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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along
« Reply #120 on: January 20, 2014, 11:05:19 am »
Slim, you pulled a good bow out of "Old Wormy"!  The explanation and photos of the little block and your tillering process is going to help a lot of folks.  That is exactly how I tiller 90 percent of the time.  I split a stave out of a pretty wormy dead osage tree yesterday afternoon.  This post has me all fired up to start chasing rings on it.  Great work -  I really enjoyed this post.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along
« Reply #121 on: January 20, 2014, 05:59:52 pm »
Cleaned up on of mine last night. It's about 9' long lol
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along
« Reply #122 on: January 25, 2014, 01:18:26 pm »
About to finish this puppy up.  I cut a Wild Plum sapling back during Christmas, and that is what I'm making the overlays from.  I split it in half, one side for each tip.  I was gonna stain it but I think I like the natural dark streak and the color as it is.  Final sanding and then I'm gonna add some accents, finish and a handle wrap.
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Offline Badly Bent

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« Reply #123 on: January 25, 2014, 02:50:02 pm »
That tip overlay is just plum nice Slim, looks great against the osage orange.
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along
« Reply #124 on: January 25, 2014, 02:58:35 pm »
yeah that looks cool
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along
« Reply #125 on: January 25, 2014, 03:08:36 pm »
Nice tip!  I like the color contrast.  It will get even better with age.
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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along Finished!
« Reply #126 on: January 27, 2014, 03:47:22 pm »
Finished it last night.  I will put it on a new post with full draw and some additional pics but here's a few.  Really happy with it.  Been shooting it some for the last week and it's a very sweet shooter.  I was never sure I would actually get it finished because of all the issues, and there were many, but it's a great little piece of wood that wanted to be a bow.  It's taken about 1/2 inch of set and has seemed to settle right there, which gives it about 1 1/2 inches of reflex.  Thanks for following, hope it was interesting from out there, because this one was a joy for me!
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along Finished!
« Reply #127 on: January 27, 2014, 03:53:00 pm »
Love that flat profile Bob, love it.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along Finished!
« Reply #128 on: January 27, 2014, 03:53:12 pm »
Very nice, them overlays look like bone!
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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along Finished!
« Reply #129 on: January 27, 2014, 04:04:50 pm »
Nice!!! Love the color of that old osage. I've been watching this one from the sidelines and am glad to see the finished bow. Thanks for the build along.>>>Fred
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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along Finished!
« Reply #130 on: January 27, 2014, 04:07:12 pm »
Thanks slim. Great pics and information. Looking forward to "The rest of the Story".
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along Finished!
« Reply #131 on: January 27, 2014, 04:46:39 pm »
Great work Slimbob!  That bow turned out sweet.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along Finished!
« Reply #132 on: January 27, 2014, 05:07:39 pm »
Sweet man
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along Finished!
« Reply #133 on: January 27, 2014, 05:43:59 pm »
Thanks, PD.  I really pampered this one while tillering it and I think that helped with the flat profile, but it's a hard springy piece of wood I started with.
TMK, it does look like bone.  Real tight grain structure on this Plum and hard as a stone.  I stained a piece to see how it looked and there is very little grain to pick up any color so I just left it natural.
Fred, thanks.  Sweet thing is, that's not old Osage with a patina.  That's freshly scraped wood.  Real redish color to it.
Owlbait, Blairflair2, thanks guys.
Clint,  thanks man.  Following your post with interest.
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Offline dbb

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Re: Old Wormy Osage Follow Along Finished!
« Reply #134 on: January 27, 2014, 05:44:46 pm »
Really nice!
I like that profile.
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