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Stringman

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Big and tall Osage bow
« on: January 08, 2017, 11:18:25 am »
I haven't built a bow for awhile, so I was getting the itch. A friend asked about a bow for his son who is a good sized kid. He wanted something in the 30" draw range in a hunting weight and I decided to leave it on the overbuilt side. I picked a stave and cut it down to 70" then began chasing a ring. The bow was laid out with 1.5" parallel limbs to within 10" of tips then straight tapered to a little under a half inch. The build was very straight forward and in no time it was shooting and ready for dress up.

I went with Cipriano WDB's and wenge tips. 10 strands of D97 and wolf fur string balls from Patrick. Added the leather handle to make it comfortable in the cold weather and this thing is a joy to shoot! Ended up pulling 60#@30" with almost no handshock.












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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2017, 11:27:33 am »
Beautiful bow Scott.  The skins, the handle, the finish, everything fits it perfectly.  That should make a fine hunting weapon. 
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2017, 11:28:37 am »
Woo, sweet. 60# @ 30" there's a good amount of stored energy in that baby :)
Nice job.
Del
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Offline ajooter

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2017, 11:54:39 am »
I like everything about it....that snow really makes a nice setting for the pictures too!
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Offline penderbender

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2017, 12:01:28 pm »
Sweet looking bow! That'll spit some arrows good. Cheers- Brendan
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Offline bluegill68

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2017, 12:11:52 pm »
Outstanding!
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Offline rps3

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2017, 12:15:00 pm »
Thats my kind of bow, I can see that thing shooting where I look from here. It had to be somewhat of a challenge getting the string to ride perfect along those long skinny flipped tips.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2017, 12:35:04 pm »
Turned out nice, Scott. Very well done!   8)
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2017, 12:42:11 pm »
Beautiful bow Scott. Really nice bend should be a fantastic hunting bow hope he can get some good hunting in with it.
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Stringman

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2017, 01:31:57 pm »
Quote from: Del the cat on January 08, 2017, 11:28:37 am
Woo, sweet. 60# @ 30" there's a good amount of stored energy in that baby :)
Nice job.
Del

Yep I have a set of long cane arrows that are 700gr. They fly really well out of this bow.
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Stringman

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2017, 01:33:47 pm »
Thanks for the comments. I took a page from Clint's book and sealed with rim sealer. Kinda like the way it turned out.
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Offline trad bow

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2017, 01:35:19 pm »
Beautiful bow
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Offline simson

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2017, 01:53:28 pm »
Now that's a bright yeller stick!
Turned out very nice, Scott. Like the lines / profiles. And the hole looks cool.
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Offline mwosborn

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2017, 02:12:43 pm »
I like that one.  Well done!
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Offline JonW

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Re: Big and tall Osage bow
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2017, 02:18:24 pm »
Ver good looking bow Scott!
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