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Offline wildman

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osage self bow
« on: February 22, 2010, 03:45:39 pm »
I made this bow from wood afriend was using as a poking stick for a deer camp fire 54in 40lbs@28

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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2010, 03:51:33 pm »
  If computers were as easy as scraping on wood this pic would have been posted a month ago ;D
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2010, 03:52:19 pm »
Good for you. Very nice. Jawge
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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2010, 03:59:07 pm »
Very satisfying turning a piece of stick you have just picked up into a bow..looks Vgood.
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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2010, 04:03:11 pm »
That's a downright nice looking bow. If it were me, I'd scrape a tad bit off the bottom limb from tip to about 2/3 the way to the fade and get it bending a little more before I was completely done with it. I like it though - has a nice color and nice primitive look.

 

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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2010, 04:13:31 pm »
cool bow man, nice save ...from a fire poker to a bow... never heard of it going in that order before...  ;D
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Offline Diligence

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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2010, 04:29:54 pm »
"....never heard of it going in that order before....."    ;D  too funny!

great bow!
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Offline wildman

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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2010, 04:36:46 pm »
I've made a lot more nice firewood than nice bows to be sure at least 70/30 ;)
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2010, 04:49:35 pm »
This one for sure is not fire wood! - Great work!
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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2010, 08:15:14 pm »
Looks nice indeed.  I wonder did the heat froim the fire add to the tension...  maybe drying out the wood in an unusual way?  What's the cast like on it?

Was there much burnt material that needed removing from the ends/tips?

Also...  well done on getting the pic up (even if it's a month late :P)  it was worth it!!
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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2010, 09:53:30 pm »
Pretty cool, looks like that poking stick had a higher destiny. :)
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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2010, 12:18:39 am »
I like it! Would this bow be considerd green since you recycled it. Looks good Id shoot it. Dont pull that thing back to far gets people real upset.  ;D
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Offline wildman

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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2010, 12:59:47 am »
HatchA,  the wood was fire tempered on one end it was also cut in 1997 to be made into a bow,but for some sad reason made it to the fire pit I will post some more pics one end has been blackend by the fire no charring. I put an owl effigy on one nock & a man on the other deer sinew is fixing asplinter on the lower limb sinew string,yote puffs , mule hair thingamadoodles on the end it shoots cane arrows well
Oldways ,never thought or it being green,but you know me hippy born 20yrs to late its double green,and you know I got a wood burner in case it breaks bring any little bow you break to the house we,ll cook sumthin over it
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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2010, 06:38:34 am »
Nice save on the fire stick. :)
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Offline wildman

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Re: osage self bow
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2010, 07:58:04 pm »
here are some pics of the nocks you can see where it was blackend but no charring I wanted it to look like it was 250yrs old and didn't sand off much of the blacking

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