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[wahoo]

#6071

I have a bow I bought from a super nice guy – most people know – I have been dissatisfied with the finish from the 1st year – I have called him and was stunned by his response after x amount of time I shot him an e-mail in which he called me – I sent it back he refinished it sent it back and I called him and thanked him on how fast he did it but after a year and shooting it I thought this is not right = looks like a school kid did it ?? It is something that when people see it they say oh call him and he’ll fix it well I shot him another e-mail and I know he’s not a computer guy but ???? my wife says just shoot it and it shoots great it’s cosmetic but folks say this is a work of art a labor of luv – something I should be proud of but it’s not – these bows cost some paper more than I have ever spent but not a professional job for sure . I really don’t know why I am posting just wanting some input . Thanks

[Doc Nock]

#48183

Over the years, I became friendly with several “custom” bowyers.

Visiting and listening to their stories, it is a tangled web for sure.

Beauty is in the eye of the BEER HOLDER, or something like that…:D

Nobody can please everyone all the time. Sometimes humidity, or other factors affect drying conditions. Quality should still be job one, but…

…ONLY thing that furrows a brow reading your mis-adventure is the time frame between receipt and complaint.

Perhaps it’s the way I read your post, but it appears that it was a confusing time frame on the first complaint and your bowyer’s response, then a YEAR (?) till you found the re-finish job to be unsatisfactory as well? Am I reading that correctly??

Normally, people jump right on it after receiving a bow and give it the ole eagle-eye…

I’m thinking your Super Nice Guy is going to scratch his head wondering why it took a year to figure out the re-finish is not up to your standards?

Alas, depending on the nature of the actual cosmetic complaints, sometimes some #0000 steel wool can even out a finish…or a light sandpaper… NObody can make it as perfect as you’d like it perhaps, but YOU? Dunno…just a thought.

I once bought a bow from a guy and it never suited me so I got a spray can of DEFT varnish and redid it… then blended with #0000 steel wool. Then I sold it.

So I know how you feel. If a bow doesn’t speak to you and fill you with good vibes, it might be time to just let it go.

[wahoo]

#48284

no no no I can’t get rid of her she’s my fave. I received this bow and loved her from the start and shot her and shot her-she was in heat rain snow and the finish came off and they said they had some problems and then they did what I think you said for me to do only thing it looks like I did it for sure just not a real good job. I have had this bow for 5 yrs now and yes I may be picky but all my other bows seem to be able to stand the test of time – thanks for posting I may just call him and let him know ??? I don’t mind paying money or maybe I will just live with it and keep shooting – thanks for posting

[Doc Nock]

#48326

Sounds like you’ve found a good shooter, just got some warts on her…

Any bow finish will only stand the test of time and outdoors so long… I tend to wax mine with car wax, long before the season due to the smell, but even so, I fuss over it but it gets dings and “honorable scars” from use. At some point, when I think the finish might allow moisture into the many layers of lay-ups, it’ll go back to the bowyer for a “re-dressing”.

My bowyer has published that he abuses his personal bow in the Northwest rain forest hunting elk and after 5 yrs, he has to strip and re-finish even his own…for integrity sake…not just for looks!’

I sent you a PM with personal thoughts… but in the end, you have to know what’s in your own heart. I think after 2 tries, I’d find me someone I think might do a better job and pay outa pocket to have it as I like it!

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