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Offline PeteC

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Osage bow
« on: October 16, 2011, 01:23:06 am »
Hey y'all, I have not posted a bow since March,due to a lack of time ,but have been building a little, and have 5 new bows ready .I'll try to get them up in the next couple of weeks. This is the "payback bow" for a friend who let me cut some wood on his property back in February. I usually age osage a year,but with our record breaking temps in Texas this summer,and very low humidity,I decided to try a few,mainly splinters off of good staves to use as test bows. This one came out of a deflexed stave.I did'nt want to get to aggressive with the reflex,(even though it had'nt lost any weight in over a month),so I just flipped the tips a little. It has some unique red stripes down the back,and is very smooth,both drawing and shooting,and suprisingly fast.  It's 65 3/8" tip to tip,64" nock to nock. 1 1/4" at fades with an even taper 3/8" tips. 55#@28" . Cane grip,with glued on osage arrow rest.8 coats tru-oil. God Bless
What you believe determines how you behave., Pete Clayton, Whitehouse ,Texas

Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2011, 01:27:19 am »
Very nice Pete!  8)
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2011, 02:16:37 am »
Couldn't agree more, very nice.

George
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2011, 02:56:09 am »
Very nice bow !!!

I love the warts on the limbs  ;)
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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2011, 05:52:03 am »
Nice tiller on that bow, I like it!
I wish I had a field like that to shoot flight in...

Offline Del the cat

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2011, 06:25:15 am »
Handsome bow.
In the second pic, I like the deflex in the field matching the curve of the bow ;)
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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2011, 10:17:10 am »
Full draw looks great :)  should be a smooth forgiving shooter with that profile :)

Offline swamp yeti

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2011, 11:53:50 am »
Beautiful bow and tiller,I bet it is a fast shooter.

Offline Gordon

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2011, 12:35:37 pm »
A perfectly executed bow. Beautiful.
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Offline adb

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2011, 12:41:33 pm »
Nice bow... well done!!

Offline PeteC

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2011, 10:32:36 pm »
Thanks for the kind words fellas.I surely appreciate it. God Bless
What you believe determines how you behave., Pete Clayton, Whitehouse ,Texas

Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2011, 11:20:10 pm »
Nice Pete!  Looks like a real smoothie. 
Matt Wirwicki
Owosso, MI

Offline Ozzy

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2011, 11:23:31 pm »
Very nice work ;)
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2011, 01:44:58 am »
Good work!  Nice bow!
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Offline criveraville

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2011, 02:41:08 am »
Nice bow Pete ;) You sure know how to say gracias..

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