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Title: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: BowEd on February 10, 2020, 07:08:02 am
Hello...Here's a bow just shot in and finished.Shown on a knarly shagbark along a creek.A symmetrical 62" NTN osage with diamondback rattler skins/beaver tail handle wrap/cow horn tip overlays.48#'s @ 28".Tillered it to a scooch over 28".Around 28.5" just for safety reasons.
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The bow had a natural deflex in top limb from knot at arrow pass so I matched the bottom limb to it.Overall deflex of 1/2" to midilmb.Then reflexed it out to 2 and 1/2"" to tips.It took very little set after shooting it in.Nice piece of wood.
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Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Bubbabowyer on February 10, 2020, 07:40:16 am
Hey that's a dandy!! What are those tip overlays?

Ps oops perhaps I should learn to read! That cow horn was so pearlescent I thought it was semi precious stone!
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Marc St Louis on February 10, 2020, 07:45:11 am
Well done.  Very nice bow
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Stick Bender on February 10, 2020, 08:16:46 am
Very nice Ed thats a looker for sure, you got to love the center shot makes a huge difference & peepy looking ! Awsome looking unbraced profile !
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: bjrogg on February 10, 2020, 08:47:33 am
You have been busy Ed.

That is a beauty. Love everything about it.  Beautiful bend and really sweet how you fit it to the natural center shot handle.

Bjrogg
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: burchett.donald on February 10, 2020, 08:59:58 am
  Beautiful bow Ed...I like the stiff outers and your bend looks well balanced...That one is a quick looking shooter...Excellent work...
               Don
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: PaSteve on February 10, 2020, 09:30:47 am
That's a really nice looking bow. I'm finishing up a similar "center shot" bow myself. I can only hope my bend turns out as nice as yours. Great job!
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: DC on February 10, 2020, 10:06:29 am
Great job Ed! Was the arrow pass a natural bend or did you have to finesse it a bit?

PS Oops, I guess I should read the title a little closer :-[ :-[
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Aaron H on February 10, 2020, 10:16:28 am
Nice work Ed.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Hawkdancer on February 10, 2020, 01:20:44 pm
You have been very busy!  Excellent bow, hope to see it at MoJam!
Hawkdancer
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Will B on February 10, 2020, 01:44:56 pm
That’s a great looking bow!  I love that natural center shot and your beavertail wrap is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: gutpile on February 10, 2020, 02:11:34 pm
great job utilizing that center shot..profile is sweet ..I bet she shoots with authority...gut
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: JW_Halverson on February 10, 2020, 03:04:12 pm
By gum, Ed, that'll do just fine, won't it?
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Pappy on February 10, 2020, 03:12:23 pm
Nice job Ed, beautiful bow. :)
 Pappy
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Drawknife on February 10, 2020, 05:26:36 pm
Wow......
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: SLIMBOB on February 10, 2020, 06:55:34 pm
Nice, nice nice Ed!  Sweet bend and dressed well to boot!
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Weylin on February 10, 2020, 07:37:18 pm
Great looking bow all around! I like your attention to detail and the profiles on that bow show that it's a good shooter too. Well done
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: HH~ on February 10, 2020, 08:11:02 pm
Bet that bow shoots well. Love that handle.

Shawn~
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Bob Barnes on February 10, 2020, 09:58:48 pm
What's not to like about that one Ed... you always do a great job and this one is really nice.  I hope it put a deer in the freezer this year for you.  It will be nice to see it in July and put an arrow out there past 200 yards for sure.   :OK
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: rps3 on February 10, 2020, 10:47:19 pm
Very cool. I guess you had no doubt which end was up from the beginning with that stave.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Rākau on February 10, 2020, 11:07:51 pm
stunner of a bow there. Having looked through all your old posts when I first got on here I'm stoked to see you posting a new one, looks fast!
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: BowEd on February 11, 2020, 02:12:22 am
Thanks...Putting the layout on the wiggles of a stave with minimum amount of string alignment adjustment was half the anticipated fun in making it.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: M2A on February 11, 2020, 06:07:30 am
Very nice bow! Thanks for sharing it.
Mike
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Swampman on February 11, 2020, 06:16:26 am
Very well done!  Thanks for posting this.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: liyeliye123123 on February 11, 2020, 06:46:51 am
Nice nice! Well done!
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: High-Desert on February 11, 2020, 12:08:25 pm
That’s a great looking bow! Well planned on that center shot.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: BowEd on February 11, 2020, 01:01:56 pm
Thanks....Starting out with a wide enough stave then taking a knot out at the arrow pass does it.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Stick Bender on February 11, 2020, 04:22:20 pm
Hey Ed did you get a chance to clock that ? That short it's got to be quick ?
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: bushboy on February 11, 2020, 06:23:03 pm
Very nice,all around!!
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Knoll on February 11, 2020, 08:01:31 pm
Good to see you posting again, sir.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Dvshunter on February 12, 2020, 07:16:36 pm
Nice bow there Ed. I expect better from you but understand that's it's been awhile since you posted one. Taking that into account, I think its ok. ;)
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Knoll on February 13, 2020, 12:39:22 am
Nice bow there Ed. I expect better from you but understand that's it's been awhile since you posted one. Taking that into account, I think its ok. ;)

Dave writes in code.
What he actually means is that we hope you make it to The Gathering in about 6 weeks.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: BowEd on February 13, 2020, 04:38:50 am
Knoll.....No sir or royalty needed here but thanks,I should be able to make it.The time slot for it escapes me again.I'm thinking around the 14th of March?
Dave...Thanks,but what past decade was that you posted a bow?.... I realize you have a habit of communicating in a backwards way or code.At least it's communication in some form.Pretty young to be so onery at such a young age,but we all have our limits in what we can handle.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Selfbowman on February 13, 2020, 08:53:24 am
Nice bow Ed . I like the unstrung profile as well. Arvin
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Hawkdancer on February 13, 2020, 12:34:35 pm
Young whippersnappers!  No respect for their elders anymore! (lol). I think being around teenagers has addled Dave's brain some!  Especially since they speak in tongues anyway! >:D (lol). Good to hear from you too, Dave!  Btw, how did the canoe race turn out?  I think I missed the results post!  I hope the young folk are faring well,  I amstill planning to make it to MoJam again.  See you there!
Hawkdancer
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: BowEd on February 14, 2020, 05:17:56 am
Thanks selfbowman....
Dave makes excellent bows.Always known for his super small tips from what I remember.
Hawkdancer....I'm not one to worry about my popularity being at risk by stating my mind and the facts as long as it is'nt insulting.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Piddler on February 14, 2020, 05:12:36 pm
BowEd
I have a stave that has a knot that I am going to cut around. With any luck it will turn out as good as the one you built. I posted a few questions about that very thing a few months back. If I can ever get over this have to go to work thing I may finish. You have given me inspiration. And hope.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: silent sniper on February 14, 2020, 05:16:48 pm
Beautiful work!
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: BowEd on February 14, 2020, 07:27:31 pm
Thanks silent sniper.
Piddler.....I'm always on the look out for a stave of any kind of wood while laying out the profile without much heat correction to the limbs to get the string close to the arrow pass strike plate.They always usually shoot great for me.Most times it does'nt work out.Sometimes the longitudal grain wiggle on a 6" wide area of a tree will make 2 nice centershot bows exactly alike.That's the beauty of making self bows.A person does'nt know for sure though till the bark is removed.That's why I like to remove the bark or bark and sapwood right away on staves I harvest.This bow left me with 2 relatively straight limbs yet.
I have a hickory stave myself too that has a knot in the right area of the arrow pass.I usually file the knot away with a half round wood file and finish up sanding it cleaning it up.Leaving at least 3/4" wide area in the arrow pass area of the handle yet.

Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Dvshunter on February 15, 2020, 07:56:17 am
Ed you know I wouldnt trase you if I didnt think you would understand. :D

The gathering has been moved to the first week of april. I hope you can make it. Your right though, I should post more bows. I recently finished one, but inky took one picture. For you, I will post my next one that I finish if you keep posting yours!
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: bjrogg on February 15, 2020, 09:00:55 am
Ed you know I wouldnt trase you if I didnt think you would understand. :D

The gathering has been moved to the first week of april. I hope you can make it. Your right though, I should post more bows. I recently finished one, but inky took one picture. For you, I will post my next one that I finish if you keep posting yours!



I’d like to see you post em to Dave. You do make some nice bows. I really like the yew bow I got in trade from you. Like Ed said the tips are super and really inspired me to make mine much smaller.
Hopefully see you at the gathering.
Bjrogg
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: Yellowstave on February 15, 2020, 07:33:08 pm
Man what a beauty! That is a fantastic piece of art there buddy!
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: BowEd on February 16, 2020, 04:23:56 am
I don't make near the amount of bows that I used to myself Dave,but when made I'll try to get more than 1 picture.Although some in the past I never did show.Seems like winter comes later and leaves later these days as far as the gathering goes.
Thanks yellowstave...I'm not one for a lot of bling on my bows,but try to get nice profile lines on them.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: PaulN/KS on February 16, 2020, 05:21:30 am
Good to see you posting again Ed.
That bow sure is a beauty.  :OK
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: BowEd on February 17, 2020, 04:42:37 am
Thanks Paul.Winter can be a long time running.Seen robins already but sometimes that does'nt  mean anything nowadays.
Title: Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
Post by: PaulN/KS on February 17, 2020, 11:29:32 am
Thanks Paul.Winter can be a long time running.Seen robins already but sometimes that does'nt  mean anything nowadays.

Yep, doing the freeze/thaw here but it don't mean nothing...
Still plenty of Winter left I think.   (S)