Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bjrogg on March 05, 2024, 12:22:17 pm
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I got this Osage blank in trade blanket trade with Matt W. at one of the primitive archery meets at Marshall Michigan.
It had a ring chased and was reduced close to bow dimensions. I tiller it out to 50 lbs @ 28” a few years back. It’s a very nice piece of Osage and has been shot by a lot of people who have passed through my shop. It’s held its unbraced profile amazingly well.
I finally finished her up. I didn’t like the antler tips I originally used so I replaced them with water buffalo horn tip and then wrapped my handle with black leather from an old couch. Built an arrow shelf from antler.
I forgot how many coats of Tung oil. Really like the color off this old Osage. Thanks for the trade Matt. Miss you around here.
Bjrogg
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I think I need to make a new string for this one. It’s starting to look a little worn.
Bjrogg
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Profiles
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Cut this healed over broken tine off for a arrow shelf
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Very nice osage bow, Brian. Aged osage is quite beautiful. Matt always has very good osage and usually almost tillered. :OK I wish he'd come back to the Classic. I miss seeing him.
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Zoicks! I love, and I mean LOVE, those bow tips!
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Ya right on the money with this one. Love it! Love the bend on that bow too.
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Love it BJ, beautiful work. Matt and Gary use to have some really good blanks. :)
Pappy
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Very nice Brian. I still have a couple Osage staves waiting for me to get off my ass
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Beautiful work!
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Beautiful bow. Love everything about it.
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Thanks everyone. Matt is a good guy and he certainly did make a very nice blank. He had all the grunt work done and like Pat said almost tillered. It honestly could have been made into anything you wanted and was pretty straightforward to finish tillering.
It certainly would’ve given any beginner a good chance at finishing a decent Selfbow.
Miss Matt and have a lot of respect for guys like him
Bjrogg
PS JW the tips are water buffalo horn I got from PA Steve. I really like working with them. They make nice overlays. This one actually has a tiny bit of silver color in it.
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Nice bow BJ. I like it.
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Sweet bow, BJ!
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Love the color on this bow. Great work on the bows tiller too
Do have one question about the bow. How wide are the limbs at the fades. The reason I ask is that I have a belly split off the trade bow I’m making and I think it’s inch and a quarter wide where the fades would be right now. So it’ll be less than that if I make a bow with it This bow looks fairly thin at the fades in the photos so though I’d ask.
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Muskyman I’m not by it right now. Was working in the woods today. Trying to clean up some of the dead ash trees.
You can make a pretty nice bow with an inch of Osage.
I don’t think my Simply Orange would be any wider than that. It’s a almost bend thru handle with static recurves.
Bjrogg
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Very nice! You done good with that one!
Hawkdancer
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Thanks Jerry. Glad you like it.
Bjrogg
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Looks awesome bud!
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Thanks Dave. Good to see you.
Muskyman I measured it at 1 1/2” at fades
Bjrogg
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Looks great Brian!
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Great looking bow, sweet tips.
Del
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Thank You Allyn and Del
Honestly these tips are super easy to make. I just roughly shape my overlays. Get a nice flat surface for glue line.
Glue them on and then shape my tips with a bastard file. Then just sand with Emory cloth, finer paper and steel wool.
Only thing I don’t like is I don’t think a stringer would work. So far I haven’t had to use one, but it is getting harder to brace the heavier ones with recurves.
Bjrogg