Just got this Osage D finished up...This is my second shooter and first D bow. It measures 51" ntn and is unbacked. It pulls 55#@ 26" and believe it or not it does not stack much. The string angle at 26" is 73 degrees. I shot it through a chronograph and it shot 144 fps with a 511 gr. cedar arrow. It is a 1 1/4" at the fades and slowly tapers to 1/2" at the cherokee style tips. The handle is 5" and is wrapped with a layer of Jute and then dyed buck skin. The two arrow rests are made from turkey nails. I know you normally shoot these bows off your hand but at the this point feel more comfortable shooting off a shelf. I made it so a right hander can shoot it either way. The paint is Acrylic and the finish is spar urethane. The string is B-50 dacron and the silencers are muskrat. The lettering on the belly is written in Cherokee. I don't know if I can technically call this a Cherokee D bow because of the length and the paint, but it was painted by my mother who is 1/4 Cherokee. I named the bow after her......Painted by a Cherokee mother. She just lost her boyfriend to Cancer and I gave her this project to help keep her mind off things.......and it did. The only thing I want to do to it now is make some matching sticks and make a tip protecter.
Jon
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