Osage "Festbow" - 75#@25"

[loefflerchuck]

Beauty. I like the tips.

[upstatenybowyer]

That tiller looks spot on and I really dig the sunburst. 

[BowEd]

Very nice all around work on that bow.

[leonwood]

Wow that is a good one! I like the profile, looks both smooth and deadly! Bet that will spit them out with quite some punch!

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow, very nice tiller, 75LBs WOW, Wished I could pull that but them days are far behind be.
 Pappy

[Stickhead]

Thanks for all the kind words, guys!

This one's definitely on the heavy side, but with my stubby arms, I have good reason to strive towards heavier bows.  I figure you gorillas out there drawing 28" or more have about a 22% mechanical advantage over me.  That is, a 55# @ 28" stores around as much energy as a 67# @ 24".  So for me to have a decent casting bow, I gotta do more push-ups and up the weight.

[Morgan]

That is very nice. I really like the tips. I have a bucket of antlers that I want to use for tips but can’t work up the nerve to try it

[Nidhoggr]

Thanks for all the kind words, guys!

This one's definitely on the heavy side, but with my stubby arms, I have good reason to strive towards heavier bows.  I figure you gorillas out there drawing 28" or more have about a 22% mechanical advantage over me.  That is, a 55# @ 28" stores around as much energy as a 67# @ 24".  So for me to have a decent casting bow, I gotta do more push-ups and up the weight.

I feel your pain there.  I have a 23ish" draw length lol.  About to pursue a 65#@28" 62" recurve so I can get it to shoot 53#@23".

[Tamish]

A nice one
I love the tips

[simson]

I was watching the pics first, the wife looked over my shoulder: Wow look someone made the German flag ...

.... Then I read your text. Didn't know you have imported the Oktoberfest, 

Nice bow btw. with adecent weight.

[ohma2]

Nice work on that and you seem to handle the weight well judging from the full draw,i mean you dont appear to be grimacing or messing your pants.

[Parnell]

Mighty fine looking bow Stickhead!  Like your color combo.

[Philipp A]

Sieht aber gut aus! Awesome looking bow now you only need to get one of these in front of it 

[Badger]

   These shorter drawing bows are what got me interested in the no set tillering method. I couldn't help but notice how snappy they are in spite of the short draw. The answer was real simple, the wood had not been overstressed.

[Stickhead]

Thanks, guys!

And dankeschön, Simson & Phillipp!

Steve - yeah, I agree about the stress/set issue for shorter draws.  I figure the draw length to bow length ratio is the determining factor on stressing a bow, all other things being equal.

...Tom