I wanted to make just a simple no frills basic bendy handle osage at the shoot in marshall...guess I wasn't the only one cus Paulsemp had the same idea
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...so simple bows we built...I started chasing a ring about ten o clock in the morn and by 5:30 I was ready to shoot it,but I had to do some venison steaks,tenderloins,n backstraps first for dinner
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...anyways pearl took his he made,and paul took his he made and cody tagged along and we went and shot the course shooting our bows in with a scraper n sandpaper in my back pocket,but none of us needed em cus we made our bows out of the king
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...it just goes to show it don't take long to make a simple bow..in between that time I also shot a round,bs'ed with folks,took a lunch break,and a I watch the kids break,and I prob only spent 4 hours(still a generous guess) of actual work time before I was ready to shoot it...and that was with nothing but handtools only,and no tiller sticks or trees,or scales to weigh it while tillering or after(until today I scaled it)...I also kept it simple by never once touching it with a heat gun,so zero heat shaping or corrections...just took a stick and widdled it down....el natural...I do enjoy making a bow that way from time to time
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so it came out at 58" ntn...61@27"...pin nocks...hempwrap handle...n that's it
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almost forgot to mention this was made from very tight ringed osage....the rings are +/- 1/32"...heres a crappy shot of em
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