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Offline tetaxidermy

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First osage finish pics
« on: January 13, 2010, 06:08:58 pm »
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Still a little stiff on the upper limb but going to leave it alone, that knot makes it tricky. Draws 45lbs at 28" 66 ntn, no noise or hand shock. Put a squirrel fur handle and fox fur silencers. I put a little walnut stain on to bring out the grain and several coats of clear, then knocked the shine off with 0000 steel wool. All in all pretty happy with it. thanks for looking.
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Offline rileyconcrete

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2010, 06:14:53 pm »
Good job.  Osage is pretty cool wood. Looks nice.

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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2010, 06:29:17 pm »
Nice bow!
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Offline Aries

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2010, 06:41:01 pm »
hey man thats looks like the wood i learned on.. I know you learn bout a 100x more from a piece of wood like that than a perfectly clean piece. That is a mean lookin thing!! Good Job  Ty..               Ps  if you have some hand shock goin on you could probably safely remove just a bit more wood around that tip knot without damaging the integrity.    Or Just move onto the next one  ;D ;D
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Offline cowboy

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2010, 08:45:56 pm »
Very nice for your first Bodark. And what a piece of character wood ta boot! Good job man!!
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Offline tetaxidermy

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2010, 08:55:03 pm »
I learned a lot, can't wait to work some more osage. At the moment I am working on a piece of red oak, never have managed to get oak to work but with what I learned on this piece and reading on this forum I have a red oak Holmegaard almost done. thanks for all the comments. Eric
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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2010, 06:59:37 am »
Nice job,looks like a shooter to me. :)
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Offline nathan elliot

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2010, 02:16:42 pm »
Very nice looking bow, full of character. Bet you already thinking about your next bow ;)
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Offline tetaxidermy

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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2010, 04:43:53 pm »
Sure am thinking osage with recurve.
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Offline Kent D.

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2010, 04:48:09 pm »
Well done.  Ive got a knotted mess of an osage stave going right now.  Hope it comes out.
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Offline tetaxidermy

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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2010, 08:36:55 pm »
By the way I would like to give a big thanks to longbowhntr for trading with me and making this bow possible, hell of a decent guy.
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Offline Little John

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2010, 08:52:04 pm »
Cool looking bow. How about some full draw braced and unbraced pics straight from the side with no cant to the bow, much easier to se the bend of the bow. Lots of character and knots going on there, hope mine turns out as nice.   Kenneth 
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Offline tetaxidermy

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2010, 10:44:18 pm »
I'll have to take some more pics, unbraced, thought  i had one but I don't.
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Offline Postman

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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2010, 11:08:14 pm »
good job with that tricky stave!
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Re: First osage finish pics
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2010, 11:41:27 pm »
Got your admirable weapon bookmarked for January Self Bow of the Month! Congrats!
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