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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Emmet on May 04, 2017, 12:02:31 am

Title: Another Osage bow
Post by: Emmet on May 04, 2017, 12:02:31 am

Hi all,
I finished this one about a month ago and have been shooting it quite a bit.
Seems solid and fairly fast. The string give a nice tong sound, not much "twang" or hand shock.
I used a cut off piece from one end & glued it on for added handle meat and left the sap wood on. I shaped it to fit the palm of my hand and it lays right on the life line. Tip overlays are calf hooves for the dog chew bins. They have a somewhat clear look kind of like finger nail. The stave was an old piece and had a dark purple look.
It was deflex a touch in the middle so I tried adding some reflex mid limb and outwards. I lost just about everything I added while tillering but I decided I like it as it turned out. After shooting the profile stays pretty close to where it is before shooting.
63"ntn  62LB @ 26" osage.

Title: Re: Another Osage bow
Post by: Emmet on May 04, 2017, 12:08:42 am

full draw

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Post by: Emmet on May 04, 2017, 12:14:16 am

front

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Post by: osage outlaw on May 04, 2017, 12:45:53 am

Very nice

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Post by: penderbender on May 04, 2017, 01:35:23 am

Nice looking bow! Cheers- Brendan

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Post by: upstatenybowyer on May 04, 2017, 06:29:16 am

Looks really nice Emmet.  ;)

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Post by: missilemaster on May 04, 2017, 06:34:17 am

 Nice looking bow, great tiller!

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Post by: Swampman on May 04, 2017, 06:54:23 am

Looks like a great bow.  Nice work.

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Post by: neuse on May 04, 2017, 07:03:19 am

That's a good looking bow.
I like bows without snake skins.

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Post by: Lehtis on May 04, 2017, 07:10:30 am

Cool!

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Post by: bjrogg on May 04, 2017, 07:12:39 am

Very nice bow Emmet, like that weight and bow is simply beautiful.
Bjrogg

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Post by: Stick Bender on May 04, 2017, 07:15:09 am

Nice looking bow perfect size hunting bow in my book !

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Post by: Bob W. on May 04, 2017, 07:54:47 am

Nice bow Emmet, I bet she hits hard!

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Post by: Selfbowman on May 04, 2017, 08:08:16 am

Nice job on the looks good. Arvin

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Post by: BowEd on May 04, 2017, 08:43:43 am

that's a very nice snaky bow.

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Post by: Aaron H on May 04, 2017, 09:57:37 am

Very nice bow, and great tiller as well.  I like the way you did the handle build up, very neat looking results.

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Post by: rps3 on May 04, 2017, 11:45:37 am

Looks great. I would like to see the first two pics with the camera focusing on the bow instead of the tree, especially the handle, its hard for me to see exactly what you did. I'm no photo expert, but sometimes you really have to mess around with these cameras to get them to focus on what you want.

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Post by: Danzn Bar on May 04, 2017, 12:26:01 pm

Great looking bow
DBar

Title: Re: Another Osage bow
Post by: Emmet on May 04, 2017, 06:43:45 pm

Thanks for  the comment everyone.
rps3, I don't have good cameras to work with so getting a good picture that show well is a challenge.
I try but they could be a lot better..

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Post by: selfbow joe on May 04, 2017, 11:36:17 pm

Very nice bow

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Post by: Stixnstones on May 05, 2017, 10:43:22 am

Great bow... love that grip

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Post by: ---GUTSHOT---> on May 05, 2017, 12:27:23 pm

Very nice bow

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Post by: burchett.donald on May 05, 2017, 08:20:17 pm

Emmit,
              That is one balanced bend, you look very comfortable behind that bow...Really nice job on that character Osage...
                              Don

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Post by: Danzn Bar on May 06, 2017, 08:58:25 pm

Good point Don,  if it feels balanced pulling it back the tiller is most likely good..................
DBar

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Post by: Onebowonder on May 13, 2017, 02:30:55 am

When I first saw this bow I was very impressed with the tiller.  Then I saw the front profile and all the wiggles in that thing!  ...now I'm way beyond very impressed!  Excellent work sir!

OneBow

Title: Re: Another Osage bow
Post by: Emmet on May 13, 2017, 09:55:09 am

Thanks guys, the comments are appreciated. :OK

Title: Re: Another Osage bow
Post by: TimothyR on May 14, 2017, 12:37:04 pm

My kinda bow right there! Simple yet beautiful. And I love the character.