Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Shooter_G22 on March 18, 2009, 03:43:16 pm
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ok peeps,
this is an Osage bow that i made out of an osage limb i harvested a few months ago...
i didnt realize how snakey it was untill i split it and well i didnt really split it it split itself... i debarked it and glued the ends and then while it was drie'n it craked all up and then i just split it where it was almost craked through...
i dint think i would be able to produce something out of it after all, but i worked it here and there and finished it out to where it is shootable... and i actually kind of like it... its ugly as hell and you would think wow.. that is an ugly stick... but it shoots and it shoots fairly repeatable... "or fairly acuarate" and i like it... it feels a little aquered in the hand but once you get used to it and accept the snakey twist it shoots ok... i left it with a hemp handle i was going to put leather over the hemp wrap but decided to leave as is and i made a hemp string for it as well but i think i like the way it shoots with the paracord string a little better...
its 61" and some change tip to tip and about 59 1/2" nock to nock... i dont know the draw wieght because i dont have a bow scale but i was able to get a full 28" draw from it... need to pick up a scale i will post up weight at later time when i have a scale my guess would be around 38-45 # somewhere in that area... but who knows i'm far from being an expert hell im far from being a good beginer..lol...
i toasted the stick well done... ;) just becuase it was fairly still green being i only harvested it a few months ago... soo i hope it will help the bow cure a little bit... i didnt put any laquire or poly on it becuase im hoping it might cure out a little more soo i just put a few coats of wesson vegatable oil on it for now as a light oil coat...
i'm thinking of naming it "Snakey D" but that name made me think of an old inside joke we used to pull back in the days of high school and would walk up to some one and tell them that D was looking for them and when they would ask D ? D who? we would reply D's Nuts...lol...
soo thats where i get the name "Snakey D's Nuts" sorry folks dont mean to be a clown but thats where the name comes from and thats what i named it...name just came to me out of the blue... :D :D :D ;D...
here is some pictures hope ya'll like the ugly thing... it sure is ugly ;) ;D
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Something only a Mother could love :D Cool bow !
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glad I didn't have to tiller that one!
amazing bow!
Nick
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I like it :D Joe H
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Ya done well getting a bow from that one.
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That shows alot what the great osage is capable of. I still say that it's a great beginner wood in so many ways! I like it, it show and teaches charracter!
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That's just awesome! Jawge
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Careful that's gonna crawl off into the bushes. ;D
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:o That is one of the ugliest bows Ive ever seen. It looks like it was in a bad accident where fire was involved. Well done :)
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Very nice ,I love it.The uglier the better for me. :)
Pappy
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Pappy, don't let your wife read that! ;) ;D ;D
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Way to go Shooter, let the addiction begin :D
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Cool bow shooter!
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man that is one twisted stick. very cool.
dont think I would have even attempted it.
Nice job.
wade
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Thanks Guys,
i appreciate all the comments, and like i sais i didnt think i was going to be able to get anything out of it but i still had it sitting ther in the conner and then i just picked it up the other day and it felt soo wierd and then i strted to shap a little here and then a little there and then it all just started feeling like maybe i could or should try it and give it a chance... :D :D
and well it worked out...
i tell you what that tiller stand sure makes things easier... thats the first bow i make useing a tiller stand... all the other ones i have attempted to make i stood on the string and pulled bow up towards me to look at it, bending over the bow looking at it upside down...
i know the tiller on that ugly thing is far from perect but its best i could do with all the twist and knots that thing has...
the pics dont really show how twisted that thing is, and the bow is really strange and when you pick it up it hold it the limbs and knocks are all twisted and tha knocks dont even really line up but when you pull it to draw the limbs twist and line up :D :D :D and the darn thing shoots...lol..
it shoots ok for my likings and i have been getting a little partial to it...
i need to get some staves harvested... part reason why i even messed with that ugly thing is that i have no other staves to play with... :D :D
might try to make a bow from some mystery wood i picked up that was left overs from a trim at the hardwood mill around the way... but i will take picks of that and post on another thread...
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Quite the primitive bow and kudos to you for a challenging project. Any chance of a larger full draw for March Bow of the Month fun?
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That's just wrong. ;D
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It might just be me, but it looks to me like your bow is kind of crooked. ;D Good job getting a shooter out of that messed-up piece of wood, I like crookedy bows.
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Your tiller might not be perfect but a bow like that will teach you more about wood bows than you would imaging. Just getting it to brace and later shooting was quite an accomplishment. Kudos to you.
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sweet :P very unique, unlike many of the bows here, i really love the fact that even a strange curvy piece of wood can be used to create such a beautiful bow =3
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wow wow wow :o
very very nice...
congrats and keep on rollin for more
Greetz
Cord