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Offline Kviljo

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Osage Holmegård (fulldraw p.2)
« on: July 10, 2007, 08:17:10 pm »
I just finished my new osage Holmegård. It's about the height of a stone age man, and draws about 60-70-80#, with a optional drawlenght up to 32" or so. It's madly overbuilt! But this Osage is really great stuff! Awesome colour and great to work with! Full-draws will perhaps come some time in the future.







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Offline DanaM

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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2007, 09:00:49 pm »
Looks sleek and deadly to me. ;D
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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2007, 11:42:14 pm »
Very sleek looking. How tall were the stone aged folks that used these bows? ::) What's the length?
Don't you just love osage. It is my favorite.   In a few months it will be a nice golden brown.  Nice bow. Looking forward to full draw.    Pat
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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2007, 11:53:09 pm »
I love the nice clean lines of a simple selfbow.  All the stuff that can be added is cool, but I love to see the wood working.  It leaves no doubt about the power of wood.  I sure would like to see more pictures. Justin
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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2007, 03:59:02 am »
That looks really nice Kviljo!love the colour of it  :P
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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2007, 05:58:40 am »
Very nice,love to see it at a full 32.How long is it? :)
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2007, 07:38:32 am »
Great looking weapon. Looks like you've got a good source of cherry bark there, too :)
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Offline Kviljo

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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2007, 08:24:08 am »
I'm afraid it's a birch tree :)

I think it's about 67" ntn.

Don't think I will draw it to 32" yet. I'll keep an eye on it's stringfollow when I do at least. The stave had 1.5" reflex, and is pretty straight now, so I guess it will gain some stringfollow if I draw it the extra 2". But according to Badgers mass formula it shold last beyond 32". :)
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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2007, 08:31:08 am »
Hill Billy, I thought it was cherry also at first look.

I wouldn't ever draw it more then maybe 1" past your drawlength just for a sense of comfort. No need to place extra set if you don't have to. :)
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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2007, 01:13:49 pm »
Quite the stick bow. How about slapping on a string and cranking it back and share the Full Draw image with us?
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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2007, 01:50:13 pm »
Very nice, looks smooth, I want to make a Holgaard one of these days....I've got the wood, now I've just got to get down to it.
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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2007, 02:33:54 pm »
From what I can tell from here, that's about the cleanest bodock I've ever seen.  Would love to see the thickness/width transition on the outer limb, and the tiller.  That's usually the Achilles heal of a homey.  Slickern snot for sure.
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2007, 04:31:13 pm »
That's a fine looking weapon. I sure would love to see a braced and full-draw picture.
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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2007, 06:56:55 pm »
Thanks folks  ;D

A fulldraw will appear suddenly, but perhaps not within the first days :)

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Re: Osage Holmegård
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2007, 07:31:15 pm »
Kvillo, just having the weight in the wood won't neccessarily mean you cna draw it 32", the placement of the mass and the tiller are critical. Steve
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