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Offline sleek

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Re: challenging osage
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2014, 12:21:11 pm »


Not much left but we will see...
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Re: challenging osage
« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2014, 12:23:08 pm »


Lucky for me it doesnt take much osage to make a bow. This is gonna be what I call a ribbon bow, thin, wide, and having ribbon like curves.
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Re: challenging osage
« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2014, 01:52:16 pm »


Here we are braced and still in one piece. Thats always a plus.
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Re: challenging osage
« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2014, 02:08:23 pm »
Now I have reached a delima. Its a good looking bow. I drew it to 25# and heard it start to rip though I see no obvious damage yet. Do I break it to see where and hope I can fix it on its sister stave or keep it as a wall hanger?
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Re: challenging osage
« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2014, 02:14:00 pm »


Never mind I found it.
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Re: challenging osage
« Reply #20 on: December 18, 2014, 02:15:34 pm »
Its a shame really, such is life. Very brittle wood. Makes me wonder how all these fence post bows survive?
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Re: challenging osage
« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2014, 02:20:42 pm »
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Re: challenging osage
« Reply #22 on: December 18, 2014, 03:44:39 pm »
I really think you can save that splinter. Run sum thin superglue intp splinter, quickly unstring, then wrap area with serving set in glue
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