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Offline SteveT.

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"Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« on: August 25, 2018, 02:31:27 pm »

Most people know me for my laminated bamboo bows made using the rope and wedge method for glue-up. So this is a little different style for me, because there is no bamboo in this bow. A customer recently came to do a weekend bow building seminar, and we made 2 bows like this.The one he took home, and this one I kept for me. It's 66 inches in length and 1 1/4 inches wide and has a draw wt. of 45lbs. at 28 inches. Made using osage as the belly wood and elm as the backing.
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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2018, 02:36:13 pm »

I called it "Freckles" because I stained the back of the bow grey and speckled it with ochre and black. The limb tips are mesquite from at trip to Sedona this spring.
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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2018, 02:40:28 pm »

The belly looked kind of plain, so I decorated it with a random pattern of black. The riser area has a rattan arrow pass with a black leather grip.
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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2018, 02:44:14 pm »

 It's not the fastest bow by any means ,but draws nice and smooth, and very quiet. Got some bamboo arrows next to it.
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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2018, 02:48:27 pm »

Last photo for now. Hope you enjoyed the pics of this bow. It's hard to get good close-up photos using my tablet.
Steve Thomson
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Offline Pat B

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2018, 02:56:36 pm »
She sure is purdy, Steve. Let's see her bend.   :OK
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2018, 03:09:40 pm »
Very nice work!
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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2018, 03:34:14 pm »
Very nice bow
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2018, 04:31:43 pm »
Who doesn't love freckles? Nice
Bjrogg
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Offline Parnell

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2018, 05:53:15 pm »
That looks great!  Yeah, let's see that bend.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2018, 07:15:44 pm »
I really dig the unique finish work. Osage w/ an Elm backing sounds like a killer combo.
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Offline SteveT.

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2018, 06:41:44 am »
Thanks everyone for your compliments. I'll see if I can get someone to take a pic of the bow at full draw.
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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2018, 08:38:31 am »
Nice work
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Offline SteveT.

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2018, 10:30:38 am »

Sorry everyone for taking so long to get a full draw photo. It has just been a very busy week. So here it is, "Freckles at Full Draw".
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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: "Freckles" An Elm and Osage Longbow.
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2018, 08:19:05 am »
Nice bow
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