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Title: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: OldBow on January 03, 2008, 03:12:50 pm

     Several years ago, while conversing with a friend about bow construction and using natural materials, I found out about a local farm that had Osage trees along a roadway. This friend told me he was sure he could get permission to cut one for a bow. As luck would have it, the local power company had already cut a good tree, but a flash flood had washed the trunk into a creek near the road. We got permission from the farmer to take the trunk from the creek.  After several hours of hard work and creative tugging with a pickup truck, we were able to complete the salvage work of the cut Osage tree, and split the log into quarters for easy loading.
     This bow is 65” nock to nock and pulls 55# at 27”. It’s 1 3/8” wide at mid limb and ½” at the tips. The handle is deer skin with leather lacing. The stave had a natural back set of 1 ½” at mid stave and is slightly deflexed at the tips. This ended up being a fair tradeoff for speed. The art work on the limbs was done by my sister Linda Nichols featuring Neolithic cave drawings on the back and a tracking reference guide on the belly.  This is a bow that I look forward to hunting with.



Mark McGlone


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Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Pat B on January 03, 2008, 03:17:24 pm

She looks real nice Mark. Is this your first bow?     Pat

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Hillbilly on January 03, 2008, 03:19:51 pm

Looks like a good'un. Good story to go with it, too.

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: DanaM on January 03, 2008, 03:21:23 pm

Great looking bow and the artwork is inspired.

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: cowboy on January 03, 2008, 03:25:46 pm

Nice one! Love the look of that art work - gonna have to try it of course :).

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Kegan on January 03, 2008, 07:08:24 pm

Looks good :)! Bet it can really fling an arrow ;D.

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: GregB on January 03, 2008, 07:12:33 pm

Good looking bow...really like the artwork on it! :)

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Justin Snyder on January 03, 2008, 07:34:11 pm

Great looking bow.  I love the handle and the artwork.  Justin

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Wulamoc on January 03, 2008, 07:54:20 pm

Good looking bow!! I really like the "graffiti"!!!  It really sets the tone for the bow.   Wells

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: FlintWalker on January 03, 2008, 09:00:11 pm

I love that strung profile and the tiller looks nice too!!!

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: mullet on January 03, 2008, 09:01:04 pm

   I love that pretty yeller' wood. Nice bow and good story.

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: mamba on January 03, 2008, 10:07:56 pm

Love the artwork & great looking weapon.

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 03, 2008, 10:31:58 pm

Outstanding! Great tiller too. Jawge

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: rkeltner on February 01, 2008, 02:49:24 am

lookin' good. love rhe artwork

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: medicinewheel on February 01, 2008, 04:14:50 am

nice bow!

frank

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Badger on February 01, 2008, 04:53:17 am

Bow looks great, tiller looks great and the artwork is great, dont get much better than that! Steve

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Pappy on February 01, 2008, 06:54:11 am

What Badger said, very nice. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Woodland Roamer on February 01, 2008, 10:31:06 am

Great looking bow! I really like the artwork on the back and the tracking reference on the belly. Really neat bow.

Alan

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Marc St Louis on February 01, 2008, 12:58:52 pm

Nice bow

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: Sidewinder on February 02, 2008, 02:00:32 pm

Cool bow, great story.  I really enjoy the artwork and the theme.  Danny

Title: Re: Mark McGlone's Bow (Submitted by the Editor)
Post by: tradrick on February 02, 2008, 11:31:20 pm

Very nice.Love the art work.tradrick