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Offline Gus

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #30 on: February 25, 2013, 01:53:43 pm »
That Bow is looking GOOD Toomany...

Thank You for posting.

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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #31 on: February 25, 2013, 03:44:59 pm »
Quote from: Gus on February 25, 2013, 01:53:43 pm
That Bow is looking GOOD Toomany...

Thank You for posting.

-gus

Thank ya Gus,  ;D. No problem, thank ya for looking.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #32 on: February 25, 2013, 05:58:35 pm »
Ok, next thing after that is to wax it. For this, I take a bit of beeswax and some cheese cloth. What I do is get the beeswax just a bit warm with a hair drier, and than rub it on the bow by hand. If you just soak the cheese cloth with molten beeswax, you can get smudges and stuff on your bow. The way I do it anyway. I don't heat it to soak it in the bow, if I did that than it probably wouldn't matter. But I prefer a lighter coat of beeswax, as I think the best looking wax finish is a relatively thin coat. Now for a bow that will see alot of weathering, I will do a couple healthy coats of tung oil first before waxing. This one is going to be just beeswax. I rub the beeswax in by hand, by taking the cheese cloth with the beeswax on it, and rubbing it up and down the limbs until it is coated pretty good. Then I take a clean piece of cheese cloth, and buff it up real quick. And then repeat maybe if it needs it.









Well this bow is complete, but I will have to wait till Thursday or so until I can take some full draw photos, as my ultimate lithium batteries are all dead and I won't be able to get some till then, but here are a couple photos I got taken today before they died. Rod, please let me know what you think of the nocks, I tried my best to get rid of the step I had before, although I do know they are pretty darn oversized for the bow,  ::).

















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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #33 on: February 25, 2013, 06:03:35 pm »
This guy takes pride in his work, that much is obvious.  Nice work, for a knothead!  Thanks for sharing!
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Offline k-hat

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #34 on: February 25, 2013, 06:07:22 pm »
Yup, good on ya tmk.  She turned out real sweet lookin.  I like the horn arrow pass, think i'll do that in the near future.

thanks for taking the time out to do this.  I look forward to the money shot!
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #35 on: February 25, 2013, 06:12:02 pm »
Very nice.  Gotta say I appreciate the details you give on this stuff.  Course I'm long winded myself :)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #36 on: February 26, 2013, 12:16:38 am »
Thanks guys! And ain't no need to thank me, build alongs give me something ta do. Thank you for checking it out,  ;).
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 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #37 on: February 26, 2013, 07:06:00 am »
The dolling up work is looking good,love the tips/grip and stricker plate,very nice work. :)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #38 on: March 05, 2013, 12:06:01 pm »
Finally got a fulldraw picture. Tiller ain't super perfect, but I am going with it. It was a bit weird to tiller as the snakyness made the tiller appear different on each side you look at it.









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 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #39 on: March 05, 2013, 12:27:18 pm »
Looks very good to me,nice job.  :)
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #40 on: March 05, 2013, 12:34:14 pm »
Well done!  That's work to be proud of!
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #41 on: March 05, 2013, 01:45:41 pm »
Thank ya guys!
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 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline Cameroo

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #42 on: March 05, 2013, 02:41:28 pm »
You did a heck of a job on that stave.  That picture at the top is awesome! :)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #43 on: March 05, 2013, 04:56:30 pm »
Thank you Cameroo!
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline danny f

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Re: Snakey osage Longbow-ish bow build...
« Reply #44 on: March 05, 2013, 05:35:24 pm »
great bow and great build along. the finish work looks excellent too. thanks for taking the time to do this.
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