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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: HickoryBill on August 05, 2012, 04:43:41 pm

Title: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: HickoryBill on August 05, 2012, 04:43:41 pm

Here is my latest Osage bow..It is made from 1, 60 yr. old fence post, given to me by an ole farmer...I split the post in half and chased down to a decent ring on each billet..The rings were really thin...The bow has a nice "s" profile and a retained 2 inches of natural reflex. I cut the "Z" splice by hand and glued the billets together with tb3..I floor tillered the stave and added a stiff handle of maple and zebrawood..The tips are walnut..and the bow is backed with 2 layers of goat intestine( natural sausage casing) The bow pulls 46#@26, 60'tip to tip, 1 1/8 wide tapering to 3/8 tips, and shoots pretty good.. it is prop twisted pretty bad and has snakes and kinks...so the tiller looks a little off from the one angle...the finish is 10 coats of tru oil...Hope ya all enjoy...
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/HickoryBill/IMAG0086.jpg)
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Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: lesken2011 on August 05, 2012, 05:30:30 pm

Nice job, Bill. It turned out pretty good for an old post!! :)

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: osage outlaw on August 05, 2012, 05:33:04 pm

Tiller looks good to me.  Nice job on that old post

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: k-hat on August 05, 2012, 05:57:44 pm

Very nice, love those fence post bows!

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: Will H on August 05, 2012, 06:36:31 pm

Nicely done brotha! As you may know, I am a fan of old fenceposts ;) You done that one justice :)

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: TRACY on August 05, 2012, 07:03:07 pm

Tiller looks good from here! Well done. Are you gonna haft any of those points on the stump to shoot out of it?

Tracy

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: blackhawk on August 05, 2012, 07:20:27 pm

Looks good willy...the unbraced profile says it all  ;)

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: HickoryBill on August 05, 2012, 07:25:18 pm

Tracy.that's my knappin
g pit.those points are my regects lol

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: Weylin on August 05, 2012, 08:13:22 pm

Cool bow! nice tiller. Who does your nails?

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: country on August 05, 2012, 08:26:39 pm

very nice Bill ....I may have to try an old fence post out.... being in kansas .. they aren't too hard to find :D

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: straightarrow on August 05, 2012, 10:22:26 pm

Looks great Bill... you gotta a real good shooter there. Shoots right where your looking. Not bad.... for a old fence post.... aye

Jon

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: johnston on August 05, 2012, 11:57:36 pm

Lot of handskill involved with this one. Really nice job.

Lane

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: james parker on August 06, 2012, 09:04:57 am

really nice bow,, some of that old wood can sure be great for bows,, my first bow was an ol 60 to 80 yr locust fence rail,, yours came out a lot nicer than mine,,,   you did a great job....... james

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: HickoryBill on August 06, 2012, 06:26:00 pm

Thanks guys...I really like this bow...even tho it came in a little light I might hunt with it this year...I shoot it pretty good.

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: Badly Bent on August 06, 2012, 10:52:23 pm

Real nice bow there Bill, looks great. My first were from 65 yr. old osage post and the fact that you can make a bending, functional bow
from those things really got me hooked on selfbows. You did a nice one there.
Greg

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: Dictionary on August 07, 2012, 01:08:27 am

did you say goat intestine

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: Pappy on August 07, 2012, 11:41:30 am

Very nice job,sweet looking bow. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: HickoryBill on August 07, 2012, 06:28:05 pm

Thanks guys ;) ;)
: Yepp 2 layers of goat intestine( natural sausage casing)

Title: Re: "Ole Fencepost"
Post by: Josh B on August 08, 2012, 03:43:36 am

Very nice!  Josh