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Offline BoltBows

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Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« on: July 28, 2020, 05:51:50 am »
Hi everybody, Have you ever had some waste material that unexpectedly turned out to be pretty useable? Well perhaps they are the best of bows because you didn't have any expectations!
The other day I got two pieces of osage about 34'' long and about 1'' thick max. Both were split off staves and initially regarded as waste. However the splitting went well and I decided to glue the pieces together and go for a deflexed design. To thicken the handle area there were slats of scrap osage glued on the back and belly. To cover all of these gluelines up I went for several layers of a dark stain made purely out of osage shavings and ammonia. The bow is heat treated and the recurves where boiled for bending.
Cheers for reading, here are some stats:

NTN:                      62''
DW:                      38# @ 28''
max. width:           38mm
String:                   8 strands D97
Finish:                   Tung oil
Nocks:                   Hawthorn













Cheers,
Jaap
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Offline Markus

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2020, 05:57:04 am »
Turned out very nice.
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Offline Badger

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2020, 06:02:00 am »
Beautiful Bow!
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Offline Will B

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2020, 06:30:09 am »
That’s a Great looking recurve!  Very nice bend. Nice job using what you had to make a Great bow!
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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2020, 06:45:20 am »
Looks great.

What you hunt with it?

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Offline Rākau

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2020, 06:56:24 am »
that's wild! with some stunning profiles to boot.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2020, 06:59:53 am »
Nailed It!
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Offline bentstick54

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2020, 07:22:20 am »
Beautiful bow.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2020, 08:20:30 am »
Beautiful bow all around. Well done!   :OK   8)
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Offline mmattockx

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2020, 08:53:04 am »
That is spectacular, what a gorgeous piece of work.


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Offline DC

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2020, 09:34:12 am »
That is beautiful. It's fun making bows out of scraps isn't it?
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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2020, 09:47:53 am »
I think I'm in love.
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2020, 12:25:56 pm »
Very, very nice. Excellent job!
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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2020, 02:08:34 pm »
Thanks everyone for the kind words!!

@Hedgehunter: Only foam targets, bowhunting is illegal here in the Netherlands. ;)

@DC: Sure is! Leon Loef (Leonwood) is a master at it and inspired me haha. I’m sure you’ve seen his work here!

@Sleek: xD cheers!
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Osage deflexed recurve (+pics)
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2020, 05:38:47 pm »
Very nice! Well done! Enjoy the bow. Arvin
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