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Offline Airborne890

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40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« on: February 20, 2016, 12:09:31 am »
This is a replica of a Kiowa osage self-bow in a museum collection. It is 40" nock-to-nock and the belly is painted with charcoal and ochre. String is 2-ply rawhide and the bow pulls 74# at 19" draw. Horsehair tuft is from Dixie the Amish horse (thanks, Dixie!)

Thank you for looking.
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Offline Airborne890

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2016, 12:14:02 am »
more pictures:
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Offline Red Tailed Hawk

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2016, 12:49:49 am »
Great looking replica, I like everything about it
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Offline Puckaway

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2016, 01:09:48 am »
love it. Bet she'd blow clear through a buffalo..
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Offline Floridabowyer

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2016, 01:20:15 am »
Fantastic little bow! The short bows are my favorite.
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Offline simson

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2016, 03:54:56 am »
Nice.
Are you sure about drawweight and -length?
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2016, 05:50:55 am »
Sweet! looking bow Powerful Medicine ,wonder how it shoots ,realy like replica short bows ?
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Offline Airborne890

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2016, 09:12:33 am »
Simson, I was suprised myself. This piece of osage is STIFF. I would not hold her at full draw given the specs but I enjoy snap-shooting at this weight. My wrist doesn't, though... (Suck it up, cupcake!)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2016, 09:29:10 am »
I love the replica bows. Yours looks like the real deal, natural materials and not looking like it was made in our times.
 Cool work AB. 8)
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Offline Redhand

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2016, 09:39:32 am »
Very nice. Job well done on that bow.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2016, 12:16:08 pm »
very nice,, 74#@ 19 is pretty stout, and hard to pull,,, great job on getting tillered without loosing any weight,, :)
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Offline JonW

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2016, 12:19:40 pm »
Now that is what trips my trigger. Nice work man.
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Offline Steve Milbocker

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2016, 12:31:50 pm »
Nice job on that! 74# even at 19"would be a handful for me!
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Offline ---GUTSHOT--->

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2016, 12:49:33 pm »
Nice bow like the art work
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Offline DuBois

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Re: 40" Osage Kiowa Replica
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2016, 01:04:14 pm »
Classic!!!
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