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Offline Weylin

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Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« on: December 22, 2019, 06:03:19 pm »
This is a custom set that's heading out to hunt elk and bear in New Mexico. The bow is osage orange backed with deer rawhide to help it in the dry climate of New Mexico, and decorated with Western diamondback rattler skins. The bow is 64" long and pulls 60#@28". The handle is deer leather with kangaroo lace. The string is d97 with mink fur silencers. The arrows are made with tonkin cane shafts from Mainely Primitive. They're fletched with wild turkey feathers and deer sinew. They have rattlesnake skin accents made from the same skins on the bow.
























Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2019, 06:06:38 pm »
Very nice set, Weylin. Looks like a perfect elk/bear killer.
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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2019, 06:18:58 pm »
Beautiful work all the way around.

Offline Will B

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2019, 06:23:22 pm »
That is an absolutely beautiful set!  I love the bend and everything about it. Can you tell me how wide it is at the fades?  Your bows are amazing!  Thanks for posting

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2019, 07:12:26 pm »
Beautiful Weylin. And once again you prove why you belong in the top ten group
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Offline silent sniper

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2019, 07:57:28 pm »
Stunning work Weylin!

Offline Weylin

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2019, 08:04:01 pm »
Thanks, guys!

Very nice set, Weylin. Looks like a perfect elk/bear killer.
Thanks, Pat. I hope it will be

That is an absolutely beautiful set!  I love the bend and everything about it. Can you tell me how wide it is at the fades?  Your bows are amazing!  Thanks for posting
Thank you, Will. I believe it's somewhere around 1 5/8" wide until mid limb.


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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2019, 10:26:30 pm »
Mighty fine work making a great looking bow and set of arrows. I love making bows, but I dont think I have the patience for making such a beautiful set of arrows.

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2019, 11:15:54 pm »
Real nice set!  Great for the high dry!  Good luck for the hunt!
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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2019, 02:55:27 am »
Handsome Set Sir  (A) ! Bob
"May the Gods give Us the strength to draw the string to the cheek, the arrow to the barb and loose the flying shaft, so long as life may last." Saxon Pope - 1923.

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2019, 06:08:51 am »
Wow, beautiful bow and arrows. Very nice work. :)
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2019, 06:19:05 am »
Beautiful,..Osage can handle high desert,,no problem,..great work )W(

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2019, 10:14:58 am »
And another one out of the park!! Awesome Weylin :) :)

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2019, 02:11:45 pm »
Mighty fine work making a great looking bow and set of arrows. I love making bows, but I dont think I have the patience for making such a beautiful set of arrows.

Thank you. I hear you. Arrow making tests my patience. I've done enough now that I have my system down and that makes it easier. It's still pretty finicky.

Real nice set!  Great for the high dry!  Good luck for the hunt!
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Thanks! wish I was the one going hunting in New Mexico, but alas, it's for someone else.

Beautiful,..Osage can handle high desert,,no problem,..great work )W(

Thank you. I added some rawhide on the back for some extra insurance. I've gotten a little more cautious these days.

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Re: Osage Bow and Bamboo Arrow Set 60#@28"
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2019, 02:18:20 pm »
Thatīs a very beautiful bow. I love the arrows too! Thereīs a lot of love for details in your work!