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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #15 on: March 27, 2013, 12:35:29 pm »
Nice bends!
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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #16 on: March 27, 2013, 12:53:11 pm »
Nice one!  Tiller looks good!
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Offline Onebowonder

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« Reply #17 on: March 27, 2013, 01:01:16 pm »
That'll be pretty easy to carry in the woods and should proove exceptionally lethal!  I like the contrast between the belly color and the dark painted backing.

BTW - I really don't see the stiffness you mentioned in the lower limb.  It looks pretty near perfect to me!

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Offline Trapper Rob

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« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2013, 01:55:35 pm »
Nice bow & camo job.
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Offline Bryce

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Re: short osage
« Reply #19 on: March 27, 2013, 06:22:58 pm »
Love short bows:)
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Re: short osage
« Reply #20 on: March 27, 2013, 08:41:37 pm »
Thanks everyone for your compliments. I'm hoping to get good enough for a horn bow. But for now I'm really pleased with this one. Man it really shoots nice.   :D
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Re: short osage
« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2013, 01:51:41 pm »
Good job! A lot of bend out of that shorty.
I also think you could reduce a little the levers, but anyways - great bow.
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Offline ssgtchad

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« Reply #22 on: September 12, 2013, 06:46:27 pm »
It developed some serious hand shock about a month after posting. I noticed that the upper limb had a lateral bend that needed attention so I striped the rawhide off, steamed the corrections,  and took blackhawks advise and trimmed some fat off the levers. This is how it came out. Leather die finish, and sealed with bee's wax. Hand shovk is gone and shoots much better.
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: short osage Reworked new pic added
« Reply #23 on: September 12, 2013, 07:28:08 pm »
nice, i like that one.
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Offline adb

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Re: short osage Reworked new pic added
« Reply #24 on: September 12, 2013, 07:50:28 pm »
Whoa! That sucker is bending! Nice fix. Without those Mollie levers, that bow would stack something awful.

The lighter tips improved the hand shock I'd say. I have a hickory backed osage Holmegaard that would rattle your fillings loose. I re-worked and refined the tips as you did, and it's much sweeter to shoot. All you have to do is have enough wood that those levers don't bend. Anything else is just useless weight, and the tips are not a good place to have it.
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