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Offline penderbender

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Scalloped ocean spray (finished pics on of 2)
« on: June 20, 2018, 10:52:34 pm »
So I have wanted to make a scalloped bow for some time now. So I rooted through the stash and found a nice piece of os. It was a good 3" diameter piece at 57 1/4" long, split and seasoned for 2 years. It's not finished yet. But here it is so far. My take on an Iroquois bow from jim hamms book. 70# @26. I will get some more pics up when it's all dolled up. Thanks for looking- brendan
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Offline DC

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2018, 11:08:15 pm »
Cool!

Offline Weylin

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2018, 11:32:25 pm »
Wow, That's awesome! You got everything out of that stave. nice bend.

Offline Msturm

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2018, 11:47:09 pm »
That is a great looking bend!  How does it shoot?

Offline Mounter

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2018, 11:54:20 pm »
Beautiful bow and awesome pics"..

Offline penderbender

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2018, 12:16:32 am »
Thanks guys! I have only shot 20 arrows or so with it yet. It flings them pretty good. It still needs some minor tweeks, and a light toasting after I shoot it a bunch more. Cheers- Brendan

Offline simk

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2018, 01:31:14 am »
Hi Brendan - very nice bend on a just simple bow - simplicity is an art of itself and os seems to be an interesting bow wood, we dont have in europe. Could you short explain what we see on the last pic? Cheers Simon
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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2018, 06:07:37 am »
Very cool bow!  Great bend on that one!!  Nice work 8)

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2018, 06:26:59 am »
Sweet bow Brendan. Love those scallops and beautiful tiller. Smik might seem like a simple bow but  pretty sure it's much more complicated than your first glance tells you. That last picture is front view of scallops. They've got to make getting that nice of a tiller a real challenge. Can't wait to see that one finished up and in the BOM.
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2018, 08:49:42 am »
Great looking bow! No need to doll up that one. I love those scalloped bows.

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2018, 08:55:33 am »
It just occurred to me how hard OS is, how did you carve the scallops?

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2018, 11:29:12 am »
....I just absolutely dont understand what these "scallops" are good for and where they come from?...maybe a picture from the other side of the bow in the final presentation will help me...cheers
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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2018, 12:02:21 pm »
Thanks Dave! Don I used a draw knife/half-time rasp to rough them out and a half-round file/scrapers to finish.
Sim it's just a native american design similar to this one. Cheers- Brendan

Offline simk

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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2018, 01:14:30 am »
thanx brendan - got it and looking forward to final pics.
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Re: Scalloped ocean spray
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2018, 02:15:03 pm »
I love it! Those scallopes look great and nice draw weight too