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Title: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 12, 2019, 08:34:14 am

I got the stave these bows came from in a trade with Wyatt at Marshall Primitive Meet last year. I took off the bark and sapwood. I chased a ring sealed the back and then I looked for my bow in it. I knew where I wanted it to be but wasn't sure I could pull it off.
 I decided to take a side split off my main bow. The wood didn't belong on it anyway. It worked out great and I thought I can get a kids bow out of the side split.
Then I decided to try a belly split to reduce my main bow some more. It worked great to.(doesn't always go that way) I thought I can get a ladies bow from the belly split.
The bows all turned out great and I decided they needed to stay in the family.
trilogy- for my son in law
Ms litty- for my daughter
Turkey- for my grandson
I'll probably post them separately if I get a chance, but here's a sneak peeks at the family
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 12, 2019, 08:38:26 am

The handles and profiles of Trilogy
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: SLIMBOB on April 12, 2019, 08:47:42 am

You been busy!  Nice.

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: hoosierf on April 12, 2019, 09:49:58 am

JUst awesome.  Great work. Love Trilogy the most.

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: TimBo on April 12, 2019, 10:00:16 am

Nice!!  It's funny how the little bows make the big one look as huge as an 80s recurve. 

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: paulc on April 12, 2019, 10:48:09 am

Super cool...P

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 12, 2019, 11:21:09 am

Thanks everyone.
Slimbob bowyering is my therapy. I need a lot of therapy.
Timbo Trilogy is probably the widest bow I have ever made. It makes all my bows look small. It's a very nice shooter though and a pretty good looker I think to.
Hoosierf I like em all but I'm kinda with you. Trilogy turned out pretty nice. She was the biggest challenge of the three to. I had to get a bit creative putting her a on my caul. Had to use some wood pads to keep from damaging twig. You might notice the imprint of the pad in the back of the bow.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: Hawkdancer on April 12, 2019, 11:41:01 am

Nice work!  That ought to keep them shooting a while!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 12, 2019, 12:35:02 pm

Still playing with the picture resizer so hope this works.
Profiles of Ms Litty
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: M2A on April 12, 2019, 04:32:51 pm

Very Nice! Got some great character going on there Bjrogg. Always a good day when you turn 1 stave into 2....or 3. Well done, I bet your gonna get some smiles from them. Mike   

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: Pat B on April 12, 2019, 05:59:29 pm

I lover these bows, BJ. Warts and all.  8)

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: rps3 on April 12, 2019, 06:06:41 pm

Nice bows. I still get surprised at how little osage it takes to make a bow.

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 12, 2019, 08:13:21 pm

Thanks M2A it's kinda neat making more bows and less shavings.

Thanks Pat I was actually really surprised when I took the bark and sapwood off. It looked like a very clean straight stave. Wasn't expecting any warts.lol

Thanks rps3. Me to. It is amazing how little wood it actually takes to make a very nice Osage bow.

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: chamookman on April 13, 2019, 12:40:48 am

Nicely done BJ  :OK ! Bob

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: burchett.donald on April 13, 2019, 01:49:21 pm

Nice Bj, I see your not scared to bend a knotty limb...Excellent work
                                                                                                     Don
           

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: DC on April 13, 2019, 01:52:52 pm

Good one x3, BJ

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 14, 2019, 05:58:59 am

Thanks Don. It usually takes me a bit longer and more fussing, but I really enjoy trying to make these knots bend.
Thanks DC. Your always a good inspiration.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: Stixnstones on April 14, 2019, 02:11:30 pm

Good lookin stix BJ, look like fine shooters.

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 15, 2019, 04:04:35 am

Thanks Stix. See ya at Marshall.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: PNewton on April 15, 2019, 01:32:24 pm

Nice looking bows BJ. They will treasure them.

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 15, 2019, 06:23:14 pm

Thanks Paul. Hope to see you at Marshall to.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: osage outlaw on April 15, 2019, 06:33:50 pm

Nice work BJ!

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 15, 2019, 06:57:33 pm

Thanks Clint, see you at Marshall to. I'll bring some of that HHB.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: upstatenybowyer on April 15, 2019, 07:23:06 pm

Yeah buddy! I've been busy getting my bowyer therapy too, but I had a feeling you'd be posting a bow soon so I hopped on the computer. Low and behold, you posted three.  8)

Love how you kept these in the family.  :)

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 16, 2019, 04:26:06 am

Thanks Jeff. I'd love to see you you at Marshall to but I'm guessing that won't work out for you again. Gotta figure out how get together sometime.
Bjrogg
PS looking forward to seeing your lastest therapy. And you gotta know it's taken much more than three bows worth of therapy for me to get through winter. Just need to take more pictures.

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: upstatenybowyer on April 16, 2019, 11:33:44 am

You guessed correctly my friend. This is by far the busiest time of year if you're a special education teacher around Rochester, NY. Up to my eyelids in paperwork.  :NN Knowing you all are gonna be having a blast making bows without me is like salt on the wound! :'(  Guess I'll just have to be content knowing there're folks out there having fun.  :BB

Anyways, lookin forward to seeing more of your winter work. Take care  :)

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bassman on April 16, 2019, 04:40:44 pm

As usual , great job knots and all.

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: airkah on April 16, 2019, 04:49:01 pm

I live all three. You really did a great job on these.

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 16, 2019, 05:08:29 pm

ThankYou Bassman, ThankYou airkah. I'm glad you both like them. I'd like to get some more pictures, but the weather is really lousy. Still need the profiles for Turkey.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: Hawkdancer on April 16, 2019, 10:05:50 pm

Jeff,
Maybe you can make it to MoJam in July for some therapy!  Only a 2 day drive, maybe 1 day for a young guy!  Heck, Sal usually makes it from. CA, and I managed it from Colorado!  Great show and lots of bow stuff going on!  Good food, too!  Remember, all work and no play is the pits, especially if it interferes with bow makng!, Btw, I know what you mean by heavy paperwork loads!
Hawkdancer

BJ, I am working a piece of Osage with a knot on one limb, seems to reduce itself to a pin knot on the back.  I hope to be able to work it by leaving an extra bit of thickness as I tiller.  Will post a new thread las I get a bit more done.  Congratulations on the trio!  Nice bows!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: backtowood B2W on April 18, 2019, 11:15:52 pm

Very nice bow builds. All from the same tree and all in the same family! So nice- wanna do the same!
your tiller skills are impressive!
Cheers
BTW

Title: Re: Family of three
Post by: bjrogg on April 19, 2019, 11:05:18 am

Thanks B2W. I also found a picture of the stave these three bows came from. It's the one on the left.
Bjrogg