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Offline Ifrit617

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First osage bow, Stave from MWirwicki
« on: October 07, 2011, 08:04:58 pm »
Hey everyone,

This bow represents a lot of firsts for me. It is my first bow from a stave, my first osage bow, and my first character bow. Got this stave in a trade from Mwirwicki, and it has been a pleaure to finally get my hands on some of that yella wood. The bow shoots very fast for its length and weight, shooting flat from 20 yards, and I think it will make a great Turkey bow. The stave started with about 1" reflex and it is dead flat after unstringing and about 1000 shots. It has some very nice snake in the top limb. Here are the specs.

50" n2n unbacked osage
44#@24"
7"non-working handle ( was orgionally gonna make a bendy handle, but decided not too.)
Dead flat after unstringing.
Tip overlays are padauk and antler...

Can't wait to get my hands on more osage.

Jon
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: First oasge, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 08:05:49 pm »
And here are the money shots...

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Offline soy

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Re: First oasge, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2011, 08:10:46 pm »
Congratulations on a job well done! Looks great! That yella is addictive watch out ;)
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: First oasge, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2011, 08:23:36 pm »
Dang fine job there pal. I like that tiller. If I know Matt you got a superbly aged stave to work with, nothing better than seasoned staves.
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Offline ken75

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Re: First oasge, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2011, 09:09:06 pm »
beautiful bow ! i believe your a natural with board or stave , i enjoy seeing your work
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Offline Josh

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Re: First oasge, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2011, 09:22:03 pm »
very nice bow, I love it!  :)  Looks very fast  :) :)
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: First oasge, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2011, 10:41:23 pm »
Quote from: Josh on October 07, 2011, 09:22:03 pm
very nice bow, I love it!  :)  Looks very fast  :) :)

I agree, it does look like a speedy one!
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: First oasge, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2011, 10:45:18 pm »
Thanks alot guys... Speedy she is.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: First osage bow, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2011, 04:26:28 am »
WOW congrats! Really like that one! Great arc, and overlays are beautiful!
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: First osage bow, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2011, 05:19:20 am »
Excellent, that's really bending hard, and no set.
Great tiller, nice bit of character.
Del
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: First osage bow, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2011, 09:27:00 am »
Ifrit:  Very nicely done.  She turned out real nice; straight too.  Good luck on the gobblers!
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Offline dbb

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Re: First osage bow, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2011, 10:03:11 am »
Most have been said already :)
Nicely done!

/Mikael
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Offline JonW

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Re: First osage bow, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2011, 04:31:13 pm »
Very nice job for that many"firsts". If you had said that was your 20th bow I would believe it. Excellent work.

Jon W.
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Offline Gus

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Re: First osage bow, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2011, 06:05:06 pm »
Yes Sir,

Great Looking Bow!!

Keep up the Great Work!

-gus
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: First osage bow, Stave from MWirwicki
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2011, 06:36:00 pm »
Thanks for all the praise guys... I really enjoyed building this one...

Jon- it is probably my 13th or 14th  bow, but all my others have been from boards...
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