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Offline OldBow

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #15 on: July 03, 2009, 11:29:33 am »
First self bow for July. A very nice one, too.
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #16 on: July 03, 2009, 11:35:58 am »
Beautiful bow Manny. Really like that tiller, and the weight ;)

You ran the backing under the overlay- how's that work? And how wide is your handle?


Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #17 on: July 03, 2009, 12:56:56 pm »
thanks guys,

yeah Timo, like the look of Osage belly, but hate the look of the back,    LOL, big but, he ?





kegan, I do that quite often, allways worked fine :)  ...how wide ? ...let me mesure, but I would quess less than 3/4"
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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #18 on: July 03, 2009, 02:37:39 pm »
BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #19 on: July 03, 2009, 02:38:43 pm »

PS: did you dye that silk by yourself??
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Offline Ghost Dog

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #20 on: July 03, 2009, 09:17:53 pm »
Man that is a really great looking bow. Damn.
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #21 on: July 03, 2009, 11:00:05 pm »
Nice bow Manny.You should'nt have any trouble skewering those tropical pigs y'all have over there with that rocket. God Bless
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #22 on: July 03, 2009, 11:17:57 pm »
thanks guys.

frank, the print was on the silk already, I liked because it reminded me a bit of indian designs
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2009, 01:16:39 am »
Sweet looking bow Manny. That's interesting that you glue the overlays right over the backing. I never thought to do it that way -  I'll have to try that.
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #24 on: July 04, 2009, 12:30:24 pm »
Thanks Manny. Cloth backings and overlays have always given me trouble. You jsut saved me many more hours of messing up tips ;D

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #25 on: July 04, 2009, 05:49:44 pm »
Thanks Gordon


Yeah kegan, once you've decided to back a stave is better to do it before the overlays are glued on, the transition than is much better  ;D
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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #26 on: July 04, 2009, 05:56:17 pm »
.....Ho yeah forgot, the handle is 3/4" wide and 1 1/2" deep
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2009, 09:14:29 am »
Thanks Manny ;D! Maybe for once I'll get a bow backed with cloth that doesn't look like a dog's been chewing on it :D

Offline redwasp

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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #28 on: July 05, 2009, 09:29:36 pm »
A always nice bow. Like the silk backing and the curves. I thought it took me a long time to make one.
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Re: Osage bow
« Reply #29 on: July 05, 2009, 09:36:21 pm »
well everybody done said what i would ,so yea great job.
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