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Offline Accipiter

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2016, 07:54:16 pm »
I would be impressed to see any bow at all come out of wood like that, but you've made a work of art! Pretty darn sweet, especially at dull draw  :o
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2016, 08:05:17 pm »
Just wonderin, did you p"&$ off sidewinder before he sent that to ya?😜
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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2016, 08:41:26 pm »
Quote from: stixnstones on February 07, 2016, 08:05:17 pm
Just wonderin, did you p"&$ off sidewinder before he sent that to ya?😜

Lol, this was from my stash of 60yr old osage log staves. Just happened to be all funky.
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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2016, 08:44:41 pm »
I forgot to mention...

The tips were done with a leather dye that I faded with some acetone. the rattlesnake skins were leftovers from a bow I did about a year and a half ago, and there was a small scar along the belly which I painted with some turquoise acrylic paint.
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Offline Weylin

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2016, 09:21:30 pm »
That turned out great, James! I love everything about it. Your fade with the stain turned out well. I'll have to give that a try.
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Offline GB

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2016, 11:34:56 pm »
Wow, that's impressive!  Beautiful work on that tough stave.
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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2016, 01:03:11 am »
Great job, Snakier the better! John
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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2016, 08:24:14 am »
Nice job and a tough stave, them kind of staves will teach you a lot that is for sure. :)
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Offline Badger

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2016, 08:56:04 am »
  Great job, those kinks in a stave drive me up a wall, you seem to have a good eye.
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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2016, 09:51:01 am »
Thanks guys. I wasn't quite sure what I was doing as I tillered it, so I tried to make sure the tips were close to bending even. I guess just balancing the inner part of the limb bending with the outer parts opening up. Will definitely have to try a R/D design again.
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Offline Will B

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2016, 10:15:30 am »
WOW!  Nice character bow.  You did a great job on that piece.
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Offline jimmy

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2016, 11:22:50 am »
Wow.  A bow like that is a lesson in patience that not very many modern wood workers would understand.  Congratulations for getting through it, good job!
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Offline DuBois

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2016, 11:35:57 am »
That's one craxzy bow! I like it. Way to save it from the scrap pile  ;D ;D ;D
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Offline Urufu_Shinjiro

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #28 on: February 08, 2016, 11:39:58 am »
Wow, what a bow, take a bow like that to the range and you'll spend more time talking to folks about it than shooting, very impressive work!
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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #29 on: February 09, 2016, 12:51:24 pm »
Lol, I've still yet to get to any local archery ranges around my area. I'm going to try and make it a point to do so in the near future.
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