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Title: Diamondback Osage Take-Down
Post by: Stickhead on May 04, 2017, 11:33:40 am: Hi, all,

I've been trying to improve on my old standby take-down travel bow, and I finally made an acceptable replacement. This started out to be a 64" tip-to-tip bow, but I didn't like the tips, the length, or the weight. So, I gathered up my courage and piked off 1-1/2" from each end. This boosted the weight considerably, and made for a slightly more compact and stealthy length.

I had a 3' Osage stave gathering dust, and made this from sister billets from that stave. It had remarkable growth rings averaging about 1/4" each, and was fairly straight. I joined them with a metal sleeve. It started out with some natural recurve, which I tamed slightly with heat. After tillering and shooting it in, it ended up with about 1-1/2" backset at rest.

It ended up 60" nock-to-nock, and draws 59 lbs @ 26". I put on ebony tips, diamondback skins, and a swede grip dressed up a bit with rattles. Finished it with a few coats of Tru-Oil. This one shoots real nice for me, and I plan to take it backcountry elk hunting this fall.
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Post by: Stickhead on May 04, 2017, 11:35:38 am: More pics...
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Post by: Stickhead on May 04, 2017, 11:38:33 am: More pics...
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Post by: upstatenybowyer on May 04, 2017, 11:41:23 am: Nice looking bow for sure! (SH)
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Post by: rps3 on May 04, 2017, 11:41:33 am: Looking good. Hope to see it laying on an elk later.
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Post by: Danzn Bar on May 04, 2017, 11:47:43 am: Very nice
DBar
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Post by: BowEd on May 04, 2017, 12:03:38 pm: Very nice bow,It ought to serve you well.
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Post by: Aaron H on May 04, 2017, 12:12:39 pm: Great work. :OK
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Post by: bubby on May 04, 2017, 07:04:24 pm: Nice job!!
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Post by: Emmet on May 04, 2017, 07:25:53 pm: Nicely done!
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Post by: osage outlaw on May 04, 2017, 07:42:08 pm: Great bow!
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Post by: gfugal on May 04, 2017, 08:35:32 pm: Great Tiller!
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Post by: selfbow joe on May 04, 2017, 11:34:32 pm: Very nice looking bow!
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Post by: bjrogg on May 05, 2017, 06:14:25 am: Nice bow, nice bend, nice travel partner. Good work stickhead, way to go getting what you really wanted from that bow.
Bjrogg
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Post by: Will B on May 05, 2017, 07:20:33 am: Great looking bow! Good luck with it this fall.
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Post by: Stixnstones on May 05, 2017, 10:41:40 am: That will definitely work, nice bow
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Post by: ---GUTSHOT---> on May 05, 2017, 12:33:11 pm: Done a great job on that one.
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Post by: Stickhead on May 06, 2017, 01:32:11 pm: Thanks for the kind words, gents! After breaking my last three attempts, this one was quite a relief.
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Post by: Hans H on May 06, 2017, 02:17:22 pm: nice bow with a great Tiller
Hans
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Post by: Selfbowman on July 05, 2017, 11:15:50 pm: I like it. Well done.
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Post by: Pappy on July 06, 2017, 07:36:38 am: Nice job, very good looking bow. :)
Pappy
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Post by: ntvbowyer1969 on July 06, 2017, 11:23:33 pm: That's a sweet bow!! would fit great behind the seat of a truck ready to be pulled out at any time to stalk the fields and woods.