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Offline 4est Trekker

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2011, 12:57:58 pm »
Very nice and clean work.  I would be wary of the crack in the last picture just to the right of the writing.  Have you saturated it with superglue?  I would do that, and then wrap the area with silk thread set in glue.  But again, very nice looking weapon!
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Offline Michael C.

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2011, 01:32:43 pm »
Super nice Mark really like the tips and the string grooves you made.
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Offline Matt S.

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2011, 03:28:52 pm »
Very nice bow. Good photos too, I liked the "down the arrow" shot, it makes me feel like I'm sitting on the back of the arrow ready to go on a wild ride! Your handle looks really nice as well.
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Offline Mark Anderson

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2011, 06:13:22 pm »
Thank you for all the comments guys. 4est, the crack looks much worse than it really is, it is just a bit that lifted while I was using steel wool on the transition to the fades. I almost removed the bit completely but decided to leave it. The pictures were taken before the last few coats of laquer were applied and I did glue it down before I finished it.
Thanks again all. And Del it does spit the arrows, and fast. I want to see if my buddy will shoot it through a chrono sometime, I'm guessing it might be in the high 160's fps but I could be way off.
Mark
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Offline swtchbckshtr

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2011, 06:46:43 pm »
you did a awesome job on this bow, I hope my first turns out like this, got a good story behind it to boot, thanks for sharing..
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Offline gmc

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Re: First Osage! (Man I love this wood!)
« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2011, 11:56:15 pm »
Very nice work.

The tiller looks great on that bow.
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