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Offline Hans H

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #30 on: September 14, 2015, 09:04:04 am »
Simon,that`s great, really awesome, all thumps up,   Hans
Hans,      Bavaria, Germany

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #31 on: September 14, 2015, 09:24:12 am »
Well, you've bumped it up another level, Simon. Very well done!  8)
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #32 on: September 14, 2015, 09:50:51 am »
Very nice bow . Plenty of character in that bow. Arvin
Well I'll say!!  Osage is king!!

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #33 on: September 14, 2015, 10:40:44 am »
Very very nice!!

Offline Scottski

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« Reply #34 on: September 14, 2015, 11:30:45 am »
That is a very nice bow. Love the color need to know more about this fuming.
Did the Native Americans think about all this that much or just do it?

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« Reply #35 on: September 14, 2015, 11:32:41 am »
Man oh man. I gotta change my britches

+1000!
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline AndrewS

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #36 on: September 14, 2015, 11:35:26 am »
Great stuff, Simon!

I already fumed my kitchenworkbench made from solid oak, but I think osage this way is better ;)

Offline Blackcoyote

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #37 on: September 14, 2015, 01:28:21 pm »
Always impressive and taking it to the next level Simon, thanks for showing that bow off!
Drew - St. Johns, Michigan

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #38 on: September 14, 2015, 01:56:08 pm »
Oh my.  That one is truly a work of art.  No need for leather, snake skins, etc...wow. 

And, you have a very silly cat. 

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #39 on: September 14, 2015, 02:08:27 pm »
Awesome bow and lovely bend!
I've always wondered about those natural overlays, have you done them alot?
I'd be so afraid of the string getting underneath the ring, no fear of that?

Ryan, I have done that a lot. Not only with osage, also with elm, ash, elder and some others I don't remember yet. I also have posted some of these. I haven't any problem yet. And I use really thin strings!
Stunning bow. I take my hat off to you.
But how come you've got our cat??!! :o
Del

 ;D ;D ;D
To be honest it is the neighbor's cat, but he (male) is the most of the time here in our garden and we are friends. BTW. this is the wildest Cat I know, he is hunting frogs in my pond and jumps in the water - never seen that with an other cat ...


I've been experimenting with fuming too and have to say it works so well I think my bottles of dye will be lasting quite some time......

Oh yeah Mike, I remeber you have announced it. Let's see your results and let us know your thoughts. Be sure to let the damps go out after the fuming process, the fresh wood is like rubber! I'm always surprized about the changing in wood structure and the super smooth surface.
Can't wait to hear your experience.


Ok what is fuming?

Bob, here is more info:
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,52210.0.html
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,48632.0.html

That is a very nice bow. Love the color need to know more about this fuming.

See above


Simon
Bavaria, Germany

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #40 on: September 14, 2015, 02:10:11 pm »
Many thanks for all that nice compliments guys.
I really appreciate all of them.
I keep them coming!
Simon
Bavaria, Germany

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #41 on: September 14, 2015, 05:33:31 pm »
Beautiful! As always. I really love seeing your work. It's truly inspiring.

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #42 on: September 14, 2015, 10:07:21 pm »
I love your flat osage recurves, and maybe this one the most.  Those recurves look to be really opening up!
The specs and profiles alone are enough to make me drool, then the amazing character and color of the bow is just drop dead gorgeous. 
No other bows inspire me to get right back to the workbench. Thanks for sharing.
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the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline LittleBen

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #43 on: September 15, 2015, 09:45:23 am »
Stellar work

Offline alwayslookin

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Re: Osage Golden Brown 62#/28” (Nr. 68)
« Reply #44 on: September 15, 2015, 10:01:32 am »
All I can say is amazing. This one is a beauty to behold.
In all your ways acknowledge  him and he will make your paths straight.