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Offline Dean Marlow

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My new hunting bow for this year
« on: November 22, 2009, 04:40:39 pm »
Here is my main bow that I have been hunting with this year. It is an Osage selfbow. It is 66" long. It is 1-1/2" wide at the fades and tapers to 7-16" wide at the tips. It is 45lbs. at 28". It has Diamondback rattlesnake skins and Gabon Ebony overlay tips. It came out a little lighter than I wanted because I took a little to much wood out of the top snakey limb. So I had to scrape the bottom limb to even it up. Dean

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Offline NTD

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2009, 04:45:08 pm »
That is a Very good looking bow.  Tiller looks outstanding and whatever finish you used really made those skins look nice. 
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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2009, 04:50:04 pm »
good job, mister!  and now i've got a face to go with the name. 

Gots to get me some osage...
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Offline sander

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2009, 05:27:20 pm »
Some real pretty curves on that bow.  Great job, bet its fun to shoot.
Sander
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2009, 05:37:17 pm »
That's awesome! Great job. Jawge
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Offline gmc

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2009, 06:06:40 pm »
Dean, that is really one gorgeous bow from unbrace to brace to full draw. Congratulations!
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Offline Dean Marlow

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2009, 07:08:40 pm »
Thanks for the nice compliments guys. I cut this log last winter and it was straight as an arrow. When I started splitting it this is what came out of it. You just can't tell by looking at a full log how the grain is going to run until you start splitting it. Every stave that came out of that straight log had this type of grain. You could lay every stave out of this log side by side and they all looked the same. In fact there are about three other staves floating around out there in the U.S.A from this same log and I would really like to see the bows that they will become. Brock,Ted, and Joe let's see them on here when you get them done. These guys do visit this site. Dean
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2009, 07:17:01 pm »
Terrific
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Offline PeteC

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2009, 08:15:34 pm »
Nice bow Dean!Good huntin' to you too. God Bless
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Offline Okie

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2009, 09:02:22 pm »
Very nice! Love that Osage. I hope ya get to harvest something with it.
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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2009, 09:13:11 pm »
That is a beauty Dean ;D.
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Offline tombo

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2009, 09:48:28 pm »
That is a beauty. I like that snake in the grass ! Nice work.
Tom
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Offline adb

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2009, 09:51:46 pm »
A very nice bow!! Your tiller is spot on.
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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2009, 10:14:19 pm »
whoa! totally threw me off guard when i saw how snakey it was. i was figuring just a strait profile. well done!

Phil
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Offline Pappy

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Re: My new hunting bow for this year
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2009, 05:50:10 am »
Beautiful bow,I love it. :)
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