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Offline Floridabowyer

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Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« on: September 22, 2015, 03:14:46 pm »
I'm not sure why I have such a fascination with these short sinew backed bows but they sure are fun to build and shoot. This one is osage with sinew making up about a third of the thickness. It's 40" TTT and pulls #42 at 20" of draw. I did let the sinew season for two months prior to finish tillering. Even so, the tiller changes a little from day to day and it continues gaining reflex which now stands at 3" freshly unbraced and rises to almost 4" overnight. I've read where short sinew bows can be "tweaked" by gently placing the bow over a knee and adjusting which has worked just fine.

It is not a replica of anything but just a neat little bow. Oh, the skin is from a smaller Florida cottonmouth which has a nice color pattern.
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Offline Floridabowyer

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2015, 03:15:41 pm »
full draw
« Last Edit: September 22, 2015, 04:19:19 pm by Floridabowyer »
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2015, 03:30:13 pm »
Looking like a pretty cool little bow.  Can't wait to see the full draw
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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2015, 03:49:23 pm »
KEWL!!! :)  thatll fit nicely in your back pocket  :laugh:
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2015, 04:32:47 pm »
Sooo cool....nicely done.
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Offline JonW

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2015, 04:34:35 pm »
Sweet. Man I dig that.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2015, 05:58:32 pm »
Nice work on that shorty, looks like a deadly weapon and the tiller and finish look great as well. I love the picture of it sitting atop the pop can, really shows the scale. :)



 
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2015, 06:16:37 pm »
very nice congrats,, I am tillering a 40 inch black locust with sinew,, it is 60# at 20 inches right now,, I need to take some weight off,,, what kind of arrows are working best for you,, thanks B
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2015, 06:32:28 pm »
Cool little bow!   8)
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2015, 07:21:30 pm »
Yep .....very nice............. full draw says it all
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Offline Floridabowyer

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2015, 08:22:00 pm »
Thanks folks for the kind words! Sure do like looking at everyones work on here for direction and inspiration.

Bradsmith, I've been using tonkin cane arrows with standard sinew wrapped 3 fletch out of this bow with good results. Also been using osage scraps as foreshafts for target practice and have a few points I knapped out of chert mounted to a few of the tonkin arrows. The cane arrows really fly well maybe because most of my bows have the string tracking closer to the side the arrow is to be shot off of.
Can't wait to see that Black Locust you have going.
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Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2015, 08:23:25 pm »
Very cool bow!
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2015, 10:10:21 pm »
Nice looking bow.  I really like short sinew backed bows.  The skins looks good on it.  I've acquired a few cotton mouth skins this summer and can't wait to put them on a bow.
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Offline tallpine

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2015, 10:49:48 pm »
Nice job on that little bow. They are addictive, I just finished one and have started another. 
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Short sinew backed osage (cottonmouth)
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2015, 12:30:40 am »
40" and pullin' over 40# at just 20" ... that's insane! Insanely beautiful. Congrats!!
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