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Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« on: September 13, 2015, 04:18:04 pm »
Here is a fuming experiment osage bow.
I'm very pleased with what came out and started already new fuming jobs, hopefully with similar good results.

Stave
The stave was a very well seasoned piece of osage with lots of character there, humps and bumps, snaky curves, changing crown and some twist – caused into a lot of correction work (all done with the heat gun). The stave was too thin at handle, so I glued on a piece of matching osage. I tried to get invisible, but if you look close you can see it.

Fuming
The stave /bow was rough tillered before fuming. The whole thing came out pretty well black/dark brown. It was in the fuming tube for 5 days. The tillering process brought out a nice golden brown on the belly side.

Design
She is a asymmetrical flattie with steamed in gentle recurves. Cross section is more or less recangular, particularly with concave belly depending on the changing crown, tapering out into triangular outer tips.
One additional ring on the tips works like a kinda natural grown overlay and allows at the handle a sharp rounded back.

She is 59” long and pulls 62#/28”


The pics do not justice to the beauty of that bow, belief me. Belongs to th light, sometimes the back of this bow looks deep dark as night, sometimes it shimmers like a golden brown (can you hear The Stranglers?).






Back


Belly


Side


Braced


Shadow on the wall




Additional ring left on back of handle


Back of handle


Belly of handle


Side of handle, can you see the glued on piece?


Additional ring as a natural grown tip overlay


Sideview tip with rubbed in white pigments


Simon
Bavaria, Germany

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2015, 04:19:01 pm »
Details








Hole in the lower limb




Colors ….







Well Mr. DEL wasn't really pleased with the end result, especially the tips …




Simon
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2015, 04:23:39 pm »
Man oh man. I gotta change my britches
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Offline DC

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2015, 04:32:23 pm »
Yikes!!!

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2015, 04:34:43 pm »
You have superb attention to detail Mr Simon, I love it.

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2015, 04:56:53 pm »
You keep taking your bows to a whole new level.  Absolutely beautiful.
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Offline JonW

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2015, 05:08:20 pm »
Simon the color in that piece of wood is stunning. Masterful work.

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2015, 05:30:53 pm »
My bows look like pine saplings with strings on them compared to yours.
you are a bowyer of incredible skill, beautiful!!!!!!!!!
Whatever you are, be a good one.

Offline Aries

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2015, 05:51:14 pm »
Love it, that is way prettier than any dye job I have ever seen.
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Offline rps3

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2015, 05:55:44 pm »
You have a way of always offering a new perspective with every bow simson, and each time I think it is my new favorite. This one is no exception.

Offline Elkhorn

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2015, 06:18:26 pm »
An ugly stick, a beautiful bow! Knots, wavy grain and all. You obviously listen to your wood.
Elkhorn

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2015, 06:25:29 pm »
Looks like you've done it again, Simon, Outstanding! I really like the color.
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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2015, 06:46:37 pm »
That does it I'm moving to Germany so you can teach me how to do it right.  I think this is my favorite Simon bow yet!!!
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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2015, 07:13:54 pm »
Top Shelf! All around awesome.
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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2015, 07:17:16 pm »
My OH my, that ammonia fuming adds a depth and richness to the wood unsurpassed by other finishing methods.  Really appreciate you sharing your finishing research and expertise as an artistic bowyer.  SWEET STUFF!
Drew - Boone, NC