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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: blackhawk on October 28, 2012, 02:20:33 pm

Title: 57" Character Osage
Post by: blackhawk on October 28, 2012, 02:20:33 pm

Heres one I just finished up this morn with a hemp handle wrap. 57" osage selfbow,60's@27",16.9 ounces,slight bend in the handle. My good friend Marty Tarrant(old timber bows) gave me a 3" wide stave last year some time that i split into two and ill get two bows out of(second one will be done who knows when). I kept this one pure and simple,no knock overlays and just simple pin nocks,and no fancy adorenment with a simple handle. My 11 month year old baby girl just had to be in the pics,and i had to take pics inside as its been raining non stop here since fri eve and frankenstorm hasnt even hit yet and is gonna rain all week. and i hate waiting to show a bow off even tho id rather take better pics of this beuaty to show her off better,cus its hard taking good indoor pics due to poor lighting(sorry)

(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_0468.jpg)

(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_0473.jpg)

(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_0474.jpg)

(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_0469.jpg)

(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_0476.jpg)

(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_0480.jpg)

(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_0482.jpg)

thanks for looking

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: paulsemp on October 28, 2012, 02:27:01 pm

sweet bow from potential firewood! spot on tiller as usual. 

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Shaun on October 28, 2012, 02:30:17 pm

Very cool. Love the way grain swirls around a knot like water around a rock in a stream. Great tiller!

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Dictionary on October 28, 2012, 02:32:11 pm

I dont know how you saw a bow in that peice of wood, but you managed to make one out of it. Great job.

Did you use a nail knot for the handle wrapping?

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: ionicmuffin on October 28, 2012, 02:48:19 pm

WOW!  :o i LOVE it! you did an excellent job!

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Bryce on October 28, 2012, 02:59:05 pm

BlueGrouse, that is one fantastic stick yah got there.
Kudos bud!
She looks smooth.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: osage outlaw on October 28, 2012, 04:08:22 pm

I love it. 

I handed Blackhawk a piece of wood to throw on the fire at the Classic this year and the next thing I know he was flinging arrows from it.  He's an animal.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: bubby on October 28, 2012, 04:16:32 pm

another sweet stick blackhawk, you shure no how to get wood bendin', cute kid too, Bub

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Trapper Rob on October 28, 2012, 04:41:30 pm

Sweet bow love the character in it.
Rob

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on October 28, 2012, 04:48:22 pm

Oooooo..That did turn out nice. I'll take it if you dont want it.................Im talking about the bow by the way...not the baby girl....

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: beetlebailey1977 on October 28, 2012, 05:30:03 pm

Looks pretty darn sweet....very nice tiller.  Baby girl is a cutie.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Starfire on October 28, 2012, 05:42:00 pm

Always amazes me when I see bows like this with holes in them, plus now you have a place to hang it buy LOL!

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: dwardo on October 28, 2012, 06:05:47 pm

Fin bow and great tiller. Your littlun stole the show though  :laugh:

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: seabass on October 28, 2012, 07:21:32 pm

very nice bow Chris.we have to do a trade some day.i need one of your mollies.get with me.cute kid by the way.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Del the cat on October 28, 2012, 07:26:42 pm

Dude that is sweet, an the little fellah did it all on his own? :o
Great tiller on that tricky stave.
Del

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Badly Bent on October 28, 2012, 07:34:44 pm

Oh yeah I would have burned a stave like that, beyond my skill and patience level. Matter of fact I just cleaned my shop a few days ago
and stocked the woodshed with firewood from staves that frightened me, took the chainsaw to them so I wouldn't do anything foolish like try to make bows of em'. ;).  Guess I should have sent them to you. :)
Good job coaxing a bow out of that one, like its funky character and smooth tiller.
Greg

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: blackhawk on October 28, 2012, 08:01:26 pm

Thanks paul...no potential btu's in this one

Thanks Shaun..I couldn't agree more about the grain

Thanks dictionary...I saw the bow you see now before I started it;)..and when I do hemp wrap handles I just tack it down with superglue to start,then wrap around n round till I get to where the arrow rest wood go,then do multiple wraps there to build up a bulge for hand placement and it serves as an arrow rest too.

Thanks to ionicmuffin,pinenut,Clint,bubby, trapper rob,pearly, beetlebailey, starfire,dwarfish,del for the kind feedback :)

Thanks Steve...shoot me an offer

Thanks Greg...too bad ya just copped up all your "primo " wood..lol. you might be looking back regretting it someday when you get sick of boring straight clean wood ;)

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: BowEd on October 28, 2012, 08:15:48 pm

YEEEAAA a stick with a hole in it.You did'nt waste much time getting this one done.Smooth bends.Almost twice the draw length to bow length.A picture of what can be done.Congrats.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Adam on October 28, 2012, 08:23:49 pm

Looks like you have a good little helper there!

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: lesken2011 on October 28, 2012, 08:37:31 pm

Nice!! 8)  That little one is growin up fast!

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Keenan on October 28, 2012, 08:43:52 pm

Great job on a very difficult stave. Tiller looks real good and love all the character. Congratulations

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: turtle on October 28, 2012, 10:52:04 pm

Sweet. :)

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: SLIMBOB on October 28, 2012, 11:10:23 pm

Great job on the tiller, especially considering the knot and all the whoopty doos on those limbs.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: sharpend60 on October 29, 2012, 12:29:55 am

Nice.
I have a great fondness for character bows. No need to have things all straight and lined up.

Symmetry is overrated!

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: jimmy on October 29, 2012, 12:35:44 am

  You nailed the tiller on that squirrely piece of wood.  Very simple and beautiful.  I love that basic native style.  I just sent my cousin in Pennsylvania an osage bow, I wonder If they are getting pelted with rain too. You do nice work brother.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: simson on October 29, 2012, 03:54:13 am

wonderful bow you made here blackhawk, love the wiggles and the 'eye'!
Great fd-pic (the second!)

simson

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: danny f on October 29, 2012, 04:51:23 am

that looks great i love those character bows.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: soy on October 29, 2012, 05:04:38 am

My kinda rig  ;) you da man!

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Pappy on October 29, 2012, 06:56:38 am

Got to love that,just beautiful,Tiller /finish looks great. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: blackhawk on October 29, 2012, 07:24:02 am

Thanks guys  ;)

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: JonW on October 29, 2012, 08:35:23 am

Very nice Chris. I really like this one.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Josh B on October 29, 2012, 09:23:15 am

Nicely done Chris!  I noticed that you have the section with the hole working.  I see quite a few bows that have been left stiff through a section like that.  I'm glad to see that you ain't scared of a little character!  Which is a good thing, cause it looks like your baby girl might be quite the character herself!  Josh

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Old timber bows on October 29, 2012, 09:52:59 am

Very nice bro you are a artist I love it it looks great good job bro I see my little girl is geting big I love it cant wait untill we get to spend some time in my bow shop cracking out some wood for the weekend lol. You do great work keep on making dust take care and God bless brother in christ good job.  Old Timber Bows.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: blackhawk on October 29, 2012, 10:00:43 am

Thanks Jon..thanks josh..yeah she's a hoot alright..already stubborn,bigheaded,and opinionated just like her ole man ;)

Thanks Marty my brother..and thanks for the great stave ;)

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: rps3 on October 29, 2012, 12:05:18 pm

Thats a dandy, I kept scrolling between the unbraced, braced, and full draw pic and it looks like you gave each inch of limb its due. I really like how you didnt try to make both limbs match and just treat each one as an individual.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: blackhawk on October 29, 2012, 12:22:34 pm

Thanks Bob....wood y'all believe me if I told you this one was tillered without any aids( tiller trees,sticks,reflections,camera) untill I hit full draw and wanted to see it and bam it looked good?

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: k-hat on October 29, 2012, 04:26:42 pm

Showoff! ;)  But seriously, you did a fantastic job on that one.  Love everything about it.  And i'm with sharpend... symmetry IS overrated >:D  Thanks for sharing Chris.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: hunterbob on October 30, 2012, 12:25:20 pm

   Another hole in the limb . That one looks to cool. You the man.

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Parnell on October 30, 2012, 12:37:33 pm

That is a super sweet bow Blackhawk.  Great job!

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Carson (CMB) on October 30, 2012, 01:08:02 pm

Quote from: blackhawk on October 29, 2012, 10:00:43 am

Thanks Jon..thanks josh..yeah she's a hoot alright..already stubborn,bigheaded,and opinionated just like her ole man ;)

Wait till she starts talking.  You are not gonna believe the things little opinionated girls say!

Oh, and nice bow  ;) 

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: blackhawk on October 30, 2012, 02:15:58 pm

Thanks Kevin,yeah but it sure is easier to tiller symmetrical shaped side profile limbs   ;)

Thanks bob...thanks Steve  :)

Thanks cmb, I know...she already runs the show at our house and thee whole world revolves around her :laugh:

Title: Re: 57" Character Osage
Post by: Bowman on October 30, 2012, 02:43:06 pm

Nice bow and tricky character. I'm working on a osage stave myself. 67" choctaw bow. :-)