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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Dvshunter on May 17, 2015, 11:42:45 am

Title: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Dvshunter on May 17, 2015, 11:42:45 am

I finally got this one finished! You ever come across that piece that just won't cooperate? I bet I heated this one ten times and still don't quite have it just right but it's time to move on. It has a draw length of thirty one inches and pulls fifty five pounds at that length. It was difficult to shoot it in because I'm not used to pulling past my head with my twenty six inch draw!  The snake skin wasn't long enough to do the whole bow so I cut it in half and used silk thread and glue to hold down the ends. The handle wrap is the second piece of leather because I didn't like my stitching on the first one so I pulled it off and just wrapped it. No stitching needed. This bow is also the lo gest bow I have ever made at sixty eight inches from knock to knock. Thanks for looking.

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Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: johnfolchetti on May 17, 2015, 11:47:32 am

That's nice work.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: lebhuntfish on May 17, 2015, 12:12:04 pm

Very nice Dave! The full draw looks spot on to me too! Patrick

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Will H on May 17, 2015, 12:38:43 pm

I love it!

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: hunterbob on May 17, 2015, 12:43:38 pm

Great job. That bend is sweet man.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Dvshunter on May 17, 2015, 12:48:50 pm

Thanks guys. Forgot the tips are cow horn and Zebrawood

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Ryan C on May 17, 2015, 12:59:45 pm

Very nice bow!

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: PeteC on May 17, 2015, 01:01:03 pm

That's a  good lookin' bow. Good job. God Bless

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: bubby on May 17, 2015, 01:02:31 pm

Nice work, i think the racquet grip is the most comfy and looks sharp, what no f/d past your head  :o

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Roy on May 17, 2015, 01:17:12 pm

I guess it's ok:)

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Danzn Bar on May 17, 2015, 02:33:44 pm

Really like the FD pic.  sweet tiller and profile ....
DBar

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: JonW on May 17, 2015, 02:41:19 pm

Very nice. I wish someone would teach me that grip wrap.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: osage outlaw on May 17, 2015, 03:11:27 pm

Great looking bow Dave

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Aaron H on May 17, 2015, 04:09:18 pm

That is a very nice bow, well done.  Very graceful bend

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Hans H on May 17, 2015, 04:29:40 pm

yes, very nice, like it too

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Arrowind on May 17, 2015, 04:51:21 pm

Nice bow!  Well done.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Badly Bent on May 17, 2015, 05:15:43 pm

Thats a beauty Dave, nice profiles, tiller and finish. Even at 68" I could pick that one out of a lineup as one of yours.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: blackhawk on May 17, 2015, 05:36:34 pm

Looks good Dave...but where's the "full" draw  :P  :laugh:

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: wizardgoat on May 17, 2015, 05:48:02 pm

Nice bow, I like those profiles and full draw

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Ken S on May 17, 2015, 07:15:36 pm

Sweet bow!!!!!!!!!! I bet it shoots great.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: burchett.donald on May 17, 2015, 08:33:25 pm

+1 on what Falcon said...Graceful
                                                                                                     Don

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 17, 2015, 09:29:29 pm

Nice job big Dave. Looks smooth as butta.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Sasquatch on May 17, 2015, 10:11:50 pm

That is one sweet profile and curves.  Good looking bow!

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: chef-d405 on May 17, 2015, 11:47:35 pm

Very nice bow. that is the profile I'm looking for on my current build. How much reflex pre/post tiller?

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Peacebow_Coos on May 18, 2015, 03:31:10 am

That's a sweet looking bend and profile for sure!  I love it when you get that one bow that just doesn't gel right done!  31" is a solid draw, is the handle bendy at all?

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Josh B on May 18, 2015, 07:08:59 am

Very nicely done Sir!  Josh

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Pappy on May 18, 2015, 08:06:15 am

Nice job, beautiful looking bow. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Dvshunter on May 18, 2015, 06:32:20 pm

Thanks everyone!

Peacebow the handle doesn't bend at all. I've only made one bendy handle and now leave em to the experts.

Chef I put about 4 inches 9 reflex and it keeps three inches. Glad I made it so long. Good luck with your build.

Chicken hawk I don't have any arrows that long around here but if I find one I'll post it for you.  :-*

Greg I'm not sure that's a good thing. ???

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: H Rhodes on May 20, 2015, 08:59:33 am

Awesome work Dave.  That's a bow that the whole basketball team can take to full draw! 

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: MWirwicki on May 20, 2015, 09:17:32 am

Nice looking bow, Dave!  I especially like how the snake skin and the sapwood matched up.  I'm with you, I made a sapwood bow recently and found that I also had to heat the hell out of it, to get it to bend how I wanted it to.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: make-n-break on May 20, 2015, 10:14:34 am

Love the profile. Nice work

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: RLimerick on June 07, 2015, 06:13:00 pm

Great bow! 

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: crooketarrow on June 07, 2015, 07:37:19 pm

  LOOKS GOOD.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Knoll on June 07, 2015, 10:24:04 pm

:thumbsup:  !!

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: IdahoMatt on June 08, 2015, 12:32:50 am

Great looking bow man.

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Carson (CMB) on June 08, 2015, 01:12:15 am

Nicely done! I like it!

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Markus on June 08, 2015, 04:11:42 am

Nice, cool full draw pic against the sky. Markus

Title: Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
Post by: Dvshunter on June 08, 2015, 07:26:37 pm

Thanks everyone! :)