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Offline IDreamofOsage

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Green With Envy
« on: February 25, 2013, 09:25:02 pm »
     Ok guys, I've been lurking on here for a while now admiring all of your guy's workmanship. I made a few bows a few years back (actually about 16 years back). Went back to modern equipment for a while and started getting the urge to shoot traditional again. Cut a bunch of osage about this time last year. While I was waiting on it to dry I tried making a hickory bow which I ended up messing up. Picked out an Osage stave a couple of weeks ago and started a new attempt. The result was "Green With Envy"
       A little over 57" overall length. 56" NTN. Draws 70lbs @ 26" Walnut and Bone tip overlays. Green dye on back and sides as well as belly, distressed the stain on the back and sanded the belly to let the gold coloring shine through. Buckskin Grip and coyote string silencers. This was made with the sapwood left on. To impatient to wait for the color to darken so I dyed it! Has some string follow and set also tiller may be a little off but overall I'm happy with it! I've shot a couple of hundred arrows out of it, she shoots sweet! What do you think?


















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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2013, 09:28:37 pm »
That sucker is bending now!
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2013, 09:31:58 pm »
That is sweet like the way you dyed it green also like the knot hole in the limb.
Rob
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2013, 09:45:21 pm »
Looks really cool!  Like what you did with it!
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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2013, 09:48:47 pm »
That is sweet. Looks like you got about all the bend you could expect out of that one.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2013, 09:58:26 pm »
That is a wicked little green orange bow!  Nice work.  Glad you came back to wood bows!
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2013, 11:01:45 pm »
Holy shiite Muslim cleric!

If you ain't been building bows for 16 years, you sure picked a tough stave to re-introduce yourself to the task!  The tiller looks plenty good for that much character, and you got every bit of bend outa that wood that can be had, wow!
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Offline bigpapa

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2013, 11:21:29 pm »
That is one sick adze bow!!
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Offline Don

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2013, 12:30:59 am »
I like it. Humps, bumps, twists, turns and a hole.
Whats not to love, it's got it all.
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2013, 12:38:22 am »
Nice job...bend...dye job & everything!! 8)
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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2013, 07:03:04 am »
Now that is green,  :) cool. Lots of bend it that stick.Nice job. :)
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Offline IDreamofOsage

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2013, 07:38:35 am »
Thanks for all of the positive comments guys, I really appreciate it!   ;D I thought it looked pretty good but wondered what everyone else would think. Thanks again!
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2013, 08:09:34 am »
Nice bow. Tiller looks good to me. #70  :-[
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Offline Dictionary

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2013, 01:42:39 pm »
This is one hell of a bow!
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Green With Envy
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2013, 03:49:18 pm »
That makes two of us, green with envy!  Very nice bow! 
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