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Title: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Pappy on April 15, 2009, 06:51:56 am

I finely finished the Osage I have been working on in between all the other things that are going on at the cabin right now. OK enough crying :) It turned out pretty nice.It is 67 inches T-T and 65 inches N-N .1 1/2 at the fads to about mid limb then tapered to a little less than 3/8 at the tips.
It is made from 3 year old Osage billets. The tip overlays are deer horn.It is 52@28.It has about 2 1/2 of reflex after resting and holds about 2 right after it is unstrung. I am giving it to a special friend at the Classic,he don't know yet and has no computer so maybe he won't find out about it. ;) :) He has given me so much over the years and I have never seen him with a snaky bow
so I feel sure he will like it,at least I hope so :).Hope yall do also.Here are some pictures. :)
   Pappy


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Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Pappy on April 15, 2009, 06:53:32 am

A few more.
   Pappy

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Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Pappy on April 15, 2009, 06:54:40 am

And that is it.Thanks for looking.
   Pappy

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Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: ricktrojanowski on April 15, 2009, 07:04:54 am

What a beauty.  Gary is a lucky guy.  I really like the artwork on the handle.  Great job on that snakey bow.

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: DanaM on April 15, 2009, 07:37:42 am

Looks like a Pappy bow for sure :) Very nice and I'm sure Gary will love it :)

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Timo on April 15, 2009, 07:50:03 am

Very nice bow pappy, and good on ya bud!Looks like she wants to shoot.

I used to give Gary a stave @ mojam every year,just to show thanks for all the work he does with the newbies. One day I get a tube in the mail...yall know what that was. What goes around comes around pappy! Gary will be pleased. O:) :)

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: GregB on April 15, 2009, 08:01:52 am

I'm sure Gary will love it! It really is a pleasure to shoot also, very smooth and shoots with authority where you're looking. Gary ought to be a tough oponent on the range with that bow in his hand....and deer be wary! ;)

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Pappy on April 15, 2009, 08:05:54 am

Ya Tim I got one a few months ago at the LBL hunt we go on every year and he call last week
and said he had a little sinew bow he had done while at a MI. event this winter that would just fit me.I keep him in Turkey feathers but wanted to do more.He is probably one of the most gracious guy I know,especially with his time with new folks. :) Thanks for the complaments guys.I appreciate it. :)
     Pappy

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: El Destructo on April 15, 2009, 08:13:12 am

Nice Bow Pappy....really looks good.....can't wait to get there and get some Pointers from You Guys on Osage Bows....I don't play with it too much here....too hard to get......oh....and I have a little something for you when I get there too....... :-X

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: TRACY on April 15, 2009, 09:22:12 am

Awesome bow! I'm sure it will be well received.

Tracy

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Ryano on April 15, 2009, 09:55:23 am

Wow, thats a beauty Pappy!  ;D
I'm sure he will love it!  8)

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Marc St Louis on April 15, 2009, 10:15:47 am

Nice bow Pappy. No doubt he will like it, how could he not

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: George Tsoukalas on April 15, 2009, 10:19:21 am

That is an outstanding bow, Pappy! Pure quality through out. Jawge

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: DCM on April 15, 2009, 10:36:16 am

Real fine job Pappy.  And a real fine gesture.

I bet there is a high pucker factor making a bow a fellar like Gary.  You done good, it's looks great.

I gave Gary a stick of Mississippi osage last MoJam, and perhaps at the last Classic as well, thinking like Timo.  Luckily I don't think he knows who I am, so I have no fear of retribution in kind from him like Timo.  LOL.  He works his butt off at these things.  I felt like I was givin' ice to an eskimo, but he was tawkin' about trying to collect bow wood from every state and didn't have any Ms.

Looking forward to seeing Gary and doing some show and tell with everyone.  It's getting closer!

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Keenan on April 15, 2009, 10:39:51 am

Beautiful Pappy, Love them snaky bows and a nice character hole as well. Tiller looks great and 2.5" of reflex should make that a real fine shooter. I'm sure he's going to love it. Tips look great.   

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: OldBow on April 15, 2009, 11:38:25 am

What a guy...what a bow! And bookmarked for April Self Bow of the Month. Nice living room, too.

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: koan on April 15, 2009, 12:26:42 pm

Great bow Pappy, for a great guy! Gary does give and give. A couple a yrs. ago @ Mojam a Boy Scout troop came up and everyone of them left with a bow that Gary helped them build. He didnt get to come up for air till it was time to leave. Anytime I am stuck on a bow I hafta call Gary and bend his ear. He can tell me whats happenin with my bow without even seeing it. Thats alot of experience for ya ;)....Brian

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Bear on April 15, 2009, 12:51:03 pm

Wow. It looks even better than the last time I saw it. I love that upper limb tip, it grabs the eye. This bow has a knot, some snake, antlers, and a built in arrow. If it came with some backstrap he wouldn't even need to leave the house.  ;D But what fun would that be? With a bow like this he should have no trouble getting the backstrap.

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Little John on April 15, 2009, 01:06:19 pm

Pappy fine bow and gesture for one of the best guys out there. I only met Gary last year at the Classic but like I have heard. Quality is hard to describe but easy to recognise,  that goes for Gary and your fine character bow. Have fun at the Classic. I guess the economy will keep me at home this time.  I will be there in spirit.    Kenneth

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: brownhillboy on April 15, 2009, 01:48:57 pm

Great bow Pappy!  I'm sure he will be thrilled...I know I would be! :)

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Staver on April 15, 2009, 03:24:19 pm

Wow Pappy!!  You guys sure know how to hook up your friends 8)  I'm sure Gary will be happier than all get out!!  With a "Pappy special" I would be for sure! :D  Joe H

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Pennhawk on April 15, 2009, 04:05:23 pm

Cool bow Pappy. Beautiful work.

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Aosda on April 15, 2009, 05:31:21 pm

Beautiful looking bow Pappy.  The tips look a little forward unbraced, did you put it in during the build, or is it natural?

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: JustAim on April 15, 2009, 06:21:22 pm

Beautiful Bow Pappy!!!

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: cracker on April 15, 2009, 06:25:29 pm

Nice piece of work Pappy. Wish I had a friend like you.Ron

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: AKAPK on April 15, 2009, 07:10:12 pm

Pappy, that Bow Rocks ,Thats a terrific Bow 8)

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: FlintWalker on April 15, 2009, 08:24:00 pm

Super good looking bow Pappy!  Is that the one you showed me the last time I was down there?  I believe it was just off the form and maybe floor tillered a little?    At any rate, I know he'll love it ;)

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Dano on April 15, 2009, 08:33:13 pm

Great job Pappy, Gary does so much to help others, it is nice to see him rewarded. I know I will never forget how helpful he was when I started. I'm sure he will be pleased.

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Blacktail on April 15, 2009, 08:57:47 pm

thats a sharp looking stick...i love the art work and the charactor of it...i all so like all the mounts in side your house...thanks for sharing.john

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Bullitt on April 15, 2009, 09:40:01 pm

I think I'll  drink a Dr. Pepper to that! Oh, and maybe I'll get to shoot her at Cloverdale. Ha Ha Ha!

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: PeteC on April 15, 2009, 09:56:22 pm

Beautiful bow Pappy!! I think he'll love it. God Bless

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: hawkbow on April 15, 2009, 10:19:12 pm

YOU ARE THE SNAKEY BOW MASTER!! I am sure he will not only love the bow, but the fact that a true friend built her with good medicine from tip to tip.. great job Pappy.. Hawk a/ho

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Jesse on April 15, 2009, 10:28:01 pm

Thats awesome Pappy. Thats great how snaky it is. Well done :o

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Pappy on April 16, 2009, 06:12:57 am

Thanks a bunch guys,Shanon that is the one,I finely got it done. Aosda ,I put some reflex but the tips are natural,I didn't flip them. Bullitt,he dose like them Dr Peppers,and MGD after dark. ;D you could come on down to the Classic and I am sure he would let you shoot it there. :) Thanks again.
   Pappy

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: venisonburger on April 16, 2009, 06:13:52 pm

Nice one pappy, lucky friend you have, tips are attractive too.
VB

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Pappy on April 17, 2009, 05:41:26 am

Thanks VB  :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: medicinewheel on April 17, 2009, 05:52:13 am

Quote from: Pappy on April 15, 2009, 06:51:56 am

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so I feel sure he will like it,at least I hope so :)

....and if not I can PM my post adress to you no problem!  8) 8) 8)

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Pappy on April 17, 2009, 10:51:05 am

 ;D ;D ;D If he don't I will do that. ;) :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: cowboy on April 17, 2009, 11:27:30 am

That's another humdinger Pappy ;D. If he don't like it you know who does 8)..

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: smokeu on April 18, 2009, 09:54:02 pm

Hey can I be your good friend??

Title: Re: Bow for a good friend
Post by: Pappy on April 20, 2009, 07:20:13 am

Thanks Cowboy/Smokeu. :) I appreciate it.
   Pappy