Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Dean Marlow on November 22, 2009, 04:40:39 pm
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Here is my main bow that I have been hunting with this year. It is an Osage selfbow. It is 66" long. It is 1-1/2" wide at the fades and tapers to 7-16" wide at the tips. It is 45lbs. at 28". It has Diamondback rattlesnake skins and Gabon Ebony overlay tips. It came out a little lighter than I wanted because I took a little to much wood out of the top snakey limb. So I had to scrape the bottom limb to even it up. Dean
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That is a Very good looking bow. Tiller looks outstanding and whatever finish you used really made those skins look nice.
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good job, mister! and now i've got a face to go with the name.
Gots to get me some osage...
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Some real pretty curves on that bow. Great job, bet its fun to shoot.
Sander
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That's awesome! Great job. Jawge
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Dean, that is really one gorgeous bow from unbrace to brace to full draw. Congratulations!
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Thanks for the nice compliments guys. I cut this log last winter and it was straight as an arrow. When I started splitting it this is what came out of it. You just can't tell by looking at a full log how the grain is going to run until you start splitting it. Every stave that came out of that straight log had this type of grain. You could lay every stave out of this log side by side and they all looked the same. In fact there are about three other staves floating around out there in the U.S.A from this same log and I would really like to see the bows that they will become. Brock,Ted, and Joe let's see them on here when you get them done. These guys do visit this site. Dean
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Terrific
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Nice bow Dean!Good huntin' to you too. God Bless
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Very nice! Love that Osage. I hope ya get to harvest something with it.
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That is a beauty Dean ;D.
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That is a beauty. I like that snake in the grass ! Nice work.
Tom
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A very nice bow!! Your tiller is spot on.
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whoa! totally threw me off guard when i saw how snakey it was. i was figuring just a strait profile. well done!
Phil
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Beautiful bow,I love it. :)
Pappy
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Dean, good looking bow. With the snake skin backing it could pass for real!
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That is indeed a nice bow
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Great looking bow for sure. Thanks for sharing it with us Dean.
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i love how straight it is from the side view, then you flip it over to see the profile and...WHAM, its a snake!
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Nice snake bow! I love that snakey osage wood. It's fun to work with, isnt it? :) -josh
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This is a real attention getter. Very skillfully made, too.
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wow,
i love those snakeskins!
Itīs a real beauty
Stephan
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HEY DEAN MAN YA DID THAT ONE PROUD !!!!!HAHA GOTTA GET MY BUTT IN GEAR FINISH MINE GOT IT ABOUT HALF DONE NOW IV GOT SOME TIME OFF WORK ILL FIND THE TIME HA CANT BELIVE I MISSED THE POST THE OTHER DAY HAHA BROCK
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As they all say: beautifull bow, great tiller!
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That's a great snaky bow, Dean. Well done! 8)
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Thanks again everybody for the nice compliments. It is quite an attention getter around a crowd. I started this bow at Mojam this summer. I had a fellow look at it the other day and he said it looks like a lightning bolt coming out of the clouds. So that will be it's name. Lightning bolt.
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I'll bet that at 45# it'll bring down a deer with a well placed arrow right smartly !!! Perfect string alignment on that snaky stave, and great tiller and finish work. I'd be Very Proud to say I made it - it's a Beauty !!
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Dean,
Wow! I hope I get there someday! Awesome bow.
Rand
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Great piece of work.... just beautiful
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Gorgeous. I love that trim handle profile. Slender like that fits the hand so well.
Hope to see a deer or two taken with that viper.
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Dean, what is the brace height set at on that beautiful bow? Jawge
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George the brace is 6-3/4". I put my fist on the handle and put my thumb up and that is where I have been putting it. Dean
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What's not to like?! Very nice bow and bookmarked, too!
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Hey Dean,
Guess I am not the only one that likes that bow !! I am still drooling over it! Again great looking bow.
steve
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Nice job! I like it.
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Nice character bow. Looks like it's a little stiff right off the fades, but you've got plenty of limb working there at 66" I guess. Good job. ;D
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Everyone likes an osage bow,even me,especially when they are snakey. Real pretty bow,I like the light color and it looks like it might bite too. Don.t worry about the color it will turn a dark crystal color as it ages. That is why they call it os age lol. Denny p.s. send me a stave and I'll do my magic...
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Very nice, I love those snake bows!