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Offline IndianGuy

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Osage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow. (unstrung pic added)
« on: June 26, 2013, 07:02:36 pm »
This bow was made from a propeller twisted piece of well seasoned bodark, It has two layers of elk leg sinew applied with homemade hide glue, then covered with elk rawhide. The bow's paint was inspired by Laubin"s "Osage Turk".

The bow is a Lil over 50 pounds at 27" and chroned 162 fps consistently with a 514 grain cedar arrow. No shame in that! Bow is only 52.5" long.
Enjoy the pics.

Eric
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Offline IndianGuy

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2013, 07:03:18 pm »
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Offline IndianGuy

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2013, 07:03:57 pm »
few more
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2013, 07:13:23 pm »
Wow!! This goes in my list of top 10 most beautiful bows I've ever seen. You did a heck of a job on it
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Offline IndianGuy

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2013, 07:19:17 pm »
last one.
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Offline Ozzy

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2013, 07:53:16 pm »
Very nice bow
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2013, 08:19:02 pm »
That's a nice bow right there.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2013, 09:30:02 pm »
Wow, that is a lot of bend.  Looks fast.  I like that paint job too.
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2013, 09:52:20 pm »
Fine looking bow.
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Offline steve b.

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2013, 10:05:43 pm »
 Yikes, a real beauty.  I'm thinking, from some of your other posts, that you are the go-to guy for tips on how to sinew...?
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2013, 10:12:32 pm »
Nice work on a great looking bow. You are giving me some motivation to get busy.
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Offline IndianGuy

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2013, 10:24:28 pm »
Thanks for the compliments as for sinew backing the bow is only 52"with a non bending handle that's 5" so I only have 47 inches of working limb, This bow will draw 28" as the arrow in the picture is 28" to the back of the field point. With 47" of working limb a rough draw length should be half of the working limbs length which would be  23.5" the sinew allows for some great overdraw of 4.5 more inches. I feel the bow would give more but my draw is only 27".
The trick to sinew backing is plenty of sinew and hide glue...not tight bond as many seem to use now days.

Eric
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2013, 10:24:44 pm »
Thats a bender there, good looker too and those performance stats make that one nice bow for sure. I like !
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Offline steve b.

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2013, 11:15:40 pm »
Eric,

A.  How did you deal with the propeller twist?

B.  Where can I find any info that you have posted about backing a bow or can I ask my 3-400 questions right here?  :)
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Oaage, Sinew, Rawhide painted bow.
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2013, 11:23:13 pm »
Got the most out of that one! Nice work.


Tracy
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