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Offline John K

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Little Osage
« on: May 06, 2010, 12:11:55 pm »
Here is a little Osage bow i made over the weekend. It's 52" long with pin nocks, pulls 53 #'s @ 26"

It's going to make a great little brush bow  :)

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Thanks for looking, any questions are welcome  :)
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Offline El Destructo

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 12:18:48 pm »
Looks really nice.....even on this Dang Phone.....tiller looks Sweet......
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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 12:20:40 pm »
Thanks Mike  :)
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 12:26:06 pm »
Looks like a fun bow to handle.  Nice weight for the length.
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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 12:31:13 pm »
I'll trade You an 80 inch doggy Red Oak 75 pound War Bow I built before I had a clue what I was doing for it....straight up....... ;).......  ;D......  >:D
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Offline John K

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 12:36:16 pm »
Thanks parnell !

Mike let me think about it  ::).....................No thanks  :D
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Offline OldBow

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2010, 12:50:32 pm »
This is a riparian whitetail hunter and well made. Bookmarked for May Self BOM, too.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2010, 12:52:47 pm »
Real nice... I'm making an experimental bow at the moment ony 50" long, dunno how far I'll dare draw it.
Your 26" draw looks plenty, and the whole bow is working nicely, decent draw weight too. V nice.
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Offline John K

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2010, 12:58:34 pm »
Thanks Don !

Yeah Del, not sure i would draw this one any farther, flipping the tips did help.  :)
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 01:04:17 pm »
Looks great john, tiller looks to be spot on :)
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Offline John K

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 01:16:27 pm »
Thanks Dana  :)
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Offline aero86

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2010, 01:27:01 pm »
heres my question...  how do i acquire this bow from you? ;D
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Offline John K

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2010, 01:29:15 pm »
 ;D
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Offline Josh

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2010, 01:57:01 pm »
That is a beautiful piece of Osage John, you got it bending very nicely...  :)   Tiller looks great!
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Offline John K

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Re: Little Osage
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2010, 02:05:14 pm »
Thanks Josh ! I get to hunt Turkeys again next week, so i'm going to see if i can't draw some blood with it  ;D
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