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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Badly Bent on August 09, 2012, 08:41:50 pm

Title: Katies osage bow
Post by: Badly Bent on August 09, 2012, 08:41:50 pm

A few weeks ago we went to visit our friends Doug and Katie at their cabin in Michigan. Last fall I gave Doug a hackberry bow when they were down visiting us. On this trip I took a few bows along for Katie to shoot and pick one out for herself. She liked this osage bow that I was just about finished with so I brought it back home, fine tuned the tiller to the best of my abilities, put a finish on, a little decoration,
wrapped the handle in pigskin leather and am shipping it back to it's new owner tomorrow.
Doug and Katie are two of the nicest people I know and are both adventuresome individuals to say the least. Katie grew up in Alaska and family vacations were sometimes backpacking trips in to wilderness areas to camp. She's spent time in Antarctica, Thailand, kayaked with
Doug from Washington up thru the inside passage to Alaska, and many other adventures.
She loves the bow, will probably shoot it often and that makes me happy.

Title: Re: Katies osage bow
Post by: Badly Bent on August 09, 2012, 08:44:52 pm

Heres a couple more. Katie shooting her bow prior to finishing and Doug shooting his hackberry bow. These pictures are from the cabin a few weeks ago

Title: Re: Katies osage bow
Post by: toomanyknots on August 09, 2012, 08:51:48 pm

Nice bows!

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Post by: blackhawk on August 09, 2012, 08:58:37 pm

Sweet greg....sounds like some cool folks.

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Post by: Gaur on August 09, 2012, 09:00:03 pm

Awesome looking bows.  Sound like nice people too.

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Post by: JonW on August 09, 2012, 09:59:59 pm

Nice work Greg. There's no better feeling than gifting someone a bow and knowing it will get used.

Title: Re: Katies osage bow
Post by: Badly Bent on August 10, 2012, 12:20:25 am

Thanks Knots.
Thanks Blackhawk
Thanks Gaur
Thanks Jon
Forgot to list specs on bow; 58' ntn & about 38-40# @ 25"
Had a 5/16 cedar arrow 35# spine and 385 gr. that shot really fast and super silent from this bow. Was kind of an eye opener to me on
speed from lower poundage bow with 10 gpp, didn't want to stop shooting in the backyard was so much fun.
Greg

Title: Re: Katies osage bow
Post by: coaster500 on August 10, 2012, 01:20:12 am

Very nice bows and some good times with friends :)

Well done!!

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Post by: H Rhodes on August 10, 2012, 02:26:35 am

Those are fine bows Greg!  Looks like y'all had a good time.

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Post by: Pappy on August 10, 2012, 06:22:03 am

Good looking bow and mighty nice of you,I am sure she will enjoy it. :)
   Pappy

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Post by: druid on August 10, 2012, 11:54:06 am

Very elegant and simple, I like it!

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Post by: FRITZ 86 on August 10, 2012, 03:59:53 pm

Sweet little bow! I gotta try to flip some tips on my next one.

Title: Re: Katies osage bow
Post by: bubby on August 10, 2012, 05:38:11 pm

i gotta say i haven't seen one of your bows that's "badly bent", I've enjoyed seeing them all, and giving a bow to someone that will truly enjoy it is my favorite thing about building bows, Bub

Title: Re: Katies osage bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on August 10, 2012, 05:47:14 pm

Looks like the little girl from "Brave" grew up and didn't outgrow bows!!!

Nice bow, brother. 

Title: Re: Katies osage bow
Post by: Badly Bent on August 10, 2012, 05:56:12 pm

Thanks Coaster
Thanks Howard
Thanks Pappy
Thanks Druid
Thanks Fritz, if you have osage it flips easily
Thanks bubby
Thanks JW, funny she says her friends at work have been calling her Brave even before her new found archery interest.