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Title: osage static recurve from junk 63/29 (No. 11)
Post by: simson on November 18, 2012, 03:37:25 am

 This piece of osage was laying around for years in my shop. It was a leftover from a regular stave, very thin in the middle (handle) and lot of deep cracks. there are also several groups of pin knots to manage. Some time ago I decided to give it a try. Steamed the recurves in, strengthened with horn wedges (inserts), heat corrected string alignment and side profile, filled the drying cracks with thin super glue, put on a wrapping over a violated area and glued on two pieces of bloodwood at the handle area to stiffen it up (red pieces running out under the black handle leather. Handle leather was also a rest of black completed with a rest of a brown, simply glued on with double-adhesive tape. Horn tips are buffalo, string bridges are leather soaked in superglue. Everything was laying around under the workbench, really no invest except the string.

cross section is nearly rectangular, running in triangular fades and levers. this bow is a wonderful smooth shooter, because of the length and the recurves. No stack, no handshock - my momentary favorite for target shooting

simson


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Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: ionicmuffin on November 18, 2012, 03:45:32 am

you've done this wood justice! nice job luring this bow out!  ;D

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: chamookman on November 18, 2012, 04:23:59 am

Nice save - great lookin' bow ! Bob

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Del the cat on November 18, 2012, 05:39:55 am

Lovely bow, plenty of character but not so much as to make it just a 'looking at' bow.
Looks like a real work horse, and I love that nice group of pin knots.
Del

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: osage outlaw on November 18, 2012, 06:48:55 am

That is a very cool bow.  Great job on it.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: rps3 on November 18, 2012, 07:19:50 am

Love it. I have never seen recurves re-enforced like that either, not having horn wedges, what other material would you suggest.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: blackhawk on November 18, 2012, 08:21:34 am

It doesn't look like junk anymore to me...nice smooth shooter  :)

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: lesken2011 on November 18, 2012, 09:17:53 am

Nice job...especially with "scraps"!! ;)

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Badly Bent on November 18, 2012, 09:31:35 am

Love your bows Simson. This one is a beauty, very nicely done in all aspects and certainly does look to be a shooter.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: BowEd on November 18, 2012, 10:28:58 am

Very nice bow.I like it.Can see why you like shooting it and it's your favorite.The horn inserts I like and have thought of putting in before,and will some day too.Nice looking accents on that.A person can really narrow the tips down considerably.You got the most out of that one.The whole bow looks great.Surprising what a person can do with what has been laying around all this time and put it all together.Very nice job.Congradulations.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: simson on November 18, 2012, 10:37:28 am

Quote from: rps3 on November 18, 2012, 07:19:50 am

Love it. I have never seen recurves re-enforced like that either, not having horn wedges, what other material would you suggest.

See here:
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,34732.0.html

Horn is easy available, just sand down to a wedge. You could also use a contrasting hardwood, here it is the two glue lines that makes the whole thing stiff.

simson

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: simson on November 18, 2012, 10:38:42 am

thank you all for the nice comments

simson

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: missilemaster on November 18, 2012, 09:02:33 pm

Great tiller on that one! 8)

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Arrowind on November 18, 2012, 09:11:08 pm

Nice bow! Good Job!

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: steve b. on November 18, 2012, 09:15:43 pm

Yes, good job.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: H Rhodes on November 18, 2012, 09:24:26 pm

Nice static recurve!  what is the length or did I miss that?

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: SLIMBOB on November 18, 2012, 11:03:37 pm

I always look forward to working on that "board straight" stave that's drying in the corner.  But I am usually the proudest of the bow that came from left-overs.  Nice work!

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Jodocus on November 19, 2012, 05:35:58 am

Cool curves, nice bow.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: arklowrebel on November 19, 2012, 06:16:37 am

A real beauty.  Well done!  :)

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Pappy on November 19, 2012, 06:43:19 am

Beautiful bow,very nice work on a challening piece of wood. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Dvshunter on November 19, 2012, 09:56:41 am

Great bow. Well done on a saves piece of wood.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: simson on November 19, 2012, 03:36:50 pm

forgot to say the bow is 66" ntn, sorry for that

thanks everybody

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: adb on November 19, 2012, 04:34:06 pm

Phew!! That is nice! Well done.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: HoBow on November 19, 2012, 06:56:15 pm

Now that is a beautiful bow!

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Zion on November 19, 2012, 07:57:57 pm

Sexy bow! I love it when people don't give up on a piece of wood. Just think about what woulda happened if ya had burnt it! Nice job

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Carson (CMB) on November 20, 2012, 12:56:18 pm

Wow! Simson, I really admire your work.  That looks like a serious hunting weapon you saved from the scrap pile.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: twilightandmist on March 25, 2013, 08:40:39 pm

sorry to unbury a topic like this, but i am dying to know: how long is this bow?

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: turtle on March 25, 2013, 08:54:47 pm

Quote from: simson on November 19, 2012, 03:36:50 pm

forgot to say the bow is 66" ntn, sorry for that

thanks everybody
 

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Dvshunter on March 26, 2013, 01:09:15 am

Nice job on that tricky little stick. Just goes to show why Osage is the king. It's tuff to find a piece of Osage to call junk.    8)

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: criveraville on March 26, 2013, 01:48:50 am

Beautiful bow! Like that color and grain look in it. Those curves sure add to it as well.

Cipriano

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: mikekeswick on March 26, 2013, 05:32:07 am

Excellence again!
 :)

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: danny f on March 26, 2013, 07:09:09 am

great looking bow well done.

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Pappy on March 26, 2013, 07:50:58 am

Very nice work,you are really turning them out.Nice stuff. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: Parnell on March 26, 2013, 09:28:56 am

I had missed that bow, musta been due to Thanksgiving.  That really is a beauty.  That stave does look like it had acquired some age.
Great bow!

Title: Re: osage static recurve from junk 63#/29"
Post by: juniper junkie on March 26, 2013, 11:15:41 am

now that is some fine looking "junk". good job