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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: osage outlaw on February 20, 2014, 02:03:26 pm

Title: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: osage outlaw on February 20, 2014, 02:03:26 pm: I finished up the 52" Osage bendy handle bow from the follow-a-long http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,44744.0.html

This bow started as a thin belly split that I popped off the bottom of a stave from the big tree I cut in 2011. It ended up being 45 lbs @ 24". The limbs are 1 3/8" wide. The backing is cotton rattler. The tip overlays are from old persimmon golf club heads. The string is 10 strands of FF/D97 with some extra strands in the loops. I finished the bow with 6 coats of tung oil. There is nobody here to take a full draw picture. I'll try to get one up later today.

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Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: Pat B on February 20, 2014, 02:07:50 pm: Cool little bow Clint and those cotton rattler skins look pretty good. 8)
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on February 20, 2014, 02:13:19 pm: Sweet macheen Clintser
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Post by: bubby on February 20, 2014, 02:19:34 pm: turned out nice Clint, the skins look good in the pics, how about in person
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Post by: JonW on February 20, 2014, 02:35:16 pm: Real nice Clint. I'll really like it when it turns the color of that chunk it's sittin on :)
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Post by: rps3 on February 20, 2014, 02:49:11 pm: Good looking bow, and like bubby said, the skins look nice in the picture, are you happy with them?
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on February 20, 2014, 02:51:56 pm: My goodness! She is a looker. Nicely done. Jawge
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Post by: tallpine on February 20, 2014, 02:57:37 pm: Nice Clint, cant wait to see the money shot.
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Post by: adb on February 20, 2014, 03:11:36 pm: Money shot?
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Post by: Gsulfridge on February 20, 2014, 03:26:31 pm: Good job man. Turned out nice!
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: osage outlaw on February 20, 2014, 04:25:39 pm: Thanks guys. My photographer should be home from school in a little while. I'll get a full draw pic up soon. I'm happy with the skins. They look good in person. I showed the bow to my Dad and he asked what kind of snake it was. He didn't know they weren't real until I handed it to him.
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: bowtarist on February 20, 2014, 04:37:37 pm: Great lookin bow Clint!! dp
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: bubby on February 20, 2014, 05:06:44 pm: Quote from: osage outlaw on February 20, 2014, 04:25:39 pm
Thanks guys. My photographer should be home from school in a little while. I'll get a full draw pic up soon. I'm happy with the skins. They look good in person. I showed the bow to my Dad and he asked what kind of snake it was. He didn't know they weren't real until I handed it to him.

cool, sounds like a viable option if you are out of skins, I've seen those while waiting on my wife at the fabric store
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: burchett.donald on February 20, 2014, 06:06:31 pm: Really nice... 8) Excellent work
Don
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Post by: blackhawk on February 20, 2014, 07:12:29 pm: I guess its OK ::)
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Post by: SLIMBOB on February 20, 2014, 07:22:54 pm: That turned out nice! The skin looks better than most I've seen.
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Post by: killir duck on February 20, 2014, 07:28:11 pm: nice, you did an awsome job on that one
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Post by: Badly Bent on February 20, 2014, 08:02:05 pm: Finished up Sweeeeet Clint, very nice bow. I'm liking those deadly looking cotton rattler skins too.
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: Danzn Bar on February 20, 2014, 08:07:04 pm: 8) Bow .........Really like the tips, they will really pop when the osage ages a bit. I've got to start doing more of that, looking at the wood contrast down the road. again nice bow.
DBar
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: Josh B on February 20, 2014, 09:12:57 pm: That really came out sharp Clint! Really sharp! Josh
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: osage outlaw on February 20, 2014, 09:14:10 pm: Thanks guys. Here is a full draw picture.

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Bows%202014/SDC16269.jpg)
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: Josh B on February 20, 2014, 09:19:54 pm: What in the world happened to your shorts? :o. Did they get longer or did your legs get even shorter? >:D. Josh

BTW....nice tiller ol buddy!
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: osage outlaw on February 20, 2014, 09:29:27 pm: I hope they aren't getting any shorter Josh. I was doing some work outside and needed long britches. A dead red oak fell across the road and I had to cut it up and move it. Running a chainsaw in shorts makes your shoes fill up with wood chips.
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: Will H on February 20, 2014, 09:30:58 pm: Awesome little bow there Clint! That full draw is spot on :)
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Post by: JW_Halverson on February 20, 2014, 09:59:06 pm: I got some of that cotton rattler from Clint's dealer and it is great! Several orders of magnitude better than the stuff thru other sources. Like someone else said, it's great if you don't have real skins available.

Clint, you really did it proud with this one. You left it all on the field, as they say. Amazing little weapon there!
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: bubby on February 21, 2014, 12:33:44 am: Now that is a beautiful bend
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Post by: criveraville on February 21, 2014, 12:51:01 am: Very nice bow Clint! Lots of bend there. Those skins are unique and stand out. Is that the same thing as a water moccasin?

Cipriano
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: osage outlaw on February 21, 2014, 12:53:02 am: Cipriano, its cotton fabric with a snake pattern on it ;D

I just finished up a handle wrap on another bow. I'll post it tomorrow.
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: TRACY on February 21, 2014, 06:43:27 am: Great work Clint! That turned out very nice all around!

Tracy
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Post by: Ozzy on February 21, 2014, 07:50:22 am: Very nice Clint really like that one
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Post by: dbb on February 21, 2014, 08:02:04 am: Nice bow,and that "cottonrattler" looks good.
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Post by: Carson (CMB) on February 21, 2014, 09:11:45 am: That is a sweet lil thumper! Those are some skinny tips or those were big golf club tees!
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: osage outlaw on February 21, 2014, 09:57:25 am: Carson, they were from golf club heads.

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bow%20stuff%202013/SDC16142.jpg)
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: IdahoMatt on February 21, 2014, 10:57:31 am: Nice job Clint. She sure turned out sweeeeeeet. I love the story with the overlays. :)
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Post by: Arrowind on February 21, 2014, 11:08:08 am: VERY NICE!
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: criveraville on February 21, 2014, 11:55:26 am: Quote from: osage outlaw on February 21, 2014, 12:53:02 am
Cipriano, its cotton fabric with a snake pattern on it ;D

I just finished up a handle wrap on another bow. I'll post it tomorrow.

OOOOHHHHH!!! I get it... "Cotton" rattler.... nice. It looks real.
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: Onebowonder on February 21, 2014, 01:46:08 pm: Nice
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Post by: Gsulfridge on February 21, 2014, 01:48:24 pm: He told me it was a Mongolian Tulip viper . . . hmmph!
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: osage outlaw on February 21, 2014, 02:14:39 pm: Quote from: Gsulfridge on February 21, 2014, 01:48:24 pm
He told me it was a Mongolian Tulip viper . . . hmmph!

;D ;D
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: Rcdeer on February 25, 2014, 12:47:18 pm: Nice work!! great lokin bow! well done!
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Post by: Bent Shaft on April 01, 2014, 08:49:07 pm: Mine! Mine! Mine! ...Er, I forgot, it's yours!! Really nice work!
Title: Re: 52" Osage Bow
Post by: osage outlaw on April 01, 2014, 09:45:58 pm: Thanks, but its not mine any more. It found a new home :)
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Post by: Gsulfridge on April 02, 2014, 08:03:57 am: I saw this at Moon Tree. Oh dear lord was it sharp! That guy that ended up with it will sure be proud :)
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Post by: The Gopher on April 02, 2014, 09:57:07 am: Love that little bow!
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Post by: autologus on April 02, 2014, 12:39:08 pm: So if it has the copperhead pattern would it be called a "cottonhead"?

Grady
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Post by: Christian Soldier on April 02, 2014, 04:17:50 pm: Great looking bow and outstanding tiller man!
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Post by: Badger on April 02, 2014, 05:21:59 pm: Bow turned out nice, shorties are fun to shoot and fun to make.