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Offline Stickhead

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Osage Board Bow - update - made meat!
« on: November 10, 2013, 06:30:18 pm »
Hi, Y'all,

I stumbled upon a nice Osage board with very straight grain at my local lumber store, and decided to find the bow in it.  It was a quarter-sawn board with growth rings nearly perpendicular to the face of the board.  You can sort of see the grain lines in the belly pic.

It's basically a pyramid bow design with some very slight wobbles where I followed the grain to dodge run-offs.  It's 1-3/4" wide at the fades, tapering evenly down to 3/8" tips.  It's 64" NTN and pulls 65 pounds at 26".  It turned out nicer than most of my attempts, so I dressed it up a bit with rattlesnake skins. 
I added some purpleheart overlays, a box turtle scale for a strikeplate, leather rest, two-tone cork to build up the handle, and a leather grip laced up baseball-style.

I'm happy with the way it shoots - nice and straight, and packs a whollup.  If I can manage to draw an elk tag, I'll take it out west next year. 
« Last Edit: November 16, 2013, 11:30:22 am by Stickhead »
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Offline Stickhead

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2013, 06:31:30 pm »
More pics...
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Offline bow101

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2013, 06:59:54 pm »
Looks really nice,  I is no whimp; but in your full draw pic how many inches are you pulling..? It looks like you are gingerly drawing.  65# that's a good pull for us old #$%arts........ ;)
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2013, 07:08:18 pm »
That's a nice looking bow!! It's been almost 10 years since I've full drawn a 65# bow. I'll be 64 this month and I can still handle the 55's but anything over 60# I start to tremble if I have to hold the count for very long.
I've never attempted a board bow but that looks to be as nice a bow as I've ever accomplished. Very nice job.>>> Fred
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2013, 07:57:03 pm »
That there is a sweet looking board bow!! Nice work stickhead. 

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Offline okie64

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2013, 08:07:45 pm »
Thats a great looking bow! Ive never run across an osage board that clean.
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Offline RyanR

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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2013, 08:10:30 pm »
Nice looking bow. I like your bow rack also. Are those elk feet?
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Offline Badly Bent

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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2013, 09:09:39 pm »
Real nice resting profile and tiller at full draw. I like a osage bow that lays flat unstrung with gently flipped tips like that. Skins and finish are nice as well. Looks like you got a first class bow out of that osage board, real nice job all around Stickhead.
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2013, 10:00:35 pm »
 8)
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2013, 10:18:00 pm »
Wow!  Nice work.  Never made an Osage board bow, but if I did I would want it to look like this one.
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Offline kevinsmith5

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2013, 11:26:17 pm »
Where exactly IS this lumber store???
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2013, 03:32:04 am »
Well executed board. That full-draw bend looks perfect.   8)
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Offline Gsulfridge

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2013, 07:56:26 am »
Nice, real nice.
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Offline NeolithicMan

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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2013, 09:24:36 am »
Very nice bow! first osage board bow I have seen, way to set the bar high!
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Re: Osage Board Bow
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2013, 09:55:46 am »
You don't see many of these, nice job.
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