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Offline beartail

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Re: Osage longbow - eastern woodland style - 54# @ 29"
« Reply #30 on: July 22, 2015, 09:21:09 am »
sweeeeet!!! I just finished sanding my hickory Cherokee bow, it had a lot of backset and the tiller came out a little different from yours. Its the second or third eastern style bow ive made and the simplicity and the way they shoot makes it easy to see why that style was used. Not a rocket launcher but very accurate and a sweet draw with no stack. they have a little hand shock which can be remedied by a heaver arrow. beautiful bow man!
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Osage longbow - eastern woodland style - 54# @ 29"
« Reply #31 on: July 25, 2015, 12:32:26 pm »
Thanks guys.

Crooketarrow there are a number of 68" long eastern bows in the Alleley and Hamm Encyclopedia of Native American Bows, Arrows, Quivers. Certainly seems to be the upper range of what is presented in that book, but 68" is not too long to be representative of these bows.

Beartail, you nailed it. They are smooth shooters, and yes a good hunting arrow weight is what these bows like. I never shot anything lighter than a 600 grn out of it, so didnt think to mention it.
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Offline gifford

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Re: Osage longbow - eastern woodland style - 54# @ 29"
« Reply #32 on: July 25, 2015, 07:00:51 pm »
Nice handling of a challenging stave, great tiller imho.
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Offline Dvshunter

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Re: Osage longbow - eastern woodland style - 54# @ 29"
« Reply #33 on: July 25, 2015, 07:17:12 pm »
Simple praise for a simply beautiful bow. well done.
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Osage longbow - eastern woodland style - 54# @ 29"
« Reply #34 on: July 26, 2015, 08:46:32 am »
Four fat, even rings...envious.
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Offline Blayne

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Re: Osage longbow - eastern woodland style - 54# @ 29"
« Reply #35 on: July 26, 2015, 11:09:42 am »
Beautiful. Love the color of Osage!
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Offline Oakenshield

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Re: Osage longbow - eastern woodland style - 54# @ 29"
« Reply #36 on: July 27, 2015, 01:45:25 am »
awesome bow man, love the mammoth inlay, don't see that every day.
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