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Offline possum

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51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« on: April 10, 2008, 12:55:01 am »
Well, I finished her.  She's 51 1/2" ntn 45@24".  She has , I believe, 3 courses of sinew and 1 strip down the center to round it out.  She gained weight on me so I had to reduce her weight back to 45# after letting her reacclimate. 

here she is at brace

lower limb tip side view

lower tip front view

upper tip side view

upper tip front view

lower limb

upper limb

handle at arrow pass

belly showing string tracking

closest I can come to a full draw pic, wife's at work.

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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2008, 12:59:24 am »
Nice...what kind of Skins....Copperhead...and what??

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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2008, 01:04:26 am »
Nice, what does the side profile look like unbraced? Only a 24" draw thats short. Is that your normal draw length or were you afraid to crank it back all the way because of the length of the bow?
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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2008, 01:22:02 am »
Great looking bow Possum, nice job on the tips and creative splice with the skins, tiller looks right on braced and bent; hard to beat osage and sinew covered with serpent! 8)
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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2008, 01:23:55 am »
Yes, that is copperhead and black rat snake.  I had only one copperhead skin and could never find another one to match so I just built a short bow and spliced it.  I had that skin for 3 years waiting for a match then I started liking the short bows... convenient.

Side profile after shooting is about 3/4" string follow but goes back to about1/2" reflex to the nocks, not horn tips.

I didn't go crazy on the reflexing due to a crazy time I had on an earlier short sinewbacked bow I could never get strung after the sinew cured and got hold of it. >:( ::)  I just wanted to reduce string follow and keep it from breaking.

As for the 24", I cannot straighten my arm due to cerebral palsy and the short length of the bow.  I s'pose both play a factor.  I normally draw 25-26, depending on the weight of the bow. ::)

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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2008, 02:20:43 am »
Possum I'm very impressed. Nice looking bow with lots of character and you did real good on those tips. Your angles match the flow of the bow nicely in the relaxed and the braced position.  The only thing I would suggest is to soften the corner of the string grove and maby a bit more angle on the groves in the future. Not trying to be critical, just trying to give a helpfull coment. This will help your strings last longer. Tiller looks great,  Good job ;D ;)  Keenan
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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2008, 02:43:06 am »
wow, she's purty.  love the way she bends but the skinjob and the tips are superb.
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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2008, 10:08:38 am »
Very nice. Possum, are you a George Jones fan? The possum..... ;D
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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2008, 10:12:03 am »
I like! Great job with tiller. Looks like deadly turkey bow to me.
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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2008, 10:42:25 am »
Beautiful bow,very nice tiller and the finish work looks great[tiips/skins] Very well done. :)
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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2008, 10:49:58 am »
very nicely done possum, I like the contrast between the different snake skins. Its different.
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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2008, 10:54:34 am »
Thanks everyone.   :)No, the name came from the fact everyone found out I stopped and picked up a roadkill possum.  They just didn't understand they have beautiful fur.  :-\

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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2008, 11:01:14 am »
Nice work possum! That is a shorty - good brush bow. I see your in Mebane, do you get together with DBernier?
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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2008, 12:57:35 pm »
I have spoken with him over the phone once.  But with kids, school, dr appts, oh yeah, work... you get the idea.  I would love to get together though.  I just gotta free my schedule. :-\

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Re: 51 1/2" Sinew backed osage
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2008, 01:02:08 pm »
Short bows always impress me and this is very impressive! Quite the tips, too.
Great candidate for April Self Bow of the Month.
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