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Offline ssgtchad

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short osage Reworked new pic added
« on: March 26, 2013, 11:24:39 pm »
Here is my latest bow....#6. Its a rawhide backed bendy handled molly. The bow is 50" TTT, 48 ntn. The levers are short 6". The working portion of the limbs are 1.75" wide with the levers tapering to 3/8" with a 4 inch handle. She's pulling 60lbs at 25". After looking at the pictures a see the bottom limb is a bit stiff but I can live with it. The bow shoots really nice and hits HARD. The rawhide is covered with woodland camo print the army use to use. The bow is finished with several coats of tru-oil.  This is my best effort yet, I know I still have allot to learn, but compaired to my first bow I've come along way. Thanks for looking comment pro or con are welcome.
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Offline ssgtchad

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« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2013, 11:28:13 pm »
Forgot to mention tip overlays are bone.  Sorry for crappy pictures had to edit them 3x lol :-\
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Offline soy

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Re: short osage
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2013, 11:29:19 pm »
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« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2013, 11:30:25 pm »
Cool ...tiller looks good enough for me....maybe take some meat off those short levers...being so short it only needs to be a couple hairs thicker than the thinnest point in your working limbs...
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Offline ssgtchad

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« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2013, 11:34:24 pm »
Blackhawk thanks I might do that! Its already fast I could only imagine how much faster iit could get with less weight on the tips!
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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2013, 11:49:11 pm »
Awesome bow man, 6th bow?  Wish my sixth looked like that....and was osage. :)  Like the colors too, what kind of rawhide did you use?
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« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2013, 06:38:53 am »
Beautiful bow,very nice job. :)
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Offline dwardo

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Re: short osage
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2013, 06:56:08 am »
Looks like a great bend and nice finish. Cammo not for me but would help hunting I guess.
Also looks like you are drawing out more than 25 so very cool  8)
Very little set too, very nice indeed :)
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Offline half eye

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« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2013, 08:03:04 am »
Now that dog will hunt !!!!! that's very nice in all respects. Performance is suprising for that style, aint it?
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Offline JonW

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« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2013, 08:10:37 am »
Very cool little bow. I like the bend on that one.
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Offline rps3

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« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2013, 08:25:44 am »
I would be very happy with that bow.
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Offline SLIMBOB

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« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2013, 08:37:37 am »
Nice work.  Bend looks darn good to me.
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: short osage
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2013, 10:11:32 am »
I'm really likin those mollys. Great job on that one. Saw JonW's last weekend and it has me a thinkin.  Danny
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Offline Christian Soldier

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Re: short osage
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2013, 10:45:58 am »
I like it. I agree with what BH said about the levers but Its still a darn cool bow.

I have a short stave that I think I'll make a very similar design from. I've always like the idea of a short molly, and you executed that well.
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Offline johnfolchetti

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Re: short osage
« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2013, 12:25:07 pm »
Sweet bend right there.
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