A Big Kinky Osage Follow Along

[Will H]

That's lookin purty sweet man!

[Roy]

That's great moan. The propfile ypou heated is color. If it was me I wopulkd rpound the last outer thirds a bit to even up the strain on the lkimbs, but I'm usually opverly picky. That things screams recurve to me. I have a bear recurve with that propfile. What a great stave you have there. I'm watching now!


DVS, ya hain't been drinken have ya son? LOL there is a spell check on here.

[H Rhodes]

Blackhawk's Kodiak Magnum....  It amazes me how you see a bow in these screwy pieces of wood!  I can't wait to see how this one turns out.

[hunterbob]

WOW is that going to be sweet...
"HUMPTY"
"HUMPTY THUMPTY"

[osage outlaw]

Lookin' good there Mollyhawk.  I'm not going anywhere near that much reflex in the limbs.

[blackhawk]

Thanks guys...hope I can pull this one off

DVS...I might reflex/flip the last 8" or so yet,I can't quite put in static recurves tho because it has a group of knots a few inches from one tip,and I don't do sharp bends where there's knots. The tips in one limb have already moved almost 6" with heat,and thats quite a bit of change. Where it reflexes hard back up from the deflex is natural and where those knot holes are,and it would've been dang near impossible to continue to follow that curve. I don t like putting a lot of heat on character spots,and didn't want to try and flatten it out where its so sharp. It is what it is for right now,and ill see how she behaves when I tiller it out whether I wanna do any more heat to her....I generally don't like to heat a same area twice.

Ah come one Clint..go big or go home

[danny f]

i cant wait to see this one finished. its looking good

[Holten101]

Damn...I would give my right arm for a stave like that. I wouldnt be able to tiller her....but that is another matter;-)

Cheers

[BowEd]

Looks like a DANDY!!!!! to me.

[blackhawk]

after having a splinter pop on a hackberry I was shooting in yesterday I decided to get back to some real wood...this piece of the king has been resting a good bit so lets get her good n floor tillered ready for a string....I do 90%+ of my tillering on the floor before I even string her up to the point of where I feel I have about ten pounds left. remember the unbraced profile has the apex and sharpest point of reflex 6-8" from the fades at those two kinky lil holes....shes looking good to my novice eye  ....





now I need to decide what type of tip overlays I want...hmmm...no brainer...im thinking horn 

[Will H]

Can't wait to see how this one turns out Chris! It's lookin real good remember now I like bows in the 40-45# range at 27" so if you happen to miss weight you can just send it right on over  lol

[blackhawk]

Ill put that into consideration Will   

[osage outlaw]

Lookin' good ChickenLegs, I mean Chickenhawk 

[seabass]

i wanna see this one done.it is gonna be awesome.good work brother.

[bow101]

Whoa Balckbird, 'you da master'  that is one cool looking piece of art, hopefully she works out without any mishaps..