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Offline Almostpighunter

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Painted Osage
« on: December 20, 2013, 06:22:45 pm »
Hey all,

Been gone a while, but thought I post one up before the end of the year so here we go  :)

Bow: 64" (T2T) Osage Orange backed with rawhide, static reflex tips (last 10" of the limbs) and pseudo Native North American artwork. Nice little character knothole at the base of the handle, perfect for a fishing spool :).

Bow pulls 48#@28", whisper quiet and pretty darn fast.

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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2013, 06:24:08 pm »
That's AWESOME!!!  Nice paint job too.
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Offline Brian Hoffer

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2013, 06:54:25 pm »
Love those colors.  Great work!
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2013, 07:06:14 pm »
Nice Job!
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Offline Will H

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2013, 07:18:55 pm »
Cool!
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2013, 08:31:15 pm »
That looks great. 8)
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Offline wood_bandit 99

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2013, 10:29:41 pm »
Mike, The tips seem a little thick to me.
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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2013, 10:48:45 pm »
Quote from: wood_bandit 99 on December 20, 2013, 10:29:41 pm
Mike, The tips seem a little thick to me.

Was waiting for Blackhawk to come in with that statement. lol
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Offline soy

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2013, 11:09:52 pm »
Nice to see you aph cool paint!
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2013, 11:19:04 pm »
Nice work looks great.
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Offline seabass

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2013, 11:33:15 pm »
very nice.love the artwork.
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2013, 11:53:42 pm »
Quote from: wood_bandit 99 on December 20, 2013, 10:29:41 pm
Mike, The tips seem a little thick to me.

The tips look perfectly fine !!!

Wow that is gorgeous
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Offline bubby

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2013, 12:15:56 am »
Actually the tips do  a bit seam bit heavy to me as well, lose some of that mass  pick up some fps,
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Offline mwosborn

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2013, 12:35:51 am »
Like the looks of it - very nice.
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Offline Almostpighunter

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Re: Painted Osage
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2013, 01:24:07 am »
Thanks guys. Yes the tips are a bit thick, but they are also only 1/2" at the widest point. In any case, the bow shoots amazingly well and the chronie gave me numbers that I am very satisfied with (3 arrow sizes in my "bag": 535grn = 149fps, 465grn = 163fps (not quite 10gpp), 385grn = 178fps. Averaged out.) I realize these aren't the most blazing speeds ever posted, and I also agree that I might have been able to eek out a few more fps if I continued to sand down the tips, but I'm not so much a "fps" junkie as I am an accuracy and no vibration/handshock fanatic.

There's a saying that goes, "A true artist's greatest skill is knowing when to stop."... or something like that...

I don't know if the title truly applies in this case, but I agree that sometimes you have to know when to stop tinkering.

Besides, I like the way it looks  ;)
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