Finished this arm guard

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dhaverstick
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Finished this arm guard

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Finished up this arm guard last night. It will be a can raffle item at the upcoming United Bowhunters of Missouri Rendezvous. I was going for a tarnished metal look. The back of the arm guard is vegetable-tanned cowhide. The facing is ostrich leg skin that I painted copper and then buffed with a teal glaze to make it look oxidized. The trim is New Zealand red deer that has kind of a tarnished bronzed color. I carved the lace hooks out of deer antler and sewed the whole thing up by hand using artificial sinew. Hopefully, it will make the club a little money.

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#2 Post by Shadowhntr »

WOW! THAT IS AWESOME! I want it....lol!
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#3 Post by Carpdaddy »

Man you always go above and beyond in every area of the items you build! Love it, thanks for sharing.

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#4 Post by Captainkirk »

Nice work and attention to detail, Darren!
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#5 Post by Mohawk »

I'm thinkin your club will be sitting pretty after that being offered.

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#6 Post by Shootalot »

Really nice!

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#7 Post by dhaverstick »

Thanks, everyone!

Jason, I can make you one like that or something of your own choosing. Just send me a PM.

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#8 Post by Shadowhntr »

Darren, as top notch as your work is, I'm kinda afraid I couldn't afford it.

Have you ever made any hip quivers for target/roving/3d shooting?
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#9 Post by dhaverstick »

Jason, I've never made a hip quiver like most folks use for 3D shoots but I could. You can follow this link to see some of the quivers I have made.
http://s137.photobucket.com/user/dhaver ... ds/Quivers

For doing custom work, I'm pretty cheap, at least that's what people tell me.

Darren

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