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Offline SLIMBOB

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Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« on: June 19, 2014, 09:07:28 pm »
Oklahoma Osage and Texas Rattler.  It was love at first sight on this snaky stave.  Lot's of character but the tips weren't more than 1/2 inch out of alignment.  For those that were at our Texas Bow Bust, this is the stave I was chasing a ring on there.  Fairly high degree of difficulty with this one but it was surpassed by the fun factor.  The skins came from Cipriano and they were perfect!  2 young snakes with vibrant colors, but paper thin.  They would tear if you looked at them wrong, so I didn't.  Just smiled at 'em a lot.  Thanks Cip.  The odd thing about this one was how quickly it fell into place once on the short string.  I have said before that I typically string mine when they are way heavy.  Low brace of 2 inches or so.  I just find it easier to get the limbs in sync with a string on it.  Evened every thing up, increased the brace to 4 inches or so, put it on the tree, and it was done. Only very minor tweaks here and there after getting it to full brace height.  Lastly, as a bit of a confession, my last few bows have not shot as well as I would have liked.  I have spent a good bit of time improving my finish work, but it has come at the expense of the shootability I think, and so my goal on this one was to first get it shooting right and then tie it all together with the finish.  This one shoots as well as any I have on my rack.  Better than many of them.  Thanks for looking and here's the specs...
Osage
64 inches ntn
1 3/8 inches wide at the fade with a slight taper to 1 1/4 inch thru the middle third, and then aggressive taper to 3/8 inch at the string grooves
50 lbs. at 27 inches
WDB skins applied with TBIII
Sinew wraps dyed in black food color and applied with hide glue
Buffalo Tip overlays on top of plum
My second John Strunk handle, thanks Pearl.
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2014, 09:09:15 pm »
Money Shot and a few more.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2014, 09:14:50 pm »
 very cool looking bow slimbob , me likey
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Offline Badger

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2014, 09:20:33 pm »
 Pure osage bow, beautiful!

Offline Crogacht

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2014, 09:24:39 pm »
Amazing. Would it be too much trouble to get a front on full draw? :D

Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2014, 09:26:24 pm »
That is super awesome! Very well done and I really like the braced pic. As well as the way you used the snake skins like an accent and not the full length of the bow. Very nice! Patrick
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2014, 09:27:29 pm »
No trouble.  Try and get one up tonight or in the morning.
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Offline rps3

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2014, 09:39:18 pm »
Man is that sharp looking.

Offline Will H

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2014, 09:48:43 pm »
I love me some snaky bows!! That ones no exception! Well done slimbob!!
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2014, 09:52:35 pm »
Nice work!! Thats a lot of snake for sure, gotta love it.

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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2014, 09:54:10 pm »
That is a beauty!!!
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline bow101

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2014, 10:27:34 pm »
That is character personified and great bend.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2014, 10:37:39 pm »
Super nice snaky bow Slim, beautiful work.
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2014, 10:42:50 pm »
Real fine work on a trying piece of Osage ! Nicely done!

Tracy
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Snaky Osage with Extra Snake
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2014, 10:54:02 pm »
Beautiful bow Slimbob!  That will get my BOM vote.
I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left