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Offline CrazyHorse1969

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Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« on: January 10, 2017, 08:02:20 pm »
Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25” (A shout-out to Osage Outlaw for the Osage stave.)

While building this bow, I discovered there’s really a species of snakes called Osage Copperheads, interesting. Didn’t know. I, of course, backed this bow with a faux cloth Copperhead snakeskin because—well, I didn’t have (and couldn’t afford) a real one!

The wife was a touch recalcitrant to take a picture, so this is the only full draw shot I could get on an otherwise gloomy, windy day in Colorado.

Thanks for looking.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2017, 08:19:57 pm »
Nice work sir!
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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2017, 08:21:48 pm »
Good job on that bow.
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2017, 08:50:32 pm »
Nice bow, your wife did a good job on the picture taking it's a nice looking full draw.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2017, 08:50:44 pm »
Very nice bow.  I really like those faux copperheads.  They look great!
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Offline CrazyHorse1969

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2017, 09:29:04 pm »
Thanks, ya'll.

I stained the whole bow, including the faux cloth snakeskin, with a Light Pecan stain just to see what it would look like. With the eight thin coats of Tru Oil I finished it with, it looks much better on a sunnier day.

For something like $12, and the easy application (I really just sized [spelling?] the back with TB3 then brushed on watered-down TB3), the faux cloth snakeskin is a nice alternative to spending over $100.

Here are few better pictures.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2017, 09:38:51 pm »
Nice. Why don't you want to draw it farther back?
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Offline CrazyHorse1969

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2017, 09:46:30 pm »
Quote from: PatM on January 10, 2017, 09:38:51 pm
Nice. Why don't you want to draw it farther back?

Hah! You're right, sir. It was literally the only full draw picture (well, almost full draw picture) I could get. I didn't even notice. Good eye. It draws back more--been shooting it a bunch.
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2017, 09:50:22 pm »
Nice bow that backing looks good.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2017, 11:21:06 pm »
Pretty bow!
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2017, 11:39:48 pm »
There are a lot of folks posting from back in copperhead country.  They are sneaky snakes and if I remember right, often nasty tempered!  Nice bow! 
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Offline CrazyHorse1969

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2017, 12:08:25 am »
Quote from: Hawkdancer on January 10, 2017, 11:39:48 pm
There are a lot of folks posting from back in copperhead country.  They are sneaky snakes and if I remember right, often nasty tempered!  Nice bow! 
Hawkdancer

Yeah. When I was a little kid, my parents moved to a swamp-ridden property in Virginia. I remember seeing Copperheads--like a lot of them--from the living room window, sunning. We were advised not mow the lawn.
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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2017, 04:43:13 am »
Nice work, good looking bow. :)
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Osage Copperhead 60” tip-to-tip, 45#@25”
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2017, 10:01:40 am »
Nothing wrong with that.  Nice job
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« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2017, 10:15:39 am »
Nice bow!
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