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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Bryce on November 16, 2014, 04:20:46 pm

Title: Oceanspray Bow
Post by: Bryce on November 16, 2014, 04:20:46 pm: i cut this 1 1/8" stave 2 years ago in January while steelhead fishing.
the upper limb has a bit of deflex which no matter how much heat and bending, it just kept coming back. so i gave in and left it.
modeled this bow after one of Carson's John strunk OS bow http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=30660.0
which i absolutely love. it shoots really well for me and i doubt ill ever part with it.
i left the back on this one. as i usually do with oceanspray bc when its cut in the cold winter the bark will stay on. the only part where it cracked is where i used the heat gun on it.
anyways the specs are:

60"NTN
55#@27"
5/16" tips
cattle horn rest
John Strunk Skeleton lace

Thanks for lookin.

(http://i.imgur.com/aiRCBYO.jpg) (http://imgur.com/aiRCBYO)
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Title: Re: Oceanspray Bow
Post by: bubby on November 16, 2014, 04:26:58 pm: I love a nice OS bow and this is know exception, although the FD pic is a little busy, always, and I mean always like seeing your work pinecone :laugh:
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Post by: Accipiter on November 16, 2014, 04:37:03 pm: Well, that settles it, I'm gonna cut me some OS staves tonight! Beautiful work Bryce, looks excellent, not to mention fast.
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Post by: SLIMBOB on November 16, 2014, 05:16:26 pm: Like this one a lot!
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Post by: bushboy on November 16, 2014, 05:17:30 pm: Beautiful bow!awesome work!i have a OS that I got from Randman in a bow swap that is still my favorite to date.
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Post by: Pat B on November 16, 2014, 05:23:56 pm: That is about as simple as it can get and still it looks like a very reliable hunting bow. Well done! Simple elegance! 8)
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Post by: bow101 on November 16, 2014, 06:09:50 pm: Nice one as usual Cone. Keep the OS bows coming this is what us West Coasters like to see. ;)
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Post by: DC on November 16, 2014, 06:43:34 pm: I hope that I can make a bow half as nice as that! Someday. :)
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Post by: wizardgoat on November 16, 2014, 08:37:03 pm: Cool looking bow Bryce, nice to see you posting bows again.
I havent been successful with bark on OS yet, even the winter cut stuff,
keeps popping off! I sure l Iove the wood though
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Post by: Aaron H on November 16, 2014, 10:42:52 pm: That is awesome! Love that you left the bark on. Very, very cool
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Post by: randman on November 16, 2014, 10:50:38 pm: It's a beauty Bryce...OS is probably my all time fave so far. I haven't had any luck keeping the bark on OS either. All the ones I've made end up with bark on the tips and grip and none mid limb....still a nice look though. Most of mine have been gathered in the warmer months though but I'm changing that by gathering some this winter to keep trying.

I've also found OS doesn't like to stay when you try to shape it after it's seasoned. The only way I've found to get OS to stay where you bend it is to rough it to shape green and clamp it to a caul while it's seasoning.
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Post by: IdahoMatt on November 16, 2014, 11:48:57 pm: Great job man. That is one of the nicest I've seen in a wile. I love the simple look with all the serving details. Did you happen to weigh the mass?
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Post by: Peacebow_Coos on November 17, 2014, 02:23:36 am: Nice, and he's back
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Post by: chamookman on November 17, 2014, 04:33:32 am: What can I say 'cept - Outstanding ! Bob
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Post by: Gsulfridge on November 17, 2014, 05:54:22 am: That's a looker for sure. Love it.
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Post by: Marc St Louis on November 17, 2014, 08:48:39 am: Very nice looking bow and well tillered. Sometimes you run across a piece of wood that just doesn't want to heat bend.
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Post by: Parnell on November 17, 2014, 09:18:46 am: Very nice looking bow. Really like the bark on.
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Post by: Knoll on November 17, 2014, 09:21:00 am: Quote from: Parnell on November 17, 2014, 09:18:46 am
Very nice looking bow. Really like the bark on.
+1
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Post by: Pappy on November 17, 2014, 11:32:05 am: Got to love that. Nice work. :)
Pappy
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Post by: Billinthedesert on November 17, 2014, 11:55:13 am: Bryce, it is a wonderful bow. What do you use to seal your bows? Great choice to leave the bark on it.
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Post by: Sidewinder on November 17, 2014, 01:03:54 pm: I really like the pith on the belly. Really nice bow. I don't think I've seen one of your that wasn't. Danny
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Post by: simson on November 17, 2014, 02:13:23 pm: Beautiful bow!
The bark on the back is gorgeous
Title: Re: Oceanspray Bow
Post by: Bryce on November 17, 2014, 09:56:42 pm: thanks bubby im glad you like it. yes i agree on the FD shot ill get a new when in can:)

accipiter, OS is a fast shooting wood. makes a nice narrow bow

thanks slimbob

thanks bushboy, its good bow wood

thanks pat B, i love simple sometimes:) i hunted with it for our first season and it held up through the beatings:)

bow101, i have a few in the works ill post one when i can. thank you

thank you DC, im sure you can make a better one:)

thank you falcon

randman, yeah sometimes it will stay and sometimes it wont:/ but ive had good success with bark when harvested in the coldest parts of winter.
now if you plan to heat treat, then you can kiss that bark goodbye, bc once heated up its not longer supple and bonded. it will dry out and crack right off on the first bend.

idaho matt, thank you i appreciate it. i did not weigh it.

thanks coos!

thank you BOB

i love it too gsulfridge, thanks!

thanks marc! yeah some wood is stubborn!

thanks parnell

thanks knoll

thank you Mr.Pappy

thanks billinthedesert, i use tru-oil.

thank you sidewinder, i like the pith as well the only issue i can see with it is there is a cap in compressing wood which is likely why some os will take a littel bit more set

thank you mr. simpon, mush appreciated.
Title: Re: Oceanspray Bow
Post by: Blacktail on November 17, 2014, 11:01:59 pm: that is great looking stick...i am glad to see you putting out some bows...john
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Post by: okie64 on November 18, 2014, 07:43:28 am: Very nice bow Bryce!
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Post by: missilemaster on November 18, 2014, 07:53:17 am: Beautiful replica. Well done.
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Post by: paoliguy on November 18, 2014, 12:37:34 pm: I'd never paid that much attention in the past I guess but that Oceanspray is some beautiful wood! Especially in such a nicely crafted bow. Thanks for posting it!
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Post by: Bryce on November 18, 2014, 03:34:59 pm: hey thanks john:)

thank you okie64

thanks cody!

paoliguy, yes the wood is great. i dont have a picture of it but the wood has almost a marble-ness to it. and thank you:)
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Post by: Arrowind on November 18, 2014, 04:34:02 pm: AWESOME! Well done as usual.
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Post by: Carson (CMB) on November 18, 2014, 11:11:26 pm: Nice to see this one all wrapped up. Looks like a dead ringer for the Strunk! I just saw John last night...he is all over the bamboo backed mollegabets lately.
That full draw looks great, but the photo with the lower limb tip in shade threw me off at first. Makes it looked really short on the lower limb. Love the self nocks, great to see you post and...Hope that bark holds on! ;)
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Post by: Zion on November 18, 2014, 11:20:14 pm: nice bow dude looks awesome
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Post by: vinemaplebows on November 18, 2014, 11:39:32 pm: Nice!
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Post by: rossfactor on November 19, 2014, 01:46:06 pm: Gotta love that OS. About the toughest wood there is. Great looking bow Bryce.

Gabe
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Post by: bowmo on November 19, 2014, 06:23:23 pm: That's a beauty. I dig when you can see the center pith on bows like this.
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Post by: mikekeswick on November 20, 2014, 03:00:23 am: That is one cool bow 8)
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Post by: Bryce on November 22, 2014, 11:51:04 pm: thanks fellas:) yeah its some tough wood for sure
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Post by: portlandfire on November 24, 2014, 01:52:14 am: Looks really nice. Who knows, I might just be inspired to actually do something with the OS I have. Thanks
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Post by: Jodocus on November 24, 2014, 03:09:38 am: sapling bows o not get any finer than this, outstanding!
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Post by: burchett.donald on November 24, 2014, 09:32:34 am: True inspiration to make a sapling bow...Very nice, wish we had OS here...Simply beautiful...
Don
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Post by: burn em up chuck on November 24, 2014, 08:44:40 pm: very very cool bow wood, nicely done

chuck