My bows(with good pics!!!)

[wood_bandit99]

These are my two bows that are in my possession. They are osage and there is one that looks like a tooth pick that I made for my little brother (18# @ 18") and there is a mollegabet that is 50# @ 26" that is mine. There is a snaky one in the works and a character stave that is a little snaky. There is a bow I'm working on right now and won't have pics up until I finish it. Thanks

[wood_bandit99]

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[wood_bandit99]

I am also working on an osage English longbow that is rawhide backed that will be my first backed bow.

[Cloudfeather]

Careful with that one on the last pic. If you're not backing it with sinew or rawhide, I'd be wary of weaving in and out of the grain like that. Unless the grain does that?

[Ifrit617]

Careful with that one on the last pic. If you're not backing it with sinew or rawhide, I'd be wary of weaving in and out of the grain like that. Unless the grain does that?

+1 You must follow a grain line. Also please o please take some weight off those levers on the Molle, right now its like you have weights tied onto each tip. You will see a dramatic increase in performance and less handshock. Plus we need to see a full draw.

Jon

[wood_bandit99]

The weight on the tips is less than it looks because the pics are squeezed I'm there. The grain does do that minus parts where it is pointy. That is an unsteady hand and I left some proud

[Newindian]

Ifrit is right there is way to much mass regardless of how much the pic has Been squished, this bow is only about 3# lighter than yours

[Cloudfeather]

Definitely. My first couple mollies had ridiculous war clubs on the ends because I was afraid to have the tips start bending. Just a couple extra growth rings over the working section is usually enough to keep a tip static. In my experience with Osage anyway.

I dig that pistol grip riser. Was thinking of making one on a bow, how's it feel for the grip?

[burchett.donald]

  Good deal Bandit, keep'em coming. Pics look better now to. Would love to see full draw. Where is that you are shooting, looks like a nice range.

[wood_bandit99]

I love the pistol grip!! It is about 1.25" in middle and 1" on each end of it. And 1.5" tall doing a slight crescent to 2". I also make a shelf that my thumb sits on then take the edge off so it's hardly noticible but helps grip placement.

And burchett.donald, the range was the okc gun range. It is pretty nice and they have a trad 3d shoot every June.

[blackhawk]

Ouch!!!!     take a good loooong  look at this bow.... then go reduce those levers "big" time...I suspect and have a suspicion the tiller is off too by your braced profile.....hey...if you can dish it out ya better be able to take it back yourself 

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[The Gopher]

 Yeah I'd say that is a bit more than 1/4" positive tiller! You need to reduce that lower limb on the Mollie.

[BowEd]

WB99.....Thanks for posting.Your pics have answered a lot of my curious questions.I suggest you make it to the tennessee classic next spring.The fellas display some of their favorites in the wood working shop.You won't be disappointed.

[BowEd]

Sweet looking and acting molly blackawk.

[wood_bandit99]

The tiller is a little over an 8th positive. The pics are squished. And this was my first Molly so I'm not gonna mess with it. Ill make a new one