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Offline Hrothgar

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Gold Dust 2 with pics
« on: October 02, 2012, 11:46:46 am »
This is a follow up of a stave I posted 3 or 4 weeks back. Just a split off an osage stave I couldn't bring myself to throw away, so turned it into 'plains style' bow for my grandson. The brace tiller isn't perfect as you can see--may have to work on that later. 53" tip to tip, 1 1/4" at the fades, 3/4" at the nocks, 7/8" thick at the handle. 34# at 22", wrapped with jute.
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Re: Gold Dust 2 with pics
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2012, 12:03:22 pm »
Very nice save on a pices of so called scrap wood. :) Like they say ,don't take much Osage to make a bow. :)
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Gold Dust 2 with pics
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2012, 12:05:13 pm »
Your grandson should be very pleased with this little bow.  8)
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Re: Gold Dust 2 with pics
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2012, 02:59:48 pm »
I'm my experience, grandkids care a lot less about perfect tiller than we do. :)  Looks like a great bow.

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Offline half eye

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Re: Gold Dust 2 with pics
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2012, 04:43:44 pm »
"H", Ya probably need to worry more about the neighborhood critters than the tiller, because one of the few things I do know for sure is that little ones will whistle arrows down range any chance they get ::)
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Re: Gold Dust 2 with pics
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2012, 10:18:30 pm »
Thanks for the kind remarks guys.

Rich, you're right. Last weekend I took grandsons and bows to the farm, they were more interested in seeing how far they could launch an arrow, rather than trying to hit the target.  :laugh:
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