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Offline make-n-break

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2017, 10:02:01 pm »
Gorgeous weapon.
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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2017, 12:17:35 am »
Beautiful bow, Ed...form and function.  8)
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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2017, 05:49:04 am »
Nice work straightening that stick Ed, Turned out nice. :)
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Offline rps3

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2017, 06:35:40 am »
Looks great. I often kick myself because I almost always forget to take the before shot.

Offline Will B

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #19 on: May 24, 2017, 07:05:27 am »
Great looking bow.  Excellent job!

Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #20 on: May 24, 2017, 07:13:04 am »
Nice bow Ed.
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #21 on: May 24, 2017, 08:20:38 am »
Thanks fellas.....
Waiting for 2 other close to bows to dry out or season prompted me to grab this seasoned one.All I got left for osage staves are some really characterish ones now.Sent the straighter easier ones off in trades.Hope my old heat gun holds up.It's a wagner and has been good to me.
The over and under lay is some spare bloodwood hanging around here.
I'll shoot it in a lot more through the summer and at Mo Jam also.It's been helping me come closer to my anchor consistently.I'd like to see Robin start shooting also.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #22 on: May 24, 2017, 10:18:23 am »
Great looking bow Ed.  I also love the transformation pictures. :OK

Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #23 on: May 24, 2017, 07:47:44 pm »
Awesome job! shes a looker.great tiller also.

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #24 on: May 24, 2017, 07:59:27 pm »
Very fine bow you have made. So how's this fuming thing work?

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #25 on: May 24, 2017, 09:30:08 pm »
Dubois.....No fuming done on this one.Just rawhide and fiebings leather dye.I think simson is the master fumer.
Thanks Aaron and ntvbowyer.
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #26 on: May 24, 2017, 11:49:21 pm »
Well it looks great. I'm gonna have to try that soon.

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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #27 on: May 25, 2017, 12:28:45 am »
Thanks DuBois.You can use any colors you want but this one was made with 4 colors.yellow,tan,red,and black.Starting with the lightest color first being yellow doing a whole limb first middle of handle to tip.Then the tan from middle of handle but stopping short of the tip 8 or 9 inches.Then the red from middle of the handle stopping shorter yet from the tip say 16 to 18 inches.Then the black from middle if the handle out past the fades a ways.
Each darker color over the previous lighter color.Each time when stopping to feather it out as you stop to fade it out into the other color.I found it the easiest to use a paper towel to apply the dye.I had more control on the fading out aspect.
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« Last Edit: May 25, 2017, 07:42:33 am by Beadman »
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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #28 on: May 25, 2017, 08:48:32 pm »
Great tiller and bow from a challenging stick, but, I have to ask, who gets you dressed in the morning, Ed? :OK
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Re: Sunburst Osage
« Reply #29 on: May 25, 2017, 08:56:26 pm »
^lol^ but don't worry Bead, left to my own devices, my FD pic will be slippers, PJ bottoms and a camo shirt.  O:)
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