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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2013, 09:55:38 pm »
Sweet bow your friend should be smiling when he pulls it from the tube.
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2013, 09:57:48 pm »
Cool lookin bow right there!  Sweet full draw.
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Offline rps3

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2013, 10:00:44 pm »
Crazy cool. I like how you carved in the rattles.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2013, 11:02:22 pm »
Great looking bow all around Josh and the tiller looks dead on for that tricky stave. I've tried a couple from staves with that wonky kick where the limbs come out of the handle differently and they whopped me bad. You seem to have figured out how to handle that issue. :)  Well done.
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2013, 11:13:07 pm »
That is an awesome bend on that character bow.  You really do great work. 
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #20 on: October 04, 2013, 04:14:41 am »
Thanks for the kind words fellas!  Yeah Rich, my ear and my glasses were more than a passing concern when shooting this in.  Between the long draw and being a lefty bow, my shoulders and back were killing me after i shot it in.  The offset handle didn't give me near the trouble tillering as did the whoop te do midlimb on the lower limb did.  I kept having to fight the urge to make it bend more to match the upper limb.  The unbraced pic doesn't really show it, but there's a considerable dip below that big knot on the lower limb as well as some twist.  It gave me some concern but the way it shoots, I'm confident that its pretty close.  Thanks again fellas!  Josh
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #21 on: October 04, 2013, 05:10:16 am »
That'll work for the big fella.Nice job.Surprised he did'nt want 80 to 90 pounds out of it.Have fun shooting that one out of a tree.
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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #22 on: October 04, 2013, 08:46:24 am »
Beautiful bow Josh,very nice,he should love that. :)
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #23 on: October 04, 2013, 09:04:26 am »
Wow! I really dig that. Fantastic work.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #24 on: October 04, 2013, 09:27:53 am »
Don't rip one tryin' to yank that back Josh! That turned out nice man, still cant believe that dude pulls soooo far, its crazy! Gotta have some power behind it.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #25 on: October 04, 2013, 11:33:35 am »
You have some serious skill Josh.  You make that squirrely, snakey piece of osage bend with flipped tips like it was born to be a bow!
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Offline adb

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #26 on: October 04, 2013, 12:20:05 pm »
I love the way you made the tip overlays look like the rattles on the WDB skins. Very cool. Nice bow from a challenging stave. You've certainly got full draw outta that piece of wood!
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Offline bushboy

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #27 on: October 04, 2013, 12:36:39 pm »
Another example of your skill level !nicely done!
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #28 on: October 04, 2013, 12:58:52 pm »
sweet work..makes me ashamed how you crank these out from on the road and I can't seem to find time to do one at home. very cool stuff
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Offline The Gopher

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Re: Osage orangutan bow
« Reply #29 on: October 04, 2013, 01:56:53 pm »
Quote from: rps3 on October 03, 2013, 10:00:44 pm
Crazy cool. I like how you carved in the rattles.

One of the first things i noticed too, i love the rattles!
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