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Offline simson

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Osage recurve for Konny 40/28 (No. 36)
« on: February 02, 2014, 03:14:09 pm »
This bow goes to a good guy for a 60. birthday present.

(ALL THE BEST TO YOU – KONNY!)

I found a nice piece of flickered Osage in my pile, kinda natural camo. The stave needed a lot of corrections , twist and sideways. The recurves are steam bent.
A nice pair of cow horn overlays were put on. They have a 3 d effect, nearly transparent, a bit like mother of pearl. Never saw this before (hard to see in the pics).The upper comes wit an additional groove, as the new owner is used to use a stringer.
Arrow pass is an inlay of glue+earth pigments.

Length 61“ ntn
brace 6½“
40#/28“































« Last Edit: December 19, 2014, 03:41:42 am by simson »
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Offline DGF

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2014, 03:21:45 pm »
Beautiful bow. Very graceful curves.

-Dan
Wyoming, MI

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2014, 03:22:47 pm »
Great - nothing else to say....

Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2014, 03:24:28 pm »
Beautiful bow. Very graceful curves.

-Dan



Couldn't of said it better myself.................
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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2014, 03:33:01 pm »
That's outstanding, somebody's going to be very happy.

Mark

Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2014, 03:46:04 pm »
Gorgeous wood, beautiful work, fantastic looking bow.
I found many years ago that it is much easier and more rewarding working with those that don't know anything than those that know it all.

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2014, 03:51:00 pm »
Another very nice, well tillered bow Simon. I love the mottled osage and the cow horn tip overlays.
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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2014, 04:53:47 pm »
Beautiful profiles.  The unbraced is really nice especially with all that bend midlimb.  Very nice Sir!
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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2014, 06:21:37 pm »
the horn tips look just like you say...slight mother of pearl....very nice bow!
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Offline Scottski

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2014, 09:30:46 pm »
Nice bow like those curves..
Did the Native Americans think about all this that much or just do it?

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2014, 10:37:12 pm »
Excellent bow Simon! I love that braced profile and drawn profile. Ive been kicking around a working recurve idea and you just nudged me over the edge. I need to get started soon!
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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2014, 11:36:50 pm »
Really like how that one turned out - beautiful!
Enjoy the hunt!  Mitch

Offline seabass

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2014, 11:42:39 pm »
very cool bow.the curves and tips are awesome.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2014, 01:56:28 am »
Great job on yet another.  Love everything about that one :)

Offline JonW

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Re: Osage recurve for Konny
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2014, 08:20:40 am »
Another fine one Simon. I really like the shape of the recurves. What did you use to get that radius? That is the sweetest recurve shape I've seen.