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Offline FlintWalker

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New osage bow (not for BOM)
« on: January 12, 2009, 11:24:50 pm »
This is a little bow I started working on at Pappys back in November.  It's 60" ntn and about 1-3/8" wide. It has a couple thin courses of sinew on the back, covered with one timber rattler skin split down the middle. The overlays are deer horn and the handle wrap is hemp twine soaked in epoxy.
It draws 49 @27" and shoots good. 
 I had this thing tillered out to 53 @27", but noticed a few small chrysals on the top limb just above a knot. >:( So I re tillered it to bend a little more just above and below the chrysals.  They don't seem to be getting any worse, but they're there all the same.  Saw Filer 

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Offline sailordad

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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2009, 11:33:33 pm »
beautiful bow

love the tips and the skins
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Offline Jesse

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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2009, 11:36:41 pm »
I agree Beautiful. Those tips are awesome :o
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Offline Ryano

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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2009, 12:04:19 am »
Thats a nice looking little bow Shannon to bad about the frets. Osage rarely does that but I have seen it.
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2009, 12:08:51 am »
I think the wood may have been a bit green.  I cut it just 8 months before and it had not been in a hot box or anything.
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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2009, 12:16:27 am »
Fooey on the crysals. It looks like BOM material to me.
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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2009, 12:22:03 am »
Good looking bow!! I like those skins..
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Offline Pat B

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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2009, 12:39:47 am »
Nice Shannon. I have an osage bow that was 2 months off the stump when I made it and it fretted just above the handle. I'll have to repair it as you did.    Pat
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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2009, 06:03:50 am »
That baby turned out great,I know you were a little bumbed about the chrysals but if they ant getting any worse I wouldn't worry about them.Beautiful finish work as usuall. Very nice job. :)
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Offline DanaM

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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2009, 06:25:08 am »
Shannon it looks purty darn good to me, love the tips and the braced profile and tiller.
But it looks like a right hander to me and yer a lefty now so might as well send it on up to me ;) :D
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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2009, 07:54:41 am »
Beautiful bow Shannon as I've come to expect from you! What did you use for the rest?
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Offline Cromm

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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2009, 08:12:18 am »
Great looking bow!!!!!
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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2009, 08:26:43 am »
 Nice Bow Shannon....Have you thought about wrapping the Frets with Sinew....or wouldn't this do any good?? Maybe it will be enough to just relieve them with the new Tiller??
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Offline Okie

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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2009, 09:06:03 am »
Beautiful bow Sawfiler. Tiller looks great.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: New osage bow (not for BOM)
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2009, 09:08:29 am »
Nice job on the bow. :) Jawge
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