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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #45 on: February 19, 2015, 10:41:50 am »
Thanks for the nice compliments guys.  :)
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The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #46 on: February 19, 2015, 11:25:33 am »
I'm late to the party I know, but nicely done Sir! On the steel wool and vinegar, if you use apple cider vinegar it will give red hues to the stain if you want to try something different.  Josh
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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #47 on: February 19, 2015, 03:00:25 pm »
A masterpiece again. I like that front profile, the stain job and the leather work is gorgeous.
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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #48 on: February 19, 2015, 03:16:26 pm »
Sweet, smooth fluid lines, beautiful bow
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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #49 on: February 19, 2015, 04:13:37 pm »
Oh my wow!!! What a stunning bow!

That tiller is perfection!

When should I expect it at my door?! 😂😂😂
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Offline Hans H

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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #50 on: February 19, 2015, 04:48:39 pm »
it`s a beauty, great job all around
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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #51 on: February 19, 2015, 08:34:50 pm »
Great looking bow Carson
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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #52 on: February 19, 2015, 09:04:56 pm »
 Beautiful bow.   Go BUCKEYES!
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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #53 on: February 19, 2015, 10:31:15 pm »
It is so nice to get these great comments from people who's bows I have admired from the beginning of this bow making adventure.  Thanks  :)

Sorry Bryce, not this one.  ;)

Renacs, those buckeyes were just too tuff for our ducks. Hell of a football team you guys have over there.

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"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #54 on: February 20, 2015, 11:09:39 am »
That's a classy bow  8)
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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #55 on: February 20, 2015, 11:21:22 am »
I'm curious how you go about working the horn for the tips. I tried cow horn tip overlays once and they were very prone to delaminating along the layers. Any suggestions?
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #56 on: February 20, 2015, 12:23:49 pm »
Sled, this is sheep horn.
 
I have had that issue with bovine horn. I try to select tips that don't have obvious delams going on.  If separation appears, then I grab the CA glue.  CA glue and horn love eachother. I do avoid setting a nock grove to a depth that puts string stress on a glued horn separation.

Gun Doc, I am going to have to try that apple cider vinegar. I think that would look much better over osage.
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the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #57 on: February 21, 2015, 11:29:09 pm »
Really nice work man!  Good lookin bow.
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Re: Osage longbow 50# @28", abalone inlay strikeplate..FD PIC added to first post
« Reply #58 on: February 22, 2015, 09:26:59 am »
Sharp bow
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