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Title: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: paulsemp on July 17, 2018, 05:09:24 pm

 Clint gave me a piece of wood with some family history at Marshall this year. Can't remember the exact story I'll let Clint fill that in. was a pretty gnarly piece of Osage  that fought me the whole way.  I must have heated this thing 25 times. at first it started off as a bendy handle not much to handle to work with. Decided I wanted a stiff handled so I decide to build it up. Then I popped a splinter on the back so I decided to glue a hickory back on. The handle is built up with Hickory and Cherry. Zebra wood tips. Horn rest.59 in NTN. solid 55 lb at 26 in.  haven't decided if it's a little too heavy for me yet, I'm going to give it a little bit of time and see if I can put my big boy pants on before taking it down a few pounds. Thanks for looking

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: paulsemp on July 17, 2018, 05:10:45 pm

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Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: DC on July 17, 2018, 05:14:04 pm

Good job, sometimes the ones that fight you the hardest can be the most gratifying. If they turn out :)

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: BowEd on July 17, 2018, 05:18:23 pm

I don't know if it's stubbornness or perserverance  but no matter you ended up with a very nice looking bow to boot.Nice work.That cherry should finish up nice.

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: Danzn Bar on July 17, 2018, 05:29:06 pm

That's a beauty....she's a looker
DBar

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: upstatenybowyer on July 17, 2018, 06:54:16 pm

Awesome work Paul. The tiller looks spot on w/ a very respectable weight. Looking at it, you'd never know the wood gave you such a run for your money.  :BB

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: bjrogg on July 17, 2018, 08:29:31 pm

Quote from: upstatenybowyer on July 17, 2018, 06:54:16 pm

Awesome work Paul. The tiller looks spot on w/ a very respectable weight. Looking at it, you'd never know the wood gave you such a run for your money.  :BB

Yup looks like you planned it that way. Nice bow Paul
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: Pat B on July 17, 2018, 08:56:59 pm

Nice work, Paul.

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: Knoll on July 17, 2018, 08:58:53 pm

Nice, Paul! Love that bend.

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: bubby on July 17, 2018, 10:45:13 pm

That came out sweet Pauly, just proves what I've always thought. One of the best bowyers around period

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: simk on July 18, 2018, 02:29:11 am

Paul, you've built the kind of bow im dreaming of. Both, brace and fd look absolutley perfect!!!! Wow.

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: Stick Bender on July 18, 2018, 02:59:27 am

Sweet looking bow a creative master peace  )P(

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: rps3 on July 18, 2018, 04:25:11 am

I can see why you might want to leave it as is...looks perfect. What glue did you use for the backing?

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: Pappy on July 18, 2018, 05:14:38 am

Very nice Paul, looks like you nailed the tiller on that one. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: Aaron H on July 18, 2018, 05:17:33 am

Awesome work Paul.  Way to stick with it, the end result looks well worth it.

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on July 18, 2018, 05:35:22 am

That bow has been working you over for 2 months, glad to see you get through it and make it look as good as it does. The stave came from a VERY dead tree Clint's grandpa had a tree stand in many decades ago.

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: bjrogg on July 18, 2018, 05:42:18 am

Quote from: PEARL DRUMS/PEARLY/PD/DRUMS on July 18, 2018, 05:35:22 am

That bow has been working you over for 2 months, glad to see you get through it and make it look as good as it does. The stave came from a VERY dead tree Clint's grandpa had a tree stand in many decades ago.

Nice story to go with it. That one needs to hunt.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: osage outlaw on July 18, 2018, 06:29:39 am

Great job wrangling a bow from that stave Paul.  I knew you would be able to do it.

Pearly is right about the history of that wood.  It was from a tree that my grandpa love to hunt out of decades ago.  The tree slowly fell over.  The remnants of his wooden stand are long gone.  Only the steel spikes and stained wood remain. 

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: burchett.donald on July 18, 2018, 06:30:31 am

   Really nice bend Paul on that rd style...
                                                                Don

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: Bayou Ben on July 18, 2018, 07:49:51 am

Wow I love that profile.  Awesome little bow no matter how it got there! I bet it's smooth to draw.

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: Stixnstones on July 18, 2018, 07:58:40 am

Thats awesome Paul, way to stick with it. If anyone can wrangle a bow out of a questionable piece of wood it's you. I totally second what Bubby said.

Title: Re: Osage rd with hickory back
Post by: leonwood on July 18, 2018, 01:40:13 pm

Great bow and great story. Good that you did not give up and made a beauty in the end!