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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Pappy on December 10, 2007, 10:52:42 am

Title: Osage by Big A
Post by: Pappy on December 10, 2007, 10:52:42 am

Here is and Osage bow a good friend just finished this weekend.He is around here a lot just don't say much.He ask me to post it for him.It is 64 IN. n-n and 53@27.Buffalo tips.He had made several bows but to date this is his best effort.It is smooth to draw and shoot sweet.Hope yall enjoy. :)
   Pappy

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Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: DanaM on December 10, 2007, 11:06:29 am

Another fine example of Tennese craftsmanship, really nice full draw.

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Justin Snyder on December 10, 2007, 11:09:23 am

Great looking bow.  Thanks for posting it Pappy.  Big A, its time to quit being so bashfull.  Pappy is already posting pictures of you all over the internet so speak up.  ;) Justin

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: cowboy on December 10, 2007, 11:10:12 am

Nice lookin bow Big A!!

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: George Tsoukalas on December 10, 2007, 11:11:45 am

That is an outstanding bow! Great job. Jawge

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Woodland Roamer on December 10, 2007, 11:14:22 am

That's a great bow Big A! Really nice full draw profile.

Alan

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: tom sawyer on December 10, 2007, 11:21:25 am

Sweet bow, makes me want to get on a hedge selfbow instead of these backed bows I've been working on.

Whats the front profile?  She a pyramid or parallel to midlimb?  And how wide?

You all been geting wet down there Pappy?  We've been lucky, our precip has been sleet so far.  20 miles south it was freezing rain, there's 40,000 people with no electricity.  Should be plenty of free bow/fire wood.

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Pappy on December 10, 2007, 11:36:54 am

Ya pretty wet here Lennie.I should have got a unstrung shot it is holding about an inch after first unbraced.It started with about 3 in. of backset.I 'll try and get a picture for us. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: OldBow on December 10, 2007, 12:48:16 pm

Very nice. Big A ought to shouting "Whoopie"  ;D on this one. We'll look at it again at the end of the month for Self Bow of the Month

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Hillbilly on December 10, 2007, 01:32:13 pm

Good job and nice bow, Big A.

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: king3933 on December 10, 2007, 04:18:21 pm

Very nice job on the job. hope to be able to do that good one day.
Gary

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: moose palm on December 10, 2007, 05:07:36 pm

Man what a sweet bow! I cant wait to get my hands on some osage. I like the open air shop too, wish I could get away with it here!

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Sidewinder on December 10, 2007, 07:52:56 pm

Should we expect anything less outta those boys from down Tennesee way. Great job big A. Keep on scrappin. Danny

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on December 10, 2007, 08:45:23 pm

thats a real sweet looking bow. it has a nice flow to it- ryan

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Big A on December 11, 2007, 11:39:15 pm

 Thanks for all the good comments about my bow. I am real proud of how it turned out. Thanks to Pappy and Greg B for making me take my time on it. It is also good to have these guys around for advise also. Here are a few more measurements of my bow. The handle is a 6 -1/2" section 1" wide about 1- 1/2" at it's thickest point. The limbs are 1- 3/4" wide to about 2/3's of the way down and taper to 1/2 " at the tip. They are about 3/8" thick. The bow was heated and bent four times. Twice just after floor tiller and twice after tiller. The last time just for the tip curve.

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Pappy on December 12, 2007, 05:40:40 am

Nice job BigA I knew you would come around.Now lets go kill something with it. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Auggie on December 12, 2007, 08:25:58 am

I really like that bow Big A! Especially the art work! Care to tell how you did that cool arra? Auggie.

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Pappy on December 12, 2007, 10:33:07 am

Here are some pictures of the profile someone ask about A couldn't get them to load.
   Pappy

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Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Big A on December 12, 2007, 07:39:42 pm

The art work was really simple.I used colored pencils to draw my verison of an arrow with turkey feathers. It has more color then the pictures show. I also put a buffalo on the belly of the lower limb.

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: koan on December 12, 2007, 07:49:42 pm

Sweet bow Big A....Brian

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Loki on December 12, 2007, 08:07:48 pm

Aye,it's a cracker!

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Dane on December 12, 2007, 08:13:27 pm

BigA, that is a handsome bow! The recurved tips are very elegant, and the buffalo overlays look great. Nice finish too!

Dane

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Don Wilson on December 12, 2007, 11:33:13 pm

ANTHONY, thats a beautiful bow! ..........Anthony walked Skyler and Mason thru building their first self-bows at the Twin Oaks shoot last May. A better teacher does not exist. He was there every step of the way and both bows were shooters....They won first and second......I bet that bow is gonna get bloody soon...Congrats on a beauty, Don and Skyler

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Pappy on December 13, 2007, 08:30:50 am

Ya Don he is a great teacher,he helped teach my son to shoot when he was 3/4 he is great with
kids and has a lot more patients than I do.Hopefully he will be helping out at the Classic this
year.He is a great asset for the Club. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: Wulamoc on December 13, 2007, 02:37:22 pm

Very nice!!!  Good student, worthy mentor!

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: tpoof on December 14, 2007, 07:24:44 pm

photoshop! :o

I'm sure the string follow has been tampered with ;D ;D ;D ;)

Title: Re: Osage by Big A
Post by: GregB on December 17, 2007, 10:17:48 pm

Anthony's bow really turned out nice! I was lucky enough to get to shoot it as well...shoots really smooth and hard. He really did a nice job on the finish work as well.

He is a good teacher...I've asked him advice on my shooting technique many times over the years. ;)