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Offline BowEd

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Snakey Indiana osage
« on: July 25, 2018, 02:13:24 pm »
While at Mo Jam Clint and me managed to horse trade a bit.A part about these bow making gatherings I like to get involved in.I got this snakey stave from him in the deal.I've roughed her out to dry out inside the house and will work on it later.It has some nice leopard like reddish spots all though it back and belly.It ought to make a pretty snake bow.Thanks Clint.

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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2018, 02:29:54 pm »
That'll be a fun one. Looking forward to seeing it finished!

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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2018, 02:42:20 pm »
I'm excited to see what you get from it Ed. 
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2018, 02:42:41 pm »
That will make one sweat looking bow , with some good Ind. hedge look forward to seeing that one Ed !
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2018, 02:45:44 pm »
There's a good looking bow in that one.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2018, 02:55:33 pm »
Perfect stave for you to work some magic on Ed. If it were mine I'd have a tough time deciding whether to leave those leopard spots exposed or cover them with a snake skin.

Decisions, decisions...

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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2018, 02:57:36 pm »
A snakey stave is rare.  A red spotted snakey stave is even more rare.  I say let the natural beauty show.
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2018, 02:59:43 pm »
Ed,
You are doing that stave right man.  looks @#$%^ good :)
DBar
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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2018, 05:38:26 pm »
Beautiful stave! Excited to see it bend.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2018, 06:48:26 pm »
Quote from: osage outlaw on July 25, 2018, 02:57:36 pm
A snakey stave is rare.  A red spotted snakey stave is even more rare.  I say let the natural beauty show.

I think you may be right OO.
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2018, 07:00:48 pm »
I had planned to let it be what is on the back.It does'nt have a string on it yet so I'll see what happens.I get that reddish hew in the Iowa osage too many times but it's mostly in the early wood as streaks all along a growth ring.Not as random dots like the stave from Clint.
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2018, 07:13:11 pm »
This should be entertaining  (-P. Beautiful stave.
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2018, 07:23:10 am »
It's got about the right degree of angled curves to look like a snake.Made some in the past close to similar but not quite as pronounced.This one has fairly thin rings so it'll get plenty of length on it to reduce stress.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2018, 07:36:37 am »
That's the special, BowEd. Did you seal the back? Jawge
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Re: Snakey Indiana osage
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2018, 07:41:29 am »
George....Clint did back in feb. when he cut it.I chased a ring and it's reduced quite a bit now to a roughed out bow.I had'nt put more shellack on it yet.It's a good precaution too though your right.
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