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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Weylin on September 17, 2018, 06:18:15 pm

Title: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Weylin on September 17, 2018, 06:18:15 pm: I got to do this piece as a custom order for a gent. It's an osage recurve backed with copperhead skins. It's 64" long and pulls 55#@28". Those copperhead skins sure look nice framed by the osage wood. It's a good combination. Big thanks to Bubby for working out a deal for the skins. I was coming up dry everywhere else. I've been liking these wide limbed osage recurves lately. They have great performance yet they're plenty solid and sturdy. The finish is tru oil. The handle wrap is dyed elk leather stitched with kangaroo lace. The string is D97.

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Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: helmet on September 17, 2018, 06:39:39 pm: Very Nice ! You have a great eye .
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: bjrogg on September 17, 2018, 06:50:04 pm: Another dandy Weylin. I'm betting another happy costumer.
Bjrogg
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: osage outlaw on September 17, 2018, 08:08:00 pm: That's a beautiful bow Weylin! When that osage starts to darken it will look even better with those copperhead skins.
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Mounter on September 17, 2018, 08:43:48 pm: Pretty awesome!

You mind sharing your width dimensions? I have a couple clean pieces of Osage I’d like to do something similar with.
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Pat B on September 17, 2018, 08:48:55 pm: She's a real beauty, Weylin, curves and all.
I like you different background. :OK
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Badger on September 17, 2018, 11:18:54 pm: Thats nice Weylin, I started going wider with my osage a few years ago and like it better.
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: leonwood on September 18, 2018, 04:52:50 am: Very pretty! That snake matches the osage very well.
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Bayou Ben on September 18, 2018, 09:25:47 am: That's a beauty. The colors blend so well. Nice bend also. You make some top notch bows.
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: ohma2 on September 18, 2018, 09:58:16 am: Nice work there.
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Danzn Bar on September 18, 2018, 11:30:53 am: Very nice
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Hans H on September 18, 2018, 12:43:37 pm: Great bow, Weylin.
Like Sour Work
Hans
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Bob Barnes on September 19, 2018, 06:43:08 am: another beauty....it looks like it will really shoot well. thanks!
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: simson on September 19, 2018, 09:19:37 am: Another masterpiece!
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Weylin on September 19, 2018, 01:56:17 pm: Thank you, everyone. It's great to get your feedback on my work.

Quote from: osage outlaw on September 17, 2018, 08:08:00 pm
When that osage starts to darken it will look even better with those copperhead skins.

I think about that. I hate that I don't get to see that happen on so many of these bows. I send then out all fresh and yellow.

Quote from: Mounter on September 17, 2018, 08:43:48 pm

You mind sharing your width dimensions? I have a couple clean pieces of Osage I’d like to do something similar with.

Not at all. I used a pretty standard american flatbow profile and made it 1 3/4" wide.

Quote from: Pat B on September 17, 2018, 08:48:55 pm

I like you different background. :OK

Haha, thanks. Someone told me I had a Pat B background now.

Quote from: Badger on September 17, 2018, 11:18:54 pm
Thats nice Weylin, I started going wider with my osage a few years ago and like it better.

I didn't have the drop in performance like I expected. They still seem very quick shooting but less prone to taking set. There may be a minute difference but with the recurves it seems to all balance out.
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Marc St Louis on September 19, 2018, 02:11:50 pm: Very nice bow
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: selfbow joe on September 20, 2018, 05:50:36 pm: Nice looking bow
Title: Re: Osage Recurve with Copperhead Skins 55#@28"
Post by: Rākau on September 20, 2018, 08:03:24 pm: that yellow wood sure is stunning, so too are the curves. as always your work is something for us mortals to aspire too.