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Offline organic_archer

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54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« on: August 14, 2022, 11:21:14 am »
A customer asked if I could make him a full kit in my own style but incorporate his Cherokee heritage. My specialty! There's not much I love more than drawing inspiration from the ancient, tried and true designs.

This 68" long Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow finished out at 54# at 28" draw. The fletchings are trimmed to match an Eastern Woodlands artifact, and hand-crafted steel trade points adorn the business end of the hunting arrows. I really enjoyed this build. You'll just have to trust the profile shots for this one. I forgot to grab a full draw before it went out.






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Offline Pat B

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2022, 12:44:56 pm »
Very nice set. I'm sure your recipient will enjoy and appreciate it.   :OK
 In lieu of a full draw the braced and unbraced profiles suggest a good tiller profile.   
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Offline Aksel

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2022, 01:31:18 pm »
Beautiful bow. really like those nocks. Is it bending in the handle?
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Offline Hamish

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2022, 07:53:14 pm »
Looks really clean and crisply executed. Well done.
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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2022, 12:50:06 am »
Nice build.  Love set builds.  Looks like a great hunting set for sure. 
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Offline StickMark

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2022, 10:24:07 am »
Always refined work from you and good presentations of the gear.
Fletch is well done.
BTW, your posts on man tall bows motivated me to build longer, not exactly man-tall, but 68", and I am looking forward to some easier shooting compared to my 53 or so inchers.
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Offline organic_archer

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2022, 12:00:16 am »
Thanks everyone!

Askel, it has a minimalist handle, but it doesn't bend.

Mark, that's awesome! I've tried lots of different styles and always come back to bows that are about 2 inches shorter than "man tall". Taking a couple of inches off makes them a little more efficient but they still have all the favorable shooting characteristics of a longbow. Lots of my customer work is about 2" shorter than the archer unless they have an unusually long or short draw. I think you'll find them much easier to shoot than 53 inches!
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2022, 02:51:32 pm »
beautiful,, congrats,, my favorite style,, thanks for posting
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2022, 06:05:43 pm »
What a cool set.  Love the way you did the nocks, too.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2022, 12:43:01 pm »
Nothing about that bow disappoints! Very handsome!
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Offline ShorterJ

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2022, 01:48:58 pm »
That is one beautiful bow.  What are the arrow shafts? Did you make them too?
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Offline freke

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2022, 08:12:04 am »
Beautiful :OK
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Offline wooddamon1

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2022, 09:54:51 pm »
Very cool, love the whole set!
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: 54# Cherokee-Inspired Osage Selfbow
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2022, 12:08:56 am »
Looks like a Indian bow. Well done.
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