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Title: Red osage bow
Post by: osage outlaw on January 13, 2016, 05:31:35 pm

I recently finished this bow up for somebody.  Its from some dense red osage that I cut a few years ago.  The grain lines really show up in it.  The back is mostly concave and has some slight humps and bumps down the entire length.  There is a small knot hole in it.  This bow seemed to fight me all the way through the build.  It's 66" long and 50@28".  It is finished with 6 coats of tung oil.  The tip overlays are bighorn sheep.


  (http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17911_zpso9g0llxs.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17911_zpso9g0llxs.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17903_zpsjssxu03z.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17903_zpsjssxu03z.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17909_zpsycuymz3j.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17909_zpsycuymz3j.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17907_zpsac9jb2ra.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17907_zpsac9jb2ra.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17905_zpsxrqntvf7.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17905_zpsxrqntvf7.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17901_zpsytzq0vxm.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17901_zpsytzq0vxm.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17914_zpsysjebcku.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17914_zpsysjebcku.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17913_zpsuk0mcycw.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17913_zpsuk0mcycw.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17922_zpsumdbjqpv.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17922_zpsumdbjqpv.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17918_zpsmszfo7ts.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17918_zpsmszfo7ts.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17925_zps7rvmnqfz.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17925_zps7rvmnqfz.jpg.html)

(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/SDC17926_zpsbndxdxbs.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/SDC17926_zpsbndxdxbs.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: blackhawk on January 13, 2016, 05:41:35 pm

Lovely colour!!!! I like that darker stuff  :D.  nice job pal  :)

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Stringman on January 13, 2016, 05:49:20 pm

Nice work, buddy! Looks like a shooter!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on January 13, 2016, 05:49:49 pm

Nice job there, SpongeBob Shortpants! 

Pretty overlays on the tips and a wicked profile, oughta have the performance that the appearance promises.  Good stuff, as usual!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: bubby on January 13, 2016, 06:08:23 pm

What's not to like, great color, profile and bend, nice one Clint

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Drewster on January 13, 2016, 06:17:33 pm

Well, it might have been a fight, but I think you won handily.  Very nice job......yep, great color.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: paulsemp on January 13, 2016, 06:25:24 pm

Very nice!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: wapiti1997 on January 13, 2016, 07:08:49 pm

Sweet! Fine job!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Danzn Bar on January 13, 2016, 07:18:40 pm

Sweet build there Clint.....like it a lot.
DBar

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Rob W. on January 13, 2016, 07:20:35 pm

Very nice! Beautiful all around.

I guess that last osage I built was red and I really didn't realize it. I do now compared to the current one I'm building.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: RyanR on January 13, 2016, 09:03:27 pm

Looks good Clint, that grain really stands out nice

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Parnell on January 13, 2016, 09:17:17 pm

That looks great Clint.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: JonW on January 13, 2016, 09:22:11 pm

Nice bow Clint. I like the sheep horn.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Swampman on January 13, 2016, 09:32:01 pm

That is a great looking bow.  You made that wood proud.  I like the peep site too!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: hedgehog on January 13, 2016, 09:35:17 pm

Great looking bow! Fantastic job dealing with all the character in this piece of wood.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Badly Bent on January 13, 2016, 10:26:16 pm

Nice clean work Clint, thats a good looking bow.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: chamookman on January 14, 2016, 03:38:43 am

The profile says it all - NICE ! Bob

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Pappy on January 14, 2016, 04:00:38 am

Beautiful bow Clint, love that dark stuff. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: loon on January 14, 2016, 04:49:13 am

Now that is some beautiful wood! Really like the shape, and finish, too

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Aaron H on January 14, 2016, 06:42:46 am

Well done Clint, that grain really pops against that beautiful red. 

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: PNewton on January 14, 2016, 06:50:17 am

Nice job Clint. Sharp looking bow.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: BowEd on January 14, 2016, 07:26:26 am

Nice bow Clint with some character....That red hedge is really some pretty stuff for sure.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Will B on January 14, 2016, 07:32:46 am

Beautiful bow!  Love the darker color and profile.  The tip overlays are really nice.  Great job.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on January 14, 2016, 07:52:34 am

She's a beauty Clint.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: MWirwicki on January 14, 2016, 08:21:40 am

Beautiful profile on that bow, Clintster.  Also noticed, you haven't put away the shorts yet, for winter.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: missilemaster on January 14, 2016, 08:33:24 am

Heck yea! That looks great! Love the color

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Sasquatch on January 14, 2016, 09:23:38 am

Great unbraced picture love the graceful flips. Color looks cool also

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: hedgeapple on January 14, 2016, 11:00:52 am

Great looking bow. You did an awesome job on those humps.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: jimmy on January 14, 2016, 12:30:57 pm

Beautiful bow.  I love that classic profile, it's simple and effective.  Gotta love that red wood too.  I got a couple red staves that should be about seasoned now.  Keep up the good work.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Badger on January 14, 2016, 12:36:31 pm

  Looks like you won the battle! The grain is very cool looking.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: simson on January 14, 2016, 01:10:39 pm

Clint, that's a looker. The fat osage looks great and your tillering is outstanding.
Makes me freezing seeing you with shorts in the snow ...

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: osage outlaw on January 14, 2016, 02:15:14 pm

Thanks guys. 

20 degrees and snow is still shorts weather for me. 

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: TimPotter on January 14, 2016, 02:30:58 pm

Absolutely beautiful work. That is one nice looking bow.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Hans H on January 14, 2016, 02:39:31 pm

very nice, like it.
 Hans

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: wizardgoat on January 14, 2016, 03:24:23 pm

Clint that bow is a beauty, nice work

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: rps3 on January 14, 2016, 03:58:45 pm

I'm with badger, it may have fought you the whole way but you won the battle. Nice bow.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: bushboy on January 14, 2016, 05:23:22 pm

Very nice,looks fast,love the tiller!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Buckeye Guy on January 14, 2016, 05:35:46 pm

Nice bow Clint
That red stuff is amazing  isn't it!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 14, 2016, 08:36:14 pm

That sure is a nice bow! Tiller is excellent. Jawge

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on January 14, 2016, 09:36:33 pm

Quote from: osage outlaw on January 14, 2016, 02:15:14 pm

Thanks guys. 

20 degrees and snow is still shorts weather for me.

And yet I can't get him to come up here to hunt turkeys in the spring!  LOL

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: osage outlaw on January 14, 2016, 09:37:26 pm

Quote from: JW_Halverson on January 14, 2016, 09:36:33 pm

Quote from: osage outlaw on January 14, 2016, 02:15:14 pm

Thanks guys. 

20 degrees and snow is still shorts weather for me.

And yet I can't get him to come up here to hunt turkeys in the spring!  LOL

When your turkeys grow antlers and back straps I'll head north.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: IdahoMatt on January 14, 2016, 11:22:47 pm

Great job Clint.  That's some cool looking osage

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Blackcoyote on January 15, 2016, 08:21:00 am

Good looking bow Clint!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: The Gopher on January 15, 2016, 08:51:37 am

wonderful bow! I've got a question for you on your finish, i use tung oil a lot on other projects, i wipe it on let it set for about 10 minutes then wipe it off with a lint free cloth. With your glossy finish, do wipe it on and leave it to dry without wiping off? It beautiful, thanks, Dan.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: osage outlaw on January 15, 2016, 09:15:33 am

I used the low gloss tung oil.  I put a very thin coat of it on with a cosmetic wedge and let it dry.  I can get 2 coats per day on it. 

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on January 15, 2016, 01:58:58 pm

Quote from: osage outlaw on January 14, 2016, 09:37:26 pm

Quote from: JW_Halverson on January 14, 2016, 09:36:33 pm

Quote from: osage outlaw on January 14, 2016, 02:15:14 pm

Thanks guys. 

20 degrees and snow is still shorts weather for me.

And yet I can't get him to come up here to hunt turkeys in the spring!  LOL

When your turkeys grow antlers and back straps I'll head north.

Stranger things have happened!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Stixnstones on January 15, 2016, 07:48:30 pm

Nice work sir, that stove must b keepin ya nice and warm in the shop. The cold has been keepin me out of the shop.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: shamus on January 16, 2016, 12:04:00 pm

That's a nice dense piece of osage there, and the earlywood/latewood ratio is fantastic. It should make a good hunting bow.

I like your attention to detail. The handle lacings are tight and even. The limbs flow into the horn tips. The reflexed tips are reflexed just enough but not too much.

Very well done.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: osage outlaw on January 16, 2016, 12:43:58 pm

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: feral on January 17, 2016, 02:33:28 am

Good looking Bow.
Was the red osage harder to work?

But Are you standing in the snow with shorts?
OMG. Tougher than me ::)
I'm a tropical boy. Ahhh North Queensland, heat, humidity, cyclones and crocodiles

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Selfbowman on January 17, 2016, 06:22:06 am

Well done Outlaw. Arvin

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: H Rhodes on January 17, 2016, 09:15:14 am

I love the red stuff.  Great work my friend. Those pics make me cold just looking at them.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: osage outlaw on January 17, 2016, 11:52:35 am

Quote from: feral on January 17, 2016, 02:33:28 am

Good looking Bow.
Was the red osage harder to work?

But Are you standing in the snow with shorts?
OMG. Tougher than me ::)
I'm a tropical boy. Ahhh North Queensland, heat, humidity, cyclones and crocodiles

It worked about the same as normal osage.  Maybe just a touch harder. 

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: PeteC on January 17, 2016, 11:56:34 am

Very nice bow. I really like getting staves of that color as well.God Bless

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Ryan C on January 17, 2016, 11:57:42 am

Awsome character in that bow.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: flungonin on February 28, 2016, 03:36:22 am

AWESOME

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: sieddy on February 28, 2016, 03:59:07 am

Absolutely fantastic!  :D

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Forest_Farmer on February 28, 2016, 08:08:42 am

Nice looking bow, the color is great! well done.
Ed

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Jodocus on February 29, 2016, 03:44:19 pm

Stunning bow, tip to tip!  8)

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: soy on February 29, 2016, 06:27:20 pm

That is sexy double o !!!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: make-n-break on February 29, 2016, 06:56:00 pm

Awesome. Looks like it was worth every bit of trouble to me.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: osage outlaw on February 29, 2016, 08:57:31 pm

Thanks guys!

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Lobo1330 on March 04, 2016, 10:04:26 am

Very nice

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: ---GUTSHOT---> on March 04, 2016, 10:24:09 am

Great job Clint.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Parnell on March 04, 2016, 12:56:20 pm

I love the red stuff, got a super sweet stave curing.  That turned out beautifully, Clint.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Scottski on March 04, 2016, 03:02:53 pm

Nice looking bow. Never have seen  any red Osage.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: Jefficus on March 16, 2016, 01:03:17 am

That finish is superb.  Do you prefer the pure 100% Tung oil, or do you go with something like Formsby's which has other stuff in it?  The latter is all I've used, and it makes a nice finish, but I'm wondering if the pure stuff might do a better job, and I'd definitely trust your opinion.  Thanks!  Beautiful, beautiful bow.

Title: Re: Red osage bow
Post by: osage outlaw on March 16, 2016, 06:42:52 am

Thank you.  I used the Formby's tung oil.  I apply it with a cosmetic wedge.