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Offline paulsemp

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Osage rd with hickory back
« on: July 17, 2018, 05:09:24 pm »
 Clint gave me a piece of wood with some family history at Marshall this year. Can't remember the exact story I'll let Clint fill that in. was a pretty gnarly piece of Osage  that fought me the whole way.  I must have heated this thing 25 times. at first it started off as a bendy handle not much to handle to work with. Decided I wanted a stiff handled so I decide to build it up. Then I popped a splinter on the back so I decided to glue a hickory back on. The handle is built up with Hickory and Cherry. Zebra wood tips. Horn rest.59 in NTN. solid 55 lb at 26 in.  haven't decided if it's a little too heavy for me yet, I'm going to give it a little bit of time and see if I can put my big boy pants on before taking it down a few pounds. Thanks for looking
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2018, 05:10:45 pm »
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Offline DC

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2018, 05:14:04 pm »
Good job, sometimes the ones that fight you the hardest can be the most gratifying. If they turn out :)
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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2018, 05:18:23 pm »
I don't know if it's stubbornness or perserverance  but no matter you ended up with a very nice looking bow to boot.Nice work.That cherry should finish up nice.
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2018, 05:29:06 pm »
That's a beauty....she's a looker
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2018, 06:54:16 pm »
Awesome work Paul. The tiller looks spot on w/ a very respectable weight. Looking at it, you'd never know the wood gave you such a run for your money.  :BB
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2018, 08:29:31 pm »
Quote from: upstatenybowyer on July 17, 2018, 06:54:16 pm
Awesome work Paul. The tiller looks spot on w/ a very respectable weight. Looking at it, you'd never know the wood gave you such a run for your money.  :BB

Yup looks like you planned it that way. Nice bow Paul
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2018, 08:56:59 pm »
Nice work, Paul.
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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2018, 08:58:53 pm »
Nice, Paul! Love that bend.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2018, 10:45:13 pm »
That came out sweet Pauly, just proves what I've always thought. One of the best bowyers around period
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Offline simk

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2018, 02:29:11 am »
Paul, you've built the kind of bow im dreaming of. Both, brace and fd look absolutley perfect!!!! Wow.
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2018, 02:59:27 am »
Sweet looking bow a creative master peace  )P(
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Offline rps3

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2018, 04:25:11 am »
I can see why you might want to leave it as is...looks perfect. What glue did you use for the backing?
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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2018, 05:14:38 am »
Very nice Paul, looks like you nailed the tiller on that one. :)
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Osage rd with hickory back
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2018, 05:17:33 am »
Awesome work Paul.  Way to stick with it, the end result looks well worth it.
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