Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Ryano on April 24, 2009, 12:05:29 am
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This bow was made by a new friend of mine, his name is Johnathan. I met him in January threw a mutual friend. (Outbackbob48)
Johnathan had seen the osage self bow that I helped Bob make last winter and decided he had to have one of his own. Well he knew where there was a few osage tree's not far from his house and he went and got the land owners permission to cut one. He brought me a pile of staves that he a Bob had split out of the log he cut, but they were all pretty rough. Thin growth rings, lots of knots and limbs and about as twisty and gnarly a log as I've ever seen. On top of all that the log had no sapwood at all just heart wood which really puzzled me. I've never seen that before and may never again. Anyways to make a long story short I picked out the best looking piece of wood he had and helped him lay out the shape of a bow on it. This was a far cry from a good selection for a beginner to learn on. It had about three different planes to the limbs a natural set back handle area with punky knots, deflexed limbs with a big dog leg side bend on one side. Some how he managed to chase a ring on the bow even with the paper thin rings. I told him we'd get a shooter out of it but I wasn't expecting much. Anyways He brought it over to the house after he had it roughed out and floor tillered and we strapped it to my form which reflexes and straightens at the same time. With a heat gun we slowly worked every thing into place and to my surprise it came off the form straight and holding all the reflex off the form. This piece of wood held every bit of heat correction we put to it. It didn't even spring back at all off the form.....what a weird piece of wood...? Any how I'll get to the point. I'm very impressed with the job he did on this bow, he is very artistic and he's hooked on bow making hard now. Watch out for this guy, boys. I expect great things from him......Congrats on a beautiful first bow Johnathan! ;D
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Oh, I almost forgot the spec's. It's 64"ntn and draws 57#@28"
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Thats a great looking bow. bang up job for a first. Tell him "enjoy the new addiction". ;D
Dustin D
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I wish my first one looked half that good. Great job on that one!!
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i love a good set back handle. thats an awesome bow. i recently got one of my buddies ready for bow building. let him see my set up and tools and then gave him a good hackberry stave. i'll make him post it when he gets done. great job jonathan!!!
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Fine looking first. Heck that looks good for a tenth bow.Ron
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Great looking bow,for a first that is awesome. :) Good guidance helps. :) Congrats on that one
Johnathan.I know you are proud of it .Nice art work also. :)
Pappy
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Well done Jonathan :)
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Well done. A new talent has arrived for sure
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Well done, Looking forward to future bows Jonathan. ;)
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Very, very nice for a first or even 50th bow! Way to pass it on Ryan! :)
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Well it's a plumb humdinger. Sometimes I think them knarly, unlikely staves make the best bows, if you can ride 'em down. And you gotta tip yer hat to osage, seems like you can put just about any misshapen piece right with a little heat and patience.
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Very nice regardless if it's the first or last. Congratulations on a fine bow!
Tracy
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nice! can we see a pic of your form?
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Man, I hate guys like that! Osage is a good beginner wood in my opinion. If you put in the effort , it will reward you with something good. Nice one , Jonathan!
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Ryan, that's a beauty. Way to supervise! What is the brace height set at? Jawge
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Great bow!!! Love the oak leaves.
The brace does look high, just figured it had something to do with the character.
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Right on Jonathan, Congratulations. Chasing paper thin rings is not easy and you got a fine looking bow. Good for you Ryan for your help promoting the sport.
PS Watch out Jonathan, Ryan is kind of like a pusher. He'll get you hooked and then have you at his door begging for more. This forum dose have an addicts thread for help when the addiction hits you full bore
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Good Job! Bookmarked for April Self BOM, too :)
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Great looking bow for anybody, much less a first one.
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Excellent job Jonathan, and great teaching Ryan! I like the leaf pattern too. :)
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Yep, she's a keeper, looks like he learns quick
Congrats on your first bow Jonathan
VB
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Thanks everybody for all of the encouragement! A big thanks goes out to RyanO and OutBack Bob for all their knowledge and help. Without them, the my first osage bow would have never come out as amazing as it did! Just to let ya'll know... I have already tried to screw up my second osage scave :P. Still learning... and soaking in all the info and help I can. What an addictive hobby. I am grateful for any additional ideas, suggestions, input, ect. that anyone has to share. So, thanks again everyone! Keep an eye out for future bows.
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Your welcome Johnathan. ;D Glad you finally learned how to navigate the internet! >:D I wasn't going to mention the stave you messed up..... ;) lol. ::) I hope you hang out here and do some reading once in a while there's a lot you can learn from all the good folks here as well. :)
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Johnathan, Ryan deserves all the credit,all I did is show the bow he helped me withan a little bit of sewing on the handle. Make sure you leave an open day for Presque Isle Trad shoot so that you can put some faces to some of the names. Later Bob I gota pack some stuff for Tenn. :>)
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Congrats Johnathan, on an awesome looking bow. You had one of the best bowyers around helping you out. ;)
As nice as this one is, I can't wait to see another one from you.
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Fine looking weapon there - congrats. Like that artwork too..
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A work of art that one is. I think the obvious qquestion now is can we get an unbraced profile?
please.
great bow,
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Ryan, you seem to be a good teacher!
Indeed a nice bow!
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Raven, I'll try to get him to take another picture but I think she's still holding a couple inches of reflex after resting.
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That's a fine bow,the art work is neat. God Bless