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Offline diliviu

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #30 on: February 09, 2016, 03:24:55 pm »
O man, what a Bow! That was a stave I would never dare to tame. You turned it to a functional artwork!

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #31 on: February 10, 2016, 07:07:23 am »
Woo, great work...
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #32 on: February 10, 2016, 01:31:57 pm »
That looks to be well worth the effort. Way to test your skills and turn out a fine bow with some wicked looks.  8)
"The bow is the old first lyre,
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 wizardgoat

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #33 on: February 10, 2016, 01:47:46 pm »
Great job, very cool profiles on this one.

Offline Hans H

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #34 on: February 10, 2016, 03:23:43 pm »
very nice, congrats.
Hans
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Offline loon

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #35 on: February 10, 2016, 04:49:25 pm »
Damn, that looks awesome! Wicked!

Offline bushboy

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #36 on: February 10, 2016, 05:55:44 pm »
Wow!that turned out beautiful,great job on that character stave!
Some like motorboats,I like kayaks,some like guns,I like bows,but not the wheelie type.

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #37 on: February 11, 2016, 11:46:04 am »
That bow looks sexy for sure.
Looking at the faded stain, what is this - are there violated rings or is this painted?
I'm convinced the bow shoots good, and your asking a lot from that wood - most of the bend in the inner thirds - probably only possible with osage
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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #38 on: February 11, 2016, 12:11:08 pm »
Simson - Thank you. :) The rings aren't violated at the yip, this piece had what I call "ghost rings" where the grain looks like there are multiple ring layers in each ring. Only ever saw that one other time. Needless to say, chasing a ring was a real head scratcher. Lol

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #39 on: February 11, 2016, 01:44:46 pm »
Simson - Thank you. :) The rings aren't violated at the yip, this piece had what I call "ghost rings" where the grain looks like there are multiple ring layers in each ring. Only ever saw that one other time. Needless to say, chasing a ring was a real head scratcher. Lol

Lunar rings
"The bow is the old first lyre,
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 Will H

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #40 on: February 11, 2016, 04:45:01 pm »
Nice job! I'm a fan of them snakey staves! You done this one justice!!
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Offline hunterbob

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #41 on: February 11, 2016, 07:38:25 pm »
I would say you nailed that one. Nice work. 

Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: "Sidewinder" Osage Self Bow - 45# @ 28"
« Reply #42 on: February 12, 2016, 10:10:08 am »
Carson - I don't know any better, but I thought the "lunar" aspect was a myth? More to do with weather, rainfall, etc? I'm just curious as I'm just recently learning about it.