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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 02, 2009, 08:58:15 pm

Title: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 02, 2009, 08:58:15 pm

this bow was started a good 2 years ago.

not much of a fan of unbacked Osage,, so she got some silk ;)

61 1/2" ntn, 73# @ 26", Osage overlays and Jute grip

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/010.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/011.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/019.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/021.jpg)

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 02, 2009, 09:00:37 pm

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/012.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/013.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/014.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/016.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/017.jpg)

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 02, 2009, 09:01:54 pm

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/009.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/024.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/025.jpg)

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: radius on July 02, 2009, 09:06:31 pm

good stuff...i like the fade under the handle...nice work

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 02, 2009, 09:20:15 pm

thanks,

here's the rest

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/026.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/027.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/029.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Osage%20silk/028.jpg)

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: radius on July 02, 2009, 09:23:54 pm

hm...i might be into trading a yew stave for some of that guava you make into such nice bows...

how's it work/cost to send staves from vancouver island to hawaii?

Scott

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: M-P on July 02, 2009, 10:34:12 pm

Hi,  It looks like a sweet bow.  I suspect the silk backing was totally unnecessary, but it sure looks good.    Ron

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Aosda on July 02, 2009, 10:44:09 pm

I like the way the limbs contrast.  One is nice and straight and the other is all snakey.  Great work.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 02, 2009, 11:43:37 pm

Thanks guys, yep the silk is just for looks  ;)

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: xin on July 02, 2009, 11:46:49 pm

Always  like your bows and this one is no exception.  Beautiful sky in the background.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on July 02, 2009, 11:59:49 pm

Excellent work, Manny. Very nicely done. Jawge

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Dano on July 03, 2009, 12:08:19 am

Beautiful bow Manny, I love them snakey ones.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Pappy on July 03, 2009, 06:06:21 am

Good looking bow,got to love Osage. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Timo on July 03, 2009, 07:59:06 am

Not much a fan of unbacked osage? Well Manny you hurt my feelings man. ;D Course I never made one of those behemouth pound bows either.  ;)

looks real swell boy. Profile is cool.BTW those shorts make your but look big.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: FVR on July 03, 2009, 09:20:13 am

That's a nice snaky bow, I like it.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: OldBow on July 03, 2009, 11:29:33 am

First self bow for July. A very nice one, too.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Kegan on July 03, 2009, 11:35:58 am

Beautiful bow Manny. Really like that tiller, and the weight ;)

You ran the backing under the overlay- how's that work? And how wide is your handle?

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 03, 2009, 12:56:56 pm

thanks guys,

yeah Timo, like the look of Osage belly, but hate the look of the back,    LOL, big but, he ?





kegan, I do that quite often, allways worked fine :)  ...how wide ? ...let me mesure, but I would quess less than 3/4"

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: medicinewheel on July 03, 2009, 02:37:39 pm

BEAUTIFUL!!!

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: medicinewheel on July 03, 2009, 02:38:43 pm

PS: did you dye that silk by yourself??

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Ghost Dog on July 03, 2009, 09:17:53 pm

Man that is a really great looking bow. Damn.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: PeteC on July 03, 2009, 11:00:05 pm

Nice bow Manny.You should'nt have any trouble skewering those tropical pigs y'all have over there with that rocket. God Bless

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 03, 2009, 11:17:57 pm

thanks guys.

frank, the print was on the silk already, I liked because it reminded me a bit of indian designs

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Gordon on July 04, 2009, 01:16:39 am

Sweet looking bow Manny. That's interesting that you glue the overlays right over the backing. I never thought to do it that way -  I'll have to try that.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Kegan on July 04, 2009, 12:30:24 pm

Thanks Manny. Cloth backings and overlays have always given me trouble. You jsut saved me many more hours of messing up tips ;D

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 04, 2009, 05:49:44 pm

Thanks Gordon


Yeah kegan, once you've decided to back a stave is better to do it before the overlays are glued on, the transition than is much better  ;D

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 04, 2009, 05:56:17 pm

.....Ho yeah forgot, the handle is 3/4" wide and 1 1/2" deep

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Kegan on July 05, 2009, 09:14:29 am

Thanks Manny ;D! Maybe for once I'll get a bow backed with cloth that doesn't look like a dog's been chewing on it :D

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: redwasp on July 05, 2009, 09:29:36 pm

A always nice bow. Like the silk backing and the curves. I thought it took me a long time to make one.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: woodstick on July 05, 2009, 09:36:21 pm

well everybody done said what i would ,so yea great job.

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Chad Bower on July 06, 2009, 11:06:25 pm

LOL ! Is there anything that you cant do Manny ? NICE STUFF AGAIN MAN !

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 07, 2009, 06:11:55 am

Thanks fellas,  much appreciated


Kegan, wet the strips of cloth, squize the extra water out and stretch them,  hung them, get some TB III on one limb, put the strip down, work the extra glue out
from handle to tip, do the same to the other limb, go back to the first massage the cloth in, do this to both limbs a couple of times, clamp at the handle and tips, ...as easy as that, takes more to write than do it  ;D

if you want later after you cut the excess out ( but not all the way flush ) you can apply a coat of really thin TB III, that will help with any possible fraing at the edges ( use fine rasp going from back to outher edge to get it flush ) .........piece of cake  ;)

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: GregB on July 07, 2009, 08:40:22 am

Very nice job on that one Manny! ;)

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Kegan on July 07, 2009, 07:24:32 pm

Thanks Manny, I'll have to try that. For some reason I always make a mes of TB II and cloth. Wasted probably a quarter of my bottle :D.

So you use a fine rasp to get the edges flush with some extra TB III to harden it up?

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on July 07, 2009, 11:31:16 pm

Thanks Greg.

Kegan if you put TB III over the cloth, you have to do it after it's dry, and the glue has to be quite thin, otherwise the job doesn't look so good, using the fine rasp on an outward motion from the back towards the edges will give you a neet job

Title: Re: Osage bow
Post by: Kegan on July 08, 2009, 11:15:59 am

Thank you Manny ;D! I've always tried to use a razor to carefully cut it away, but it never worked- the final bow was always sort of squiggly and ugly. You've really helped me out.