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Offline bowmo

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Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« on: August 17, 2007, 06:58:03 pm »
Haven't had that much time to work on bows lately, but I managed to finish this one up the other day. She's a osage and walnut tri lam. I cut down the trees and made the boards that this bow is made from myself using a jointer. Two layers of osage make up the limbs with a raw bamboo back. Osage and walnut handle/power lams; walnut underlays; and osage, walnut, and horn tip overlays. I threw on some Western diamondback skins to dress it up a little more. Pulls 50 pounds at 28 inches.

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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2007, 06:59:14 pm »
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2007, 07:27:46 pm »
WOW a real beaut there Bowmo. Love the tip overlays. Overall nice and sleek looking.

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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2007, 08:32:56 pm »
Smooth graceful lines and a striking color combonation. That is one of the prettiest bows I have ever seen.
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2007, 08:41:14 pm »
This'uns really nice Bowmo.....Brian
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2007, 01:53:37 am »
Dan, Nice wood combo and very nice bow.The tip underlays are cool. I guess its to keep the tips stiff. 
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2007, 04:46:50 am »
dan!  -  this is a really  g o o d  l o o k i n g  bow and the profile looks like she's quite fast, too! i especiallly like the tips, over- and underlays! the underlays look long; didn't that cause problems like ends rolling up or something? i like underlays a lot, but i'm allways a bit scared of using them. i did underlays once with plumwood on a very light ashbow; in that case the plum was the harder wood. that worked just fine. (see below)
how long is thisone??

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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2007, 07:34:31 am »
Real sharp bow the braced profile looks great but we need the full draw pic,
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2007, 07:59:46 am »
Nice job Dan! I am a big fan of using walnut as accents in my bamboo backed bows. Mainly because I have a boatload and it looks real nice with osage. Have you tried walnut as a belly wood yet? Not the greatest belly wood but i have made a few that turned out pretty darn good.
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2007, 08:35:40 am »
Nice bow, Dan
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2007, 10:11:06 am »
Wow Dan, that bow is stunning! Great job!          Yep, I want to see full draw.
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2007, 10:30:18 am »
Awsome Dan,How long is the bow?
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2007, 10:36:11 am »
Beautiful all around aught to about cover it ;D. That is one of the prettiest that I too have ever laid eyes on.
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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2007, 11:38:02 am »
Excellant craftsmanship.A true beauty.tradrick

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Re: Walnut and osage bbo...(pics)
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2007, 12:54:12 pm »
Some folks have all the talent. Beautiful bow/Great lines. With a full draw image we can look at it for Backed Bow of the Month for August.
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