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Offline Shaun

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78" osage ELB (Finished)
« on: October 27, 2012, 06:07:57 pm »
Have a request on the books for an osage war bow type ELB in moderate weight (80 @ 30).  It started as an exceptional 7 foot stave with natural backset.



Right now it is 78" NTN 1 1/4" wide and 1" thick at the handle, 78# @ 29 and gains 4#/inch in draw. He also requested that it be able to pull to 32" - Druid where are you when I need a superhuman draw? It retains some backset though it has not spent much time at 32" draw yet.









A few small pin knots and one larger but solid knot about mid lower limb.

He is "full" draw with me straining to get maybe 28" of it - the arrow is 33" BOP.



11/04/12 completed: Added hemp handle (leather build-up on back), beeswax finish, stringer nock. Set includes spare string, stringer, arrows (33" BOP 825 grn w/ goose fletch)



Retains some backset (side view)



FF strings, cup and loop stringer, Ace 200 grn points



Top stringer nock



 
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Offline Bryce

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2012, 06:24:17 pm »
Love'n it!
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Offline druid

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2012, 06:27:05 pm »
Here I am my friend...  ;)
Seems very good for now?
What is physical weight of the bow?
Good work.
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2012, 06:28:08 pm »
Awesome!  Arrow looks like a pool cue!!  What a bow.
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Offline Shaun

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2012, 06:39:26 pm »
Druid - I never weighed a bow before, but just for you I dug out a food scale. The bow weighs 810 grams (that's just over 1 3/4 pounds on this side of the pond). Osage is very dense wood with specific gravity of 0.80. Love the way these long limbs shoot a heavy arrow, wish I could pull it farther.
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Offline fishfinder401

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2012, 06:46:09 pm »
Quote from: Shaun on October 27, 2012, 06:39:26 pm
Druid - I never weighed a bow before, but just for you I dug out a food scale. The bow weighs 810 grams (that's just over 1 3/4 pounds on this side of the pond). Osage is very dense wood with specific gravity of 0.80. Love the way these long limbs shoot a heavy arrow, wish I could pull it farther.
ill pull it farther for you ;)
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Offline k-hat

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2012, 07:43:44 pm »
that's awesome, I'm lovin it.  Looks great, can't wait to see her prettied up!
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2012, 07:46:11 pm »
Another nice one Shaun, wish I had your tillering skill. :)
Greg
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2012, 09:23:01 pm »
Nice bow
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Offline LimbLover

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2012, 10:08:11 pm »
Wooohooo, that's my kinda stick. Simple, rustic, nice and long. Love it!
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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: 78" osage ELB
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2012, 10:47:24 pm »
Looks like another good looking bow shaping up there Shaun... 
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Offline Shaun

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Re: 78" osage ELB (Finished)
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2012, 10:36:25 pm »
TTT modified original post with finished photos
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Offline steve b.

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Re: 78" osage ELB (Finished)
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2012, 10:41:02 pm »
Awesome.  Yea, you got tiller down.
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Offline Christian Soldier

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Re: 78" osage ELB (Finished)
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2012, 09:41:59 am »
Good looking bow. I find great beauty in the most simple bows. Is there much handshock due to the uniformity width of the limbs?
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Offline tom sawyer

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Re: 78" osage ELB (Finished)
« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2012, 01:56:11 pm »
Sweet, I could pole vault a small creek with that baby!
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