Osage Holey Character Bow

[k-hat]

I wish I could say this was an adult bow, but indeed it is a kid's bow.  A friend of mine has a young'un stoked about archery, and, in order to hopefully steer the boy away from training wheels, I jumped on the chance to make him a bow.  This started out as an adult bow, but sat in the corner for so long I decided to put it to use.  I've been wanting to do a bow with a hole in it, but haven't had a stave with the right character.  I was quite pleased when, while reducing to "kid" thickness, that knot popped out .  Also, they wanted an arrow shelf for him (I've been doing mostly "off the knuckle designs lately), so I fashioned a cut-off from one of my 100+ yr old fenceposts into the shelf.  This'll definitely garner attention when they head to the range!

Nuff, said, here's the pics:

[Ken S]

sweet bow,beautiful tiller, he should love that!

[H Rhodes]

Great work.  That is fine tillering.

[osage outlaw]

Nice character kid bow. 

[Stixnstones]

that tiller is it! great lookin stik for yungin 

[Redhand]

Nice bow. I like the looks of that hickory

[Knotty]

Very nice character on that bow!

What's the draw weight on that thing?

[k-hat]

Thanks for the kind compliments guys.  It aint much on draw weight Knotty, 17# @ 22" is ths max.  It turned out to be just right for him!

I struggle with really "feeling like a bowyer" a lot, but this one made me feel like I can call myself one.  The past few bows have fought me so much I wondered if i should just give it up!  With this one, I just went mostly with feel and look, very little measuring and a lot of intuition, and it all just kind of fell in place.  I kept telling my wife "somethin's bout to go wrong, this one's too easy," but nothin ever did

[DC]

The weight itself can be anything. It's matching it to the recipient that matters

[Aaron H]

Great bend, great bow

[GB]

That is a sweet bow.  Beautiful tiller!

[Knotty]

Don't worry I kept thinking the same , and the worst error I ever did was , thinking it would break when strung up or when shooting (sometimes if you don't believe in Your craftsmanship , it does tend to reflect on the final result)

Remember it's a kid's bow, never be ashamed of Your work.
If it is capable of shooting an arrow, it's a bow!

Well done, and keep it up, I'd really love to see more!

[bradsmith2010]

looks great,,, congrats

[Mounter]

Very cool!!

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