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Offline SLIMBOB

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Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« on: December 16, 2013, 09:18:46 pm »
  This is actually a bow I started a few years ago.  Got it to a point and was just never happy with it.  It was taking set in all the wrong places and just had underwhelming cast.  Threw it in the corner and moved on. Decided here a few weeks ago to pull it out and finish it up. Took a little off here and there and tempered the dog out of it.  Very happy with it now.  This is locally grown Osage which is somewhat rare in the Texas Hill Country.  Very thick rings on it but not very dense wood.  It's 67 inches TTT.  At first I had the shape pretty elliptical because of the length.  Reworking it I got it bending more out of the fades which seems to have made the difference along with tempering it.  1.5" of set back that drops to about 1/2 inch set back when first unstrung.  1 1/2 inches wide at the fades carried out to mid limb and then tapers to 1/2 inch tips.  50ish at 27 inches.  Sinew wraps dyed with Rit dye.  Very smooth sweet shooter!
The lace in the handle looks pink in the pic.  It's red.  I swear it. :)
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2013, 09:23:59 pm »
Fine bow!
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2013, 09:27:44 pm »
Nice bow like the wraps.

Offline drycreekarcher

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2013, 09:44:13 pm »
Nice work! Something to be proud of. I know it won't fit in those stockings(boots), so you can send it on to my house. I don't mind the pink lace at all.  :)

Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2013, 09:45:47 pm »
It's red, I swear it!
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Offline DGF

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2013, 09:55:45 pm »
Good looking bow, and hunting weight too. Well done!

-Dan
Wyoming, MI

Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2013, 09:55:59 pm »
Thats a good looking bow Slim and looks well tillered. Don't much care for the pink lace on the handle but everything else about the bow is great. ;D
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2013, 10:00:53 pm »
Kind of a fuschia really.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2013, 10:12:02 pm »
   OK..... If you say so, fuschia it is.
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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2013, 10:29:27 pm »
Great looking bow.
Did ya get that pink lace over in Austin..?  ;)

Offline bushboy

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2013, 10:34:21 pm »
cool bow!
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2013, 10:49:07 pm »
That's a red Poinsettia....it looks pink....Dang, maybe its pink.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2013, 10:56:10 pm »
Pink/red, it doesn't matter to me.  That is a fine bow.  Great job on it Slimbob.
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Offline adb

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2013, 11:10:55 pm »
Nicely done! All-round good!

Offline mwosborn

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Re: Long Texas Osage Flat Bow
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2013, 11:14:33 pm »
Love the looks of the bow!  And it takes a real man to use pink lace!
Enjoy the hunt!  Mitch