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Offline bradsmith2010

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55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« on: November 23, 2015, 08:48:04 pm »
osage bendy handle
about 58#@25"( I have a hand held scale so I say about)
55 1/2 nock to nock
 west african calf hide on back( left over from djembe repair)
paint on wood belly,, motif inspired by Kim Brooks arrows
b 50 handle wrap

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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2015, 08:51:04 pm »
I had a friend Kim Brooks,, he made amazing arrows,,
he is no longer with us,, I wanted some arrows like his,, so I tried to make some as you see in the photo
using his motif,, I had the thin belly cut of osage ,,, I am thinking barely enough to make a bow,, well it made a bow so I decided to paint the belly like the arrows,,
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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2015, 08:55:19 pm »
the stave had some rough issues, checking and such, from being the bottom of the stave,, I couldnt rasp past them so I decided to rawhide back with calf skin,, I had pretty good growth ring,, but the edges were compromised in some of the stave,,
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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2015, 09:02:52 pm »
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2015, 09:07:30 pm »
Ain't it shocking how little 'sage you need to make a decent bow???

Wild stuff you got going on there.  Nice tribute to a friend!
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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2015, 09:08:53 pm »
one limb had some deflex and one had reflex roller coaster,, got it to bend as even as I could and had to follow my own advice,, it shot well,, so even though the tiller was not so positive at brace,, I went with the bow like it was,, and put the art work on,, I was committed at that point,,, no touching up from that point on,, the full draw is before the art was applied,, I had the camera on a chair on self timer and didnt quite get to 25 ,,,, looks like 24 1/2
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2015, 09:10:59 pm »
yes I am still amazed how little wood it takes, osage is amazing wood,, I thought I was gonna get 30#s ,,, but it came in way good over that,, :)
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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2015, 09:22:34 pm »
a few details,,
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Offline TimBo

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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2015, 09:41:33 pm »
That's a real looker!  Nice work.
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Offline bubby

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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2015, 10:02:28 pm »
Really like the bow, arrows and the inspiration
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Offline JonW

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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2015, 11:26:00 pm »
Very nice artwork. Great job.
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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2015, 11:54:04 pm »
That's some kinda good-looking artwork. Hope it's not copyrighted!   8)
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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2015, 04:54:01 am »
Beautiful shorty ,very nice in all aspects. :)
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Offline AndrewS

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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2015, 05:20:10 am »
I like this little coloured bows.
At the first view, they look like children bows and than you discover the power ;D
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Offline Floridabowyer

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Re: 55 1/2 " osage bendy handle
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2015, 06:47:49 am »
That is an excellent little bow! Great job on everything from tiller to finishing.
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