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Offline Almostpighunter

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Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes (more pics & full draw)
« on: February 28, 2014, 05:37:33 pm »
This was a bow I made for a gentleman out in ND who is a big fan of character osage and painted rawhide who is also the owner of the last painted bow I posted:


This time he asked for an animal totem kind of thing like I have done with a the wild boar image that I placed on one of my own bows. Together we decided on an Eagle and this is how I incorporated it into a design. The wood is osage and has two large knots at near symmetrical distances from the handle (We were joking with some compound tournament shooters that, if it made them feel better, we could sight through one knot hole and add a stabilizer in the other :)  ).

Anyway the bow turned out very nicely and shoots strong, here are the stats:

56" (53" n2n)
50#@28"
Osage orange backed with rawhide

Hope you enjoy.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2014, 05:47:19 pm »
Very cool bow.  8)  That narrow throat is a bit scary.
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Offline paoliguy

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2014, 05:59:52 pm »
That is VERY cool. It's like all of the bends and twists are intentionally placed at just the right places, there's a very "balanced" look to it.
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2014, 06:02:12 pm »
Gorgeous
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2014, 06:03:54 pm »
Very cool looking piece of Sage.  Nice work.  Ditto on the narrow arrow pass, but you would know it's strength.  Love it.
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Offline Almostpighunter

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2014, 06:07:01 pm »
More pics of back of the bow and artwork:
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2014, 06:07:53 pm »
Definitely a one of a kind bow there, pretty cool.
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Offline Almostpighunter

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2014, 06:10:52 pm »
Pat: Actually, that pass was terrifying :), but it is also 1.25"+ deep, by .75" wide and not moving (thank goodness)
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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes (more pics & full draw)
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2014, 07:02:11 pm »
Good ole dog bone rawhide? That's a beauty!!
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Offline Gsulfridge

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes (more pics & full draw)
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2014, 06:28:01 am »
Stunning.  Nice bow.  Love the art work.
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Offline 4dog

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Re: Tricky Osage with Knots and Snakes (more pics & full draw)
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2014, 03:40:47 pm »
built a nice one there!
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