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Title: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: adams89 on December 28, 2013, 08:13:59 am
I hope u guys like  it's 67 inches ntn and pulls 82# at 27" the upper arm is 1 1/2 inches longer  unstrung the bow has no set.
the bow is really fast and has virtually no handshock, it's the first one where I was able to reduce the handshock to such a Point on a drawweight like that, I think the half pyramidal desing ( the first 10 " are parallel, the ofset handle plus the slim tips do great work.
I build this bow out of a stave my wife gave me for Christmas two weeks earlier.
the handle is made out of pearlray, the tips and the arrowrest are made out of camelbone, the stringsilencers are made out of ferritfur.
I'm  totaly new to this Forum, but i've been looking at the work of u guys for a Long time, it's always a big Inspiration! especially for me in Germany where Bowhunting is still illegal, I'd love to put that fella to the test.....
I hope You like my bow ,
greetings from Germany,
Johannes

Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: okie64 on December 28, 2013, 08:36:13 am
Lookin forward to seeing some pics of the bow, sounds like you wasted no time getting a bow out of it. Heres a link that might help ya out with posting pics.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,7904.0.html
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: adams89 on December 28, 2013, 08:41:13 am
I gave it my best now to post some pics and a new full draw pic, hope u guys like it  :D
the top limb is 1 1/2 inches longer that's why it seem to bend less, but on a scale it bends even a Little more.
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on December 28, 2013, 09:11:38 am
Looks nice. Must be a heck of a piece of osage to get that weight, just doesn't look like enough wood left over to get it. But hey, your pulling it, not me! Nice work on a gnarly one.
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: burchett.donald on December 28, 2013, 09:21:57 am
 Your a super strong individual to be able to draw 82# with your arm bent like that!!!  Nice work on that asymmetrical bow, and yes tiller changes for me off the tree. After brace I use self timer mostly.
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: adams89 on December 28, 2013, 09:25:42 am
  i got the Wood earlier than Christmas ! 14 days earlier, just in case anybody thinks i've finished it in 3 days, but it was done for chritmas! ....  ;D my arm is bend like that because my wife needed so Long to take that Picture and i got tired, (maybe 3 seconds)  :)  anyway, i hope you all like it, i love it and it really packs a Punch ! (don't know if u guys can see it but the arrow is sticking ou on the other side of the stump!)
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: Danzn Bar on December 28, 2013, 10:38:23 am
I like it.........lots of bumps and wiggles...
Boy that camel bone sure looks hard and dense, almost looks like ivory.
DBar
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: adams89 on December 28, 2013, 11:19:49 am
camelbone is real tuff, i needed a rasp for iron to shape it and it still took half an hour per nock just to shape it in form :)
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: toomanyknots on December 28, 2013, 04:30:13 pm
Ya, them nocks are sweet.
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: JW_Halverson on December 28, 2013, 06:42:50 pm
Lot of character in that stave, a real challenge there.  I like the camel bone overlays, great job getting them polished so well.
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: adams89 on December 28, 2013, 07:23:11 pm
thanks for your comments guys ! I really apriciate your Feedback alot. :)
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: DuBois on December 28, 2013, 08:30:11 pm
Welcome Adam, that is a brute of a bow. Nice! Pearlray grip is sweet; where you get that?
Marco
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: H Rhodes on December 28, 2013, 09:43:37 pm
Awesome work.  You got a lot of draw weight out of that tricky stave. 
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: Dave 55 on December 28, 2013, 10:05:22 pm
Beautiful bow you did a great job,82# is a bunch obviuosly.
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: Buckeye Guy on December 28, 2013, 10:23:21 pm
Welcome to P A
Awesome bow you did very well
Guy
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: adams89 on December 29, 2013, 05:26:20 am
hey guys, thanks a lot for your comments again I'm really happy to get some Feedback from you guys!!
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: IdahoMatt on December 29, 2013, 10:44:08 am
That's a ton of weight great bow.
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: Jodocus on December 29, 2013, 12:32:29 pm
Nice snakey bow, and he ray handle looks great!
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: JW_Halverson on December 29, 2013, 03:01:46 pm
hey guys, thanks a lot for your comments again I'm really happy to get some Feedback from you guys!!
@ Marco I ordered the pearlrayskin from  a Company in Germany called DICTUM, they have lots if very good tools and exotic hides (sturgeon, catfish, Strauss, mammothivory, bone etc, I'll post a link here so you can have a look ;)) hope it helps!

You may want to delete that link, Adams.  One of the rules of the forum is that there be no links to merchants that do not advertise in Primitive Archery Magazine.  After all, P.A. hosts this forum free of charge to users such as us. 
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: adams89 on December 29, 2013, 03:50:13 pm
ok
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: criveraville on December 29, 2013, 11:13:18 pm
Nice bow. Looks great! Where did you get the camel bone? Leg bone or what? Welcome :laugh:

Cipriano
Title: Re: Snaky Osage Selfbow 82# @ 27"
Post by: adams89 on December 30, 2013, 06:32:38 pm
thanks a lot for all your comments really appriciate it! :D