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Offline Mark Anderson

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First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« on: August 15, 2011, 07:59:15 pm »
Well this one has a story to it. Early this spring a buddy of mine dropped by and said he found some osage on his old family place that we could cut, so I grabbed the saw and some wedges and hopped in his truck. We found a bunch. The last tree I was cutting had a branch that swooped down lower than I did and stuck a thorn right in the top of my head. I bled more than I had since that one time I tried to build a cannon and got crazy grinding the weld down.....well that can wait for another time. So anyway the tree has a history now of getting things bloody hence the name "Bloodletter".


Stats are 67" ntn slightly cut in shelf built up with some leather. 53# @28" 6 coats of laquer (i know some don't like laquer but it seems to work well for me) Buckskin handle wrap in a style I've been experimenting with. Tips are mahoganny (thought it was cherry till I started rasping it) and antler.
Hope you enjoy.
Mark
« Last Edit: September 07, 2011, 06:12:28 pm by commadore »
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Offline Mark Anderson

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2011, 08:03:20 pm »
ok having a hard time getting the pictures to upload.
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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2011, 08:05:24 pm »
My wife has a new camera and wanted me to post some of these.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2011, 08:13:03 pm »
Very handsome, I like the nocks and that grip/fade transition looks stylish in that down the arrow shot.
Sweet tiller, I bet itat 53# it punches out those arrows.
Nice pics.
Del
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Offline bubby

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2011, 08:16:26 pm »
sweet bow commadore, nice tiller, Bub
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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2011, 08:22:21 pm »
1st,2nd...or 999th Osage bow,that's a nice yeller stick.  :)
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2011, 08:39:39 pm »
Fine job!
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2011, 08:44:19 pm »
Excellent work...hard to beat a stick of Osage ain't it  >:D
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Offline mullet

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2011, 09:07:48 pm »
 That's a very sleek looking bow. I bet is is very smooth at 67", too.
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Offline Cameroo

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2011, 09:48:23 pm »
That's a great looking bow.  I like the name that you chose too :)
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Offline LEGIONNAIRE

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2011, 09:56:37 pm »
thats a great looking bow and an awesome name to go along with it :) very cool, thanks for sharing.
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2011, 04:44:09 am »
Beautiful. Yes, I love that yellar wood.  Tiller looks right on.You did it proud.   Danny
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« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2011, 05:01:20 am »
Looking good...WARNING that yeller wood is as addictive as crack ;)  :-X
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« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2011, 07:35:20 am »
Beautiful work,mighty fine looking bow. :) :)
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Offline Will H

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2011, 10:22:18 am »
That thing has BOM written all over it! Wonderful job! I especially like the tiller and the tips are great! Way to go man!!  ;D ;D ;D
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