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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: rockrush69 on January 17, 2015, 09:15:45 pm

Title: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: rockrush69 on January 17, 2015, 09:15:45 pm
My first osage cherokee d bow . Got the stave from my friend carson at echo archery for super cheap chased a ring and copied some specs from cherokee bows and arrows book its 69#@26" i love this bow ! figured ide share . All art on back is cherokee and or native symbols
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: rockrush69 on January 17, 2015, 09:17:17 pm
Heres a shit of the upper limbs back
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: rockrush69 on January 17, 2015, 09:19:03 pm
if it looks in the strong up picture like the bow has a handle, that is because I took a piece of leather and rolled it up into a tube and then glued it down underneath the leather wrap in the handle section so that it would be more comfortable in my hand but it is a true bend through the handle
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: rockrush69 on January 17, 2015, 09:28:58 pm
Heres the full draw pic theres a small back to belly snake in the lower limb from a branch or something but i just went with it like water down a river
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: rockrush69 on January 17, 2015, 09:32:42 pm
it's hard to tell but the arrow used in the full draw a picture is a Cherokee style to feather Fletch arrow made from river cane gathered on the Tennessee River in Cherokee territory
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: rockrush69 on January 17, 2015, 09:38:38 pm
Cherokee rivercane arrow to match
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: rockrush69 on January 17, 2015, 09:40:58 pm
Rivercane arrow with two feather fletch tv glass arrowhead
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: TimBo on January 17, 2015, 09:43:07 pm
Man, that's a nice one, and a healthy draw weight too.  Great work! 
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: rockrush69 on January 17, 2015, 09:51:55 pm
thank you very much yes it's a pretty heavy draw weight I started to shake as I was holding it at full draw waiting for the picture to be taken lol
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: sieddy on January 18, 2015, 03:59:05 am
Very nice Bow and Arrow. They look Silent, deadly and full of Cherokee spirit!
I like the Sinew backed Ash bow too!  :D
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: Del the cat on January 18, 2015, 04:20:45 am
Nice, I think those Cherokee bows were pretty close to the English longbow.
That should go through a Spanish breast plate :laugh:
Del
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: H Rhodes on January 18, 2015, 08:22:00 am
Great looking tiller.  You are really turning them out!
Title: Re: osage cherokee d bow
Post by: Swampman on January 18, 2015, 09:31:50 am
Really nice bow and arrows.  Nice bend.