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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: FlintWalker on June 26, 2008, 11:28:41 pm

Title: Just finished another bow. (full draw added)
Post by: FlintWalker on June 26, 2008, 11:28:41 pm: It's 59" ntn 50# @27". It's 1-1/4' wide at mid-limb with a slightly narrower handle section. The tips are about 1/2" wide. Just a simple wrapped handle built up with leather underneath. Nothing fancy, just a simple, smooth shootin bow.
Saw Filer

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Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: sailordad on June 26, 2008, 11:33:49 pm: i'm gonna guess that it is more than likely just your average everyday,run of the mill

bow wood lol

ok seriously now, osage? that was stained to be darker

if i'm right do i get the bow ;D

just yanking your chain there.
but it is nice looking, i likes them plain,as long as they function

tim
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: Badger on June 26, 2008, 11:38:48 pm: osage
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Post by: david w. on June 26, 2008, 11:39:54 pm: GReat Bow!!!! I love it! ;D

i think it is stained osage
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: FlintWalker on June 26, 2008, 11:43:56 pm: OK! OK! so I can't fool anybody, at least not you fellers anyway. ;D What gave it away?
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: david w. on June 26, 2008, 11:44:39 pm: Almost all your bows are osage! :)
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Post by: sailordad on June 26, 2008, 11:45:03 pm: the grain and the character was what did it for me.

tim
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 27, 2008, 01:06:58 am: Bow profile then grain.
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: adb on June 27, 2008, 02:12:23 am: I'd have to say osage cuz of the snakey profile. Not many other woods do that.
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Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on June 27, 2008, 05:31:52 am: Hey, what do you use for wrapping your grips ?...nice bow BTW
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: Pappy on June 27, 2008, 05:50:26 am: Another beauty Shannon,I love the rap on the grip.Nice job. :)
Pappy
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Post by: GregB on June 27, 2008, 08:47:37 am: Lookin' good Shannon!
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: dantolin on June 27, 2008, 09:03:39 am: Wow! :o
That's the bow that I'd like to make: simple, and very nice, I like it very much, Saw Filer.
How much deep is it at the handle area, at mid limb and at the tips?
And I'm sure it's osage, dyed with any kind of aniline or something like that, isn't it?
;) Congratulations, you've done a very good work.
David
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: michbowguy on June 27, 2008, 09:55:49 am: im gonna take a WILD stab at it...

seeing that the bow is almost perfectly flat on the back..and the sides are wavy...no pin knots.. that it is a red oak board cut wavy and stained good,and the handle is not deep as the thickness of board,so you built it up.

mbg

or i could be TOTALY wrong. lol
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: George Tsoukalas on June 27, 2008, 10:08:07 am: Nice looking osage bow. Jawge
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Post by: FlintWalker on June 27, 2008, 10:18:34 am: Thanks Guys and sorry Jamie... but it's osage. I dyed it with black Rit dye. I was trying for a dark grey or even black, but got a sorta walnut brown instead ???
The handle wrap ain't very primitive either, it's just black nylon twine from wal-mart. It has a nice feel to it and is super easy to apply though.
Later, Saw Filer
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Post by: Ryano on June 27, 2008, 10:44:32 am: Thats another beauty Shannon. Aren't you proud of me, I kept my mouth shut! ;D
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Post by: OldBow on June 27, 2008, 11:10:04 am: Got anybody around to crank her back to FD?
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: Rich Saffold on June 27, 2008, 12:06:43 pm: Shannon, That is a beauty!, and it looks like a nice piece of Ipe ;D But the Ipe trees we have here in town don't have that "snake" either.. I think its one of the coolest looking bows I have seen..

The handle wrap compliments it well..

Rich
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Post by: mullet on June 27, 2008, 01:39:18 pm: I like it Shannon. Nice and simple and it looks fast.
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Post by: DirtyDan on June 27, 2008, 06:18:49 pm: Good job on everything, Shannon. I especially like the grip, shelf and recurved tips. Sweet profile. Looks slender and lethal.

Dan
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Post by: ricktrojanowski on June 28, 2008, 06:58:59 am: What a beauty. Simple but really beautiful. Nice job on the finish.
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. (full draw added)
Post by: FlintWalker on June 29, 2008, 10:05:15 pm: Here's a full draw shot for ya'll. Saw Filer

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Post by: Dano on June 29, 2008, 10:49:56 pm: Very cool picture, wait till Bernie see's it. ;)
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Post by: Pat B on June 30, 2008, 12:10:50 am: That is a perfect way to show off the tiller...and it is right on! The back lighting really shows off the shape(tillered beauty) without showing the cosmetic beauty of the bow. Pat
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Post by: Pappy on June 30, 2008, 07:22:07 am: Very nice Shannon,love that picture. :)
Pappy
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Post by: Hillbilly on June 30, 2008, 07:52:43 am: Mighty fine looking bow, Shannon. Looks like a perfect hunting bow.
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Post by: Marc St Louis on June 30, 2008, 08:41:32 am: Excellent looking bow Shannon. Very well tillered
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Post by: GregB on June 30, 2008, 08:47:34 am: Great tiller, and one of the best full draw pictures I've seen. :)
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Post by: koan on June 30, 2008, 09:02:31 am: Sweet bow Shannon! Of all the wraps I have tried, thats still my favorite. Makes a great non-slip grip for bow fishin too....Brian
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. (full draw added)
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 30, 2008, 09:56:13 am: Great looking bow. I love bows like that. I think I have one that almost matches it, stain color and everything. ;D Justin
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. Can you guess the wood?
Post by: DanaM on July 01, 2008, 09:14:01 am: Quote from: Saw Filer on June 26, 2008, 11:43:56 pm
OK! OK! so I can't fool anybody, at least not you fellers anyway. ;D What gave it away?

It wasn't me Shannon I've been camping. She turned out real nice. Man I need to get some shop time
its going to be huntin season before ya know it.
Title: Re: Just finished another bow. (full draw added)
Post by: Ryano on July 01, 2008, 11:08:53 am: Sweet full draw picture Shannon!
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Post by: DCM on July 01, 2008, 11:11:49 am: Deaum. Luv the bow, the tiller and the pic.
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Post by: Susquehannock on July 01, 2008, 01:12:38 pm: Nice bow! I stained my first osage bow the same way (black rit dye). What finish did you use? It looks really nice and has a nice dull luster--not too shiny for hunting purposes, but still has a finished look.

Jason