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Offline Emmet

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Finish an old project
« on: April 17, 2016, 07:43:40 pm »
I picked up some Osage staves from a fellow a few month back. They were his fathers and have been sitting in his  garage for a while. They were more or less free so I started  where his father had rough out a blank and never finished.
The back was left un protected and had deep checks in both belly and back. The end were sealed with no checking.
After getting to one good ring this 67" stave needed cut to 57" due very thin limbs. There was a sharp curve that was in the rite place to make it near center shot. After floor tillering I recurved the tips. As I finished the tillering it had a pin knot develop a small  horizontal crack. I shot 100 arrows through it and it didn't get any  worse but decide to wrap it with thread as a precaution.  I added goat horn to the tips and some of my amateur art work to the belly.
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Offline Emmet

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2016, 07:50:35 pm »
It had some nice wiggles and twists so I left it natural.
The back and belly
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Offline Emmet

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2016, 07:56:09 pm »
Braced

And some of the art work
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Offline Emmet

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2016, 08:03:51 pm »
And the fd
55"ntn
12 strand d97 string
50@25
teak oil & tru oil finish
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2016, 08:09:51 pm »
That's a beauty.............
DBar
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Offline David_Daugherty

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2016, 08:33:46 pm »
Nice tiller and love those flipped tips 👍
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2016, 08:48:36 pm »
that lil beauty is awesome, great recovery. really like everything about it.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2016, 10:00:23 pm »
That's a great looking bow.  Nice job on it.
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2016, 10:22:04 pm »


  Using carbons shows you just can't let got of that speed thing yet.

  Where were from that's a disgrace not only to you, your selfbow but to all Osage bows.

   If you had a buck in your truck killed with a self bow and a carbon arrow. You'd never even get a turned head.  From me or any of my friends.

  If you want to shoot carbons get a re curve or compound. There not made for self bows

  Sorry shooting carbon arrows is not to primitive to me. I can just see a couple indain's setting around the camp fire flexing their arrows. Looking down their carbons getting ready for the next morning.

  Sorry about raining on your peraid. Just how I see it
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Offline Emmet

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2016, 11:02:09 pm »
Thanks for the kind words guys.

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Offline bubby

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2016, 11:41:11 pm »
nice looking bow Emmet, and don't worry about crooked arrow he's like that crazy uncle that everybody has lol
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2016, 11:49:47 pm »
Quote from: bubby on April 17, 2016, 11:41:11 pm
nice looking bow Emmet, and don't worry about crooked arrow he's like that crazy uncle that everybody has lol


That's putting it nicely. 
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2016, 12:11:42 am »
Very nice!! That bow has character and it don't care what you shoot out of it even if you can't spell it.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2016, 02:16:15 am »
Beautiful bow, I love everything about it! Thanks for sharing.
There's another one for bow of  the month!

Patrick
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Offline chamookman

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Re: Finish an old project
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2016, 04:55:12 am »
Nice - I like that ! Bob
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