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Offline Mafort

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Sinew backed Osage contact recurve. 55@23”
« on: March 07, 2022, 07:51:54 pm »
Sorry for photo quality but sinew backed Osage contact recurve. It’s 55@23” draw. Flax fibers are used in place of the horse hair for the tuft on top limb. Only has a single layer of sinew the full bow with another layer layed from the handle feathered out to mid limb. Shoots fast and is scary accurate with the right arrows.
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Offline Hamish

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Re: Sinew backed Osage contact recurve. 55@23”
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2022, 07:57:40 pm »
Pretty darn good. I love these Indian short bows.

How wide and long is it?
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Re: Sinew backed Osage contact recurve. 55@23”
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2022, 07:58:46 pm »
1.25 inches through its length. It’s 44inches overall length.
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Re: Sinew backed Osage contact recurve. 55@23”
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2022, 08:05:37 pm »
Nice bow, you really got that handle working. Maybe I should make mine work a little harder
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Offline Mafort

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Re: Sinew backed Osage contact recurve. 55@23”
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2022, 08:13:46 pm »
Yea it was pretty nerve racking but I needed it to work. That draw length is pretty much where the bow stacks out
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Sinew backed Osage contact recurve. 55@23”
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2022, 11:13:12 am »
Cool lil bow
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Sinew backed Osage contact recurve. 55@23”
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2022, 01:16:50 pm »
Very cool little bow.
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Offline Will B

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Re: Sinew backed Osage contact recurve. 55@23”
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2022, 09:41:53 am »
Very nice bow!  Thanks for posting it here.
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Sinew backed Osage contact recurve. 55@23”
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2022, 10:15:26 am »
Interesting little bow. I’d really like to see a unbraced profile to see just how much that sinew is working.
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