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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: sleek on October 04, 2012, 04:17:01 am

Title: mild character osage
Post by: sleek on October 04, 2012, 04:17:01 am

Hey guys, I just finished up a bow I had been working on for some time now and wanted to show it off. It is 45@25, 66" tip to tip, Iron wood root tips, and a boiled linseed oil finish. Let me know what yall think, good and bad please... I am really trying to get my skills up and seem to have leveled out recently....

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: sleek on October 04, 2012, 04:28:13 am

Hmmmm.... having trouble posting pics, lemme get back to you on that one...

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: sleek on October 04, 2012, 04:30:20 am

Untill I get this figured out, here is a link to the photobucket album...

http://s1092.photobucket.com/albums/i411/rocketernally/dons%20bow/

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: sleek on October 04, 2012, 04:31:49 am

crap.... help?

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: DarkSoul on October 04, 2012, 06:21:01 am

You can also edit your previous posts. This prevents you from making several replies after another.

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Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: Pappy on October 04, 2012, 07:02:47 am

That's a beauty,mighty fine job. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: dwardo on October 04, 2012, 07:36:14 am

Fine looking stick and lots of character :)
Looks a tiny bit stiff in the upper fade and just off but it also looks like a massive orrible knot there too! Good job.

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: okie64 on October 04, 2012, 08:10:59 am

Good looking bow Sleek. Just enough character to keep it interesting.

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: Hrothgar on October 04, 2012, 08:16:38 am

Very nice job on a tuff stave! Do the curves line up in such a way that you have a natural sight window or is there enough handle area for that?

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: Parnell on October 04, 2012, 11:15:52 am

Cool looking piece of osage!

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: sleek on October 04, 2012, 03:19:45 pm

Thanks for putting up the pics darksoul, I really appreciate that.

Hrothgar, I am not sure what you mean by a sight window? But the string tracks slightly to the left of the handle making it almost a center shot...
Thanks Okie64, the character sure made it interesting, the curve top tip actually had to be heat straightened some for sting alignment.
Dwardo, the knot you see there is some kind of damage in the limb there, I dont know what it is, but it is soft and almost all the way through, so I left it stiff there.
Pappy, that a compliment from you for sure, much appreciated.

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: druid on October 04, 2012, 04:11:23 pm

Seems the best of your tillers man. Great character bow.

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: Hrothgar on October 04, 2012, 05:17:00 pm

'Center shot' thats what I meant. Really nice job with the handle.

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: Keenan on October 04, 2012, 06:51:26 pm

Very nice, Congratulations

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: Del the cat on October 04, 2012, 06:53:14 pm

Sweet, gotta love that wiggle :-*
Del

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: Badly Bent on October 04, 2012, 09:09:33 pm

Nice work, I like that one .
Greg

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: Trapper Rob on October 04, 2012, 09:10:32 pm

Nice looking bow I really like the character in it.
Rob

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: missilemaster on October 04, 2012, 09:14:41 pm

Love the handle on that one! The top limb seems a tad stiff near the fade, but its minor, your tiller looks great. Keep forging ahead.

                             Cody

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: lesken2011 on October 04, 2012, 09:56:36 pm

Nice character and bend on that one, Sleek!! 8)

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: sharpend60 on October 04, 2012, 11:43:45 pm

It has been said before...
I think the top limb is a bit stiff.

We are dealing with organic materials and nothing fits the 'modern' definition of perfect.
Shooting arrows reliably is perfect enough for me.

Good work.
Just the right amount of wiggle for me.
I gotta get some osage one of these days....

Title: Re: mild character osage
Post by: JW_Halverson on October 05, 2012, 07:50:45 pm

Your tillering skills are far exceed your computer skills!  And that is just fine by me, keep posting character bows like this one and we can excuse all kinds of character flaws.   >:D

The bare bow look really accentuates the grip area, I encourage you to NOT add a leather grip.  She's too pretty to dress up.  Thanks for posting her, she's a beauty!