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Title: Father and son bows from one stave
Post by: jeffp51 on March 04, 2016, 08:38:16 pm
I finally finished a Christmas gift for son number 3.  His bow is a belly split from my deflexed recurve osage.  It pulls about 20# at his current draw of 18",  but it is tillered out to 25",  just in case he decides to grow some.  His bow is 55" long.  It is a good piece of wood.  Even though it is only about 1" wide at its widest,  I bet I could have gotten 45#  from it easy, especially since I cut its length down some for kid-size.  even at 20#,  when he manages to get it to full draw, it packs a pretty good punch. Thanks for looking.  Now off to make trade bows. . .
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Post by: ajooter on March 04, 2016, 08:40:11 pm
Those look awesome jeff!  Nicely done.
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Post by: jeffp51 on March 04, 2016, 08:42:51 pm
Here are some Detail pics. . .
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Post by: jeffp51 on March 04, 2016, 08:44:20 pm
And the money pics. . .
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Post by: Knoll on March 04, 2016, 08:58:47 pm
Fanatastic! And really like the son/father pic. Congrats!
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Post by: bubby on March 04, 2016, 09:01:39 pm
That smile say's it all, great job
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Post by: loon on March 04, 2016, 09:24:42 pm
Niice, what are the overlays?
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Post by: make-n-break on March 04, 2016, 09:33:47 pm
Nice work!
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Post by: ---GUTSHOT---> on March 04, 2016, 09:38:21 pm
Man Jeff those are way to cool. Love the pics of you two. And that tip overlay is cool too
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Post by: Stixnstones on March 04, 2016, 09:50:51 pm
Love em both. Great work sir.
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Post by: burchett.donald on March 04, 2016, 09:52:30 pm
 Really nice to see this...Great bows! Looks like lots of good times down the road also ;)
                                                                                                                                          Don
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Post by: osage outlaw on March 04, 2016, 10:00:51 pm
Very cool.  Nice work on those.
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Post by: Badly Bent on March 04, 2016, 10:19:28 pm
Real nice pair of osage bows there. Your sons bow looks to fit him perfectly and its clear from the smile that he is quite happy with his new bow, have fun shooting together guys. :)
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Post by: Red Tailed Hawk on March 04, 2016, 10:26:36 pm
Awesome👍😃
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Post by: jeffp51 on March 04, 2016, 10:27:27 pm
Thanks for the comments.  Loon, The tips are some African blackwood substitute for ebony.  The Stave is from Dean Marlow.  I thought he would be interested in what became of the stave he sent me a while back. It had a wormhole on one side that he was worried about, but it was a complete non issue.  Just the right amount of snake for my skill level. It was a beautiful piece of wood, and the belly split has some especially nice streaks of red that you can still see in the handle area.
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Post by: sieddy on March 05, 2016, 01:14:19 am
Really lovely post Jeff, the pics are great and the bows look fantastic?  :)
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Post by: chamookman on March 05, 2016, 03:39:44 am
Outstanding ! Bob
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Post by: Chief RID on March 05, 2016, 05:20:19 am
That is fantastic, sir!
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Post by: oldrank on March 05, 2016, 07:38:47 am
Pretty awesome. Both bows look great. Nice job.
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Post by: Steve Milbocker on March 05, 2016, 08:03:39 am
Great pair, your boy,you and the bows! Nice job:)
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Post by: Danzn Bar on March 05, 2016, 09:55:58 am
Great job on the two bows......love the smile on the boys face....
DBar
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Post by: hunterbob on March 05, 2016, 10:59:42 am
Two sharp looking bows.
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Post by: wizardgoat on March 05, 2016, 02:06:02 pm
Nice work Jeff!
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Post by: GB on March 05, 2016, 02:29:22 pm
Good looking bows!
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Post by: BowEd on March 06, 2016, 12:24:03 am
Man glad I did'nt miss this one.Great looking set of bows.Amazing how little of osage is needed for a bow.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on March 06, 2016, 07:14:40 am
Great work Jeff. Memories like that never fade. Looking at those bows? They wont be fading anytime soon either.
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Post by: RyanR on March 06, 2016, 07:45:10 am
Those are nice looking bows. I'm sure you both will make a lot of memories with them.
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Post by: mwosborn on March 06, 2016, 09:42:31 am
Best post I've seen all week!  :laugh:  That is what it is all about - way to go Dad!
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Post by: simson on March 06, 2016, 12:55:48 pm
Two beauties!
Enjoy the time with your kids - they grow up so fast ...
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Post by: Drewster on March 06, 2016, 03:19:52 pm
That is just excellent up one side and down the other.  Many good memories should evolve from those bows.
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Post by: Springbuck on March 10, 2016, 12:17:52 pm
Just so totally cool.

I have to borrow neighborhood kids.  No sons of my own.
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Post by: Will B on March 10, 2016, 02:03:27 pm
Those are two great looking bows.  Great job.  The smile on your sons face says it all.
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Post by: DuBois on March 10, 2016, 02:11:30 pm
That smile says all! Great work Dad.
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Post by: jeffp51 on March 10, 2016, 05:57:29 pm
Quote from: Springbuck on March 10, 2016, 12:17:52 pm
Just so totally cool.

I have to borrow neighborhood kids.  No sons of my own.

Some days I feel like lending mine out >:D--but if you want to come down and shoot with us some time, that would be a blast.

And thanks everyone for the nice comments.
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Post by: rps3 on March 11, 2016, 09:12:50 am
That is good to see.  Great looking bows and time with your son.