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Offline Lefty8917

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First bow--osage
« on: April 12, 2012, 01:00:34 am »


This is my first experience making a bow. It is 64" and 52#@27" made of osage. For the handle I used a single piece of leather with lacing down the center. Leather dye was used to color the back of the bow and tips were overlayed with hickory. This was a very fun and knowlegeable experience. I didnt do this by myself though. My girlfriends dad has been making bows for years and he guided me through the process.

Im a little bummed that all I have left is to shoot it now, so guess ill be starting another pretty soon!

Offline Lefty8917

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Re: First bow--osage
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: First bow--osage
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2012, 01:08:30 am »
Looks great, except the arrow rest is on the wrong side of the grip  ;D  That is one heck of a first bow.
I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left

Offline tattoo dave

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Re: First bow--osage
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2012, 01:10:09 am »
Thats one heck of a nice bow Lefty!! Hang on to that first one. Lookin forward to seeing more from ya.

Tattoo Dave
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Offline Lefty8917

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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: First bow--osage
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2012, 01:12:18 am »
That's a sweet bow.  and now you understand how good your girlfriends dad is with sharp tools...just sayin! :D
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Offline coaster500

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Re: First bow--osage
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2012, 01:15:39 am »
Great first bow Lefty :)

Looks like a shooter!!!
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Offline Gus

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Re: First bow--osage
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2012, 01:17:08 am »
Yes Sir Lefty!

That is one Fine Looking bow!
Well done!

-gus
"I taught him archery everyday, and when he got good at it he throw an arrow at me."

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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: First bow--osage
« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2012, 01:29:35 am »
Looks very nice.  Good work!

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Offline Lefty8917

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« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2012, 01:36:40 am »



To get the texture on the leather I wet it then wrapped it with rope and let dry overnight.

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Re: First bow--osage
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2012, 01:38:43 am »
Thank you all for your posts. Very nice.  You will definetly be seeing more in the future :)