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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« on: November 15, 2017, 11:57:59 am »
 Hello guys and gals. I had a chance to finish up another bow for a friend. It is a 64" osage bow. It is 50#@28". It had a slight natural deflex to the limbs which I kept as part of the design and used direct heat to flip the tips on her. I finished the back with sturgeon skins and did a turquois paint job for the transition where the sturgeon skins ended. I also painted the sides and the remainder of the tips in midnight black. I also did a wrap on upper limb in black and turquois. I did a antler inlay for strike plate to match the bone plates on the sturgeon skins. I also did horn tip overlays and finished her off with a black handle/black trim to go around the antler strike plate to keep her quiet when releasing a arrow. I also like the way the black contrasted with the antler inlay. The bow draws super smooth and shoots great.I took the pictures with a quiver I made from a bear I harvested with my bow a few years ago. The arrows are wild holly bush shoots and coral tips.
















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Offline jeffp51

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2017, 12:05:58 pm »
Very very nice.  I have been wanting to back a bow with sturgeon skins, since snake skins are verboten in Utah.  Where did you get yours?  I have been having trouble finding them.
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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2017, 12:10:19 pm »
Mike from Boyer bows. the same guy that has the you tube videos.
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Offline Badger

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2017, 12:22:30 pm »
Very nice job! You nailed it
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Offline leonwood

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2017, 02:33:01 pm »
Awesome bow again! You sure put some time in dressing up this one. Sturgeon skins are a big thing nowadays! And it looks great 8)
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Offline Pat B

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2017, 02:37:23 pm »
Very nice bow, NTV. Well done.   :OK
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2017, 02:52:11 pm »
Sweet! congrats  ;)
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2017, 03:58:03 pm »
Very nice
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2017, 04:45:23 pm »
Very nice man I realy like the way you did your tips and overlays congrats ! Sweet !
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Offline BowEd

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2017, 06:02:43 pm »
Very nice bow NTV.A labor of love with astounding finish work.
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Offline Morgan

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2017, 08:45:45 pm »
Lucky friend! I like every aspect of that bow. Very well done!
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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2017, 09:15:13 am »
Thank you everyone for the kind words. I love the magazine and this forum. There is so many talented bowyers on here it makes us all kick it up a notch and try harder to create better and better work. I just was given permission to harvest a acre of osage so I am pumped about having me and better material for future builds.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2017, 11:10:00 am »
Real nice job.  Your freind will like it, I'm sure!
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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2017, 09:06:22 am »
Thx Hawkdancer, For me it is a lot easier to make them for myself. I always critique and over thin the bows I make for others. Its hard to let them go when you talk to yourself saying I should of done this an I could of done that better...
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: new 64" osage bow with sturgeon skins
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2017, 10:49:10 am »
Real nice bow 1969. Looks like some real good bows for this
Months BOM.
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