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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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new abo Osage bow
« on: July 28, 2012, 11:28:36 am »
Little Abo Osage bow i put together. (not really abo, but whatever..lol) It's a thin little bow, about 1" wide and tapers to 3/8" nocks. 64.5" long overall, bendy handled bow. 40# @ 28" has some cool wiggles and a nice knot hole in the lower limb. so light in hand and has a great feel when shooting it. It's no where near my hunting weight, but a neat little bow just that same. made up a set of 6 bamboo arrows for it too. has just enough character to make it interesting! thanks for looking- Ryan
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2012, 11:29:19 am »
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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2012, 11:37:47 am »
Cool lil bow...I like the narrow osage bows.

Offline ErictheViking

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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2012, 12:17:17 pm »
Love it! great work with that knot and getting it bending sweet
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2012, 12:22:57 pm »
very nice looking bow!
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Offline coaster500

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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2012, 12:28:49 pm »
Love the shorties and that looks like a good one Ryan :)
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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2012, 12:39:57 pm »
Nice job, Twisted. You handled them knots like a pro... :laugh:
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2012, 02:53:21 pm »
great looking bow! I really like any bow where there is a natural defect in the wood and it is worked around succesfully! :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2012, 02:59:05 pm »
Another nice osage bow Twisted, your tillers are always right on. Those light weight skinny osages are fun to shoot and can be quite
fast with a arrow matched well to the bow, even at 10 gpp. Good job with that one, I like it.
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Offline beetlebailey1977

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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2012, 04:53:17 pm »
Just as nice as always.....you do good work.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2012, 06:47:08 pm »
What is 'Abo'?
Ln the UK I'd take that to be an abrevaition for Aborigine... but I don't think the Aborigine had bows.. maybe you meant to make a boomerang?
Or have I got the wrong end of the throwing stick?
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2012, 08:02:52 pm »
thanks guys-

Del-  The term Aboriginal refers to "the 1st people to inhabit an area".   like abo knapping is with antler and hammerstones, i guess the big thing that makes my bow "not abo" are the tip overlays.  but the simple design made to shoot without too many fancy bells and whistles is what i mean.  than and its all done with hand tools, but not stone tools.    so in reality a real Abo bow would be a bent stick made by hand with stone.    this one just isnt as fancy as my standard bow...lol so its abo for me.
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Re: new abo Osage bow
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2012, 07:22:11 am »
Cheers,
Thanks for the clarification, I'd not come across that useage...
Being a bit obsessive about these things I'll dig out my dictionary.
But don't worry I won't bore you all with my findings ;D
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