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Offline medicinewheel

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Osage with stiff tips...(now fulldraw added!)
« on: December 11, 2009, 05:42:09 am »
I just finished an Osage bow that came out nice, and I thought it's worth sharing.

The guy I made it for has a 31" pull so I made the bow 69" ntn, draw weight was 55#@31" after shooting her some.
The bow has holmegaardish tips that are flipped up a bit which gives it a nice side profile and adds some speed.
Has a black-dyed rawhide backing, a handle of python leather and buffalo horn overlays.

I had some problems while tillering (see   http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,15904.0.html  ) due to being spliced from billets not matching too well but in the end tiller came out nice. I had purchased the spliced stave from an Hungarian supplier, wasn't to sure of the integrity of the back either, that's why I put on rawhide after first time shooting her.
Had a bit of set that I could get rid of using the heatgun, so the tips are right in front of the handle when unbraced.

Full draw to follow.

Thanks for looking.

« Last Edit: December 13, 2009, 02:17:54 pm by medicinewheel »
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Re: osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2009, 05:44:20 am »
some more pics...
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Offline knap_123

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Re: osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2009, 05:45:11 am »
sweet!11  i love the dye job, got a few more pics?
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2009, 05:47:22 am »

Thanks knap! - the weather is bad today, will try to get some nicer ones when the sun comes out a bit...
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2009, 05:49:07 am »
one more for now...

I'm happy with the braced profile of this bow, and on this pic you can see how slim the tips are!
« Last Edit: December 11, 2009, 02:59:14 pm by medicinewheel »
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Offline AndrewS

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2009, 05:53:26 am »
Looks like a sweat shooter ;)

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Offline faltenhemd

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2009, 06:11:32 am »
wunderschöner bogen! (wonderful bow)
i also love your colouring job :)
thanks fpr showing
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Offline kylerprochaska

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2009, 06:36:11 am »
Beautiful bow! I love the tips on that thing, she looks MEAN!  Can't wait to see the full draw

Ky
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2009, 07:11:29 am »
That's really nice! Well done. Jawge
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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2009, 07:51:18 am »
Very nice,love the dark dye work,looks great.The tips are awesome sleak and beautiful. Love to see a full draw of that one. :)
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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2009, 07:59:49 am »
Great looking bow I bet it shoots sweet.. ;)
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2009, 08:03:15 am »
WOW, many replies in a short time!
Yes, the bow does shoot sweet; fairly fast and still easy to control.
Thanks for all the nice comments!!
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Offline Dano

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2009, 08:12:29 am »
Outstanding!!! ;D
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Offline ryoon4690

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2009, 08:17:21 am »
OMG! Those tips are awesome. I really really need to learn how to get some of mine looking like that. I was looking at the last holmegaard bow I built and thought that there may be some performance benefits in slightly reflexing the stiff tips. How's performance?
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Osage with stiff tips...
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2009, 08:49:21 am »
Thanks Dano and ryoon!
ryoon, I'm positive the flipped tips have added performance; the bow shoots with authority, and good speed, too, even though it's sort of long!
Maybe you want to check out my thread in the build-along section about tip overlays, too!
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