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Title: osage takedown
Post by: rps3 on March 12, 2017, 08:48:10 pm
The sleeves for this bow made by asharrow, AKA Jim Davis. Thanks Jim. I like the heavy weight in the handle, makes the bow extra sweet to shoot. This is my first takedown and I love it. It will get some use on the motorcycle. 64" long, upper 40's pull. Water buff tip overlays.
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN4177_zpswqanistm.jpg)
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN4172_zpsvrayish0.jpg)
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN4168_zpsgqlxaziu.jpg)


Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: rps3 on March 12, 2017, 08:52:38 pm
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN4171_zpslammoutz.jpg)
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN4148_zpshncelh4m.jpg)
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN4147_zpszsik1opw.jpg)
I put the wrong date on the bow.
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: rps3 on March 12, 2017, 09:24:40 pm
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN4155_zpswwpb5dha.jpg)
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN4161_zps2yskp2tu.jpg)
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: osage outlaw on March 12, 2017, 09:27:48 pm
That is a great looking bow!  Nice job on that take down.
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: Greenriverwoodcraft on March 12, 2017, 09:58:17 pm
great looking bow and wicked nice takedown hardware!
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: H Rhodes on March 12, 2017, 10:07:36 pm
That is awesome!  Fine looking bow. 
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: upstatenybowyer on March 12, 2017, 10:32:58 pm
A beaut for sure. Congrats!
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: Redhand on March 12, 2017, 10:35:00 pm
Nice bow I like it!
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: Selfbowman on March 12, 2017, 10:58:56 pm
Well done . Arvin
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Post by: bjrogg on March 12, 2017, 11:10:57 pm
Nice take down, nice bow period.
Bjrogg
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: mikekeswick on March 13, 2017, 03:40:40 am
Fantastic bow :) I like it a lot, perfectly blended tips :)
I've just got an order for pretty much this exact bow....you want to send me that one and save me some work?!? ;)
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: selfbow joe on March 13, 2017, 06:21:54 am
Very nice take down bow
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Post by: Steve Milbocker on March 13, 2017, 06:30:13 am
Well done! that's a great looking bow :)
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: simson on March 13, 2017, 06:54:32 am
Nice one fur sure.
I'm wondering are the td sleeves plumber fittings?
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: rps3 on March 13, 2017, 08:06:09 am
Thanks guys, and I think I'll keep this one Mike. Simson, I am not sure how Jim made the sleeves.
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: BowEd on March 13, 2017, 09:28:05 am
Yes...That's a very nice bow.Unique solid looking easy to seperate type handle too.
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: Aaron H on March 13, 2017, 09:51:56 am
Nice, I like the shape and the tips a lot
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Post by: DuBois on March 13, 2017, 10:37:18 am
Man that's pretty! Might have to try a take down sometime.
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: Carson (CMB) on March 13, 2017, 11:29:38 am
Looks smooth as silk. Nice work. Love that take-down system.  8)
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on March 13, 2017, 11:37:47 am
Bobert you sure know how to tiller a bow, great job.
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: Hans H on March 13, 2017, 11:51:36 am
yes, it`s a nice bow with a top bend.
Hans
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: txdm on March 13, 2017, 12:04:31 pm
Looks awesome. I'm also curious about the takedown sleeves... are they threaded or just a socket??
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: Jim Davis on March 13, 2017, 12:52:17 pm
The takedown sleeves are seamless carbon steel. I welded in solid steel plugs and drilled and tapped one end, turned and single-point threaded the other end. All that work was done with my Logan metal lathe. I got interested in that method after seeing a photo of one made in the 1920s or '30s by James Duff.

I have since come to prefer a single sleeve that the limbs are just epoxied into with on end made removable by waxing the inside of that end of the sleeve before gluing the end in. The joint assembles and disassembles just like a fishing rod.

Here are a couple of images to show the difference.
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: rps3 on March 13, 2017, 07:26:23 pm
Thanks a lot for the great comments, much appreciated.

 I am a big fan of this system Jim, but I will give the simpler one a try too and see how it works for me.
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: bentstick54 on March 13, 2017, 09:53:57 pm
Nice looking bow.
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: Springbuck on March 16, 2017, 05:27:07 pm
  I'm sorry, sir, but this is a PRIMITIVE bow forum.. you're going to have to take your elegant, classy-looking bow elsewhere....
 :P

  Kidding of course.  It is a nice looking bow.. slim and pretty, but perfect balance and tiller.

Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: Whiskeyjet on March 16, 2017, 06:24:59 pm
  I'm sorry, sir, but this is a PRIMITIVE bow forum.. you're going to have to take your elegant, classy-looking bow elsewhere....
 :P

  Kidding of course.  It is a nice looking bow.. slim and pretty, but perfect balance and tiller.

Hahaha +1
Title: Re: osage takedown
Post by: mullet on March 16, 2017, 09:52:13 pm
I love a Take-Down, and that is a unique sleeve.You have talent, sir.