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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: IndianGuy on September 07, 2011, 10:23:39 pm

Title: A few bows finished up! :) Not BOM
Post by: IndianGuy on September 07, 2011, 10:23:39 pm

Hello all, Here are 3 bows that I have done recently. the first is an osage orange recurve, second is a gull wing sinew backed osage plains Indian bow and the third is a bufflao horn belly sinew backed Osage bow with dogwood arrows.

Eric

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Post by: Blacktail on September 07, 2011, 10:37:10 pm

that is some great work eric...you have such clean lines and the bend are very gracefull....i am trying to do a plains bow and the bending  is kind of tricky...i did find out that i like working osage...great job..john

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Post by: Elktracker on September 07, 2011, 10:42:39 pm

WOW thos are all very nice!!! I agree with John! I bet they shoot great! Nice work as always!

Josh

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Post by: blackhawk on September 07, 2011, 11:14:31 pm

Thanks for sharing your(as always)awesome work Eric.  :)  mighty fine bows there.

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Post by: medicinewheel on September 08, 2011, 03:12:04 am

Very nice!
Would love to see more details especially of the horn-bellied bow.

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Post by: Arrowind on September 08, 2011, 03:31:26 am

Awesome!

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Post by: Pappy on September 08, 2011, 09:58:10 am

Very nice work as usuall. You make some great looking bows. :) Thanks for sharing.  :)
   Pappy

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Post by: crooketarrow on September 08, 2011, 10:18:32 am

  The gull wings exture SWEET.

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Post by: james parker on September 08, 2011, 10:42:49 am

nice bows, i really like the sinewed bow

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Post by: Stickhead on September 08, 2011, 12:21:07 pm

Excellent bows!  Could we see the unbraced profile of the recurve?  I'm working on my first, and I'd like to compare mine to see if I'm on the right track.
...Tom

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Post by: ken75 on September 08, 2011, 12:39:45 pm

im curious Eric if the osage recurve had a knot or wave above the handle , it looks thin in the braced and hingy in the full draw . interesting work as always . really like the profile of the last one

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Post by: ErictheViking on September 08, 2011, 01:45:44 pm

very nice Eric, really like the horn bellied one. and the arrow are cool too. :)

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Post by: IndianGuy on September 08, 2011, 02:44:53 pm

""it looks thin in the braced and hingy in the full draw """   ??? your vision must be blurred! ..Or mine is, one or the other...I see no hinge and thin it is not.
The bow is 63" and 50# at 27" To me the tiller is spot on..but what do i know about bowmaking anyway Im an amateur.  ;)

here are a few more pics of the hingy and thin bow!

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Post by: n2huntn on September 08, 2011, 03:06:28 pm

I believe this is what Ken is refering too. Looks hingy to me too. Could be the angle.

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Post by: n2huntn on September 08, 2011, 03:09:24 pm

another take on it.

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Post by: LEGIONNAIRE on September 08, 2011, 08:01:12 pm

Always love to see your work eric. Very noce Those plains bows are amazing. The longer osage bow looks good too despite the so called hinge. I bet its fast.

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Post by: PatM on September 08, 2011, 08:25:56 pm

Nice but the hinge is undeniable to the eye and the drawn ellipse.
 Of course material that can take a hinge will shrug off the stress and shoot well, at least for a while.
 Korean and Turkish bows are essentially working hinge bows.

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Post by: gstoneberg on September 08, 2011, 09:02:24 pm

I don't think that bow will have any problem at all.  I love the recurves,  and especially the decorative treatment of the working limb.   Very nice.  What kind of skin is that?  I suspect it is very pleasant to shoot with the deflex/recurve layout.  All 3 bows are striking.

George

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Post by: ken75 on September 08, 2011, 11:18:58 pm

guess i will go to dennyvision , it wasnt my intention to ruffle your feathers

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Post by: HighEagle on September 10, 2011, 05:20:30 pm

Holy cow,
 Three super fine looking bows!! Could we see the belly of the horn belly?
 Man keep up the good work.  Thanks, Crg