one. The upperlimb appears way stiff too me in the pic. As far as shooting this bow is very zippy at 27" and 55#.
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Looks great, Thimo. Yeah, top limb looks a little stiff through the middle, almost got a hinge a few inches above the handle, but looks like it's going to make a good shooter as well as a good lookin'...
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I finally got it tillered. I shortened it too 54"L and it pulls 50# at 26". Shoots really nice. I'm still doing some decorative work around the nocks and handle. I wanted it tillered right before...
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ken? What do you mean by "the late Jay Massey??"
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SBA, Jay Massey died back in '96 or '97, from cancer.
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Aanii, Thimo! Really nice bow--it looks very much like one I had commissioned for my tribe's (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians) archive museum. The model for that one came from Encyclopedia...
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Thomas thanks alot. And your website has my most intense interest. My grandmother until just last year lived in Crossvillage. I am very familiar with the people of Grand Traverse Bay. My uncle and...
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Rick--You have a reply Thimo,That's neat about your grandmother living in Cross Village--that's just a few miles north of my folks' place in Harbor Springs. May I ask your grandmother's family name? T
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Thomas, I can not give out the name. There is a legal matter with one of my uncles. Her name before marraige was Sharlott Wabanimpke' (I beleive that is the spelling). I've just recently began...
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Marc, I just looked at your displays that you did. AWSOME! marc.stoneflake.net/Msc/Ojibwa/
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Thomas it is a small world.Harbor Springs is a beautiful town. Everyday the pull to return to that area gets stronger. The scenery is great, the winters fun and the fishing wonderful. I used to read...
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Congrats to succes! Have you seen mohegan bow made by Marc stLuis?Jaro
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