Osage "Black Hole"

[Stringman]

Been working on this bow all summer. With the character and  severe natural reflex I had a time gettin it lined up. After multiple heat correction sessions I finally got it bending evenly. Thats when I noticed some checking on the back. So I put rawhide on 2/3 of the lentgh of the bow and covered it all with a dark rat snake. It has a little more hand shock than Im used to, but it shoots well and pulls a nice 52# at my 28 1/2".

[Stringman]

Here's the rest of the story.

[Cloudfeather]

Diggin' the look of the rat snake around that knot hole.

[Will H]

Lookin good man!

[Badly Bent]

Cool bow, great bend and looks to shoot a real nice group of arrows also. Nice work Stringman!
Greg

[osage outlaw]

Cool bow.  I love the skins around the knot hole. 

[JW_Halverson]

Nice rat hole in that limb!

 

[Stringman]

Thanks guys! I actually used the rat snake cause I wasnt sure if it the bow was gonna hold up, but it ended up pullin it all together nicely.

Sorry jdub, it's already named! 

[lesken2011]

Cool, String..Really nice job on that one, for sure... .

[Eastman]

Inspirational bow! And a really good name for it too!

[dwardo]

Great work. 

[Arrowind]

Sweeeeeeeeet!

[Stringman]

Thanks all. I just drove out and handed it to my buddy who wanted a bow to start huntin with. (Love making new converts!  )

Here's a look at this stave before it was a bow. I was real close to puttin this piece of wood back in the corner at this point. Glad I pushed thru it.

Scott

[soy]

Way to pull it togher it looks great!

[coaster500]

Way to tackle a problematic stave and win!!!!

Nice lookin shooter