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Offline bentstick54

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Newest Osage selfbow
« on: July 08, 2025, 10:28:25 pm »
Here’s my latest Osage decorated with a Bull snake skin. 42# a 28”, 66” ntn. Has a twist and snakey bend mid limb upper.

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Re: Newest Osage selfbow
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2025, 10:31:04 pm »
A few more.

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Re: Newest Osage selfbow
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2025, 11:44:37 pm »
Very nice looking bow!   It’s got a great lookin bend too. 
Sticks and stones and other poky stabby things.

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Re: Newest Osage selfbow
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2025, 11:53:10 pm »
  Good job! Those can be challenging to tiller

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Re: Newest Osage selfbow
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2025, 12:31:54 am »
Very nice, beautiful work, love the snake, bow and skin .😊 Pappy
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Re: Newest Osage selfbow
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2025, 01:02:32 am »
Thanks everyone. All my oldest staves all have a little challenge to them. Last January I  decided to see if they would make bows or firewood. I pulled 6 out, roughed them out, heat straightened them as far as I was brave enough to push them. The 1st one didn’t make it through corrections. This was the the 2nd stave, and I probably have 200+ shots through it, and it feels like it should survive. I’m happy with the way it shoots.

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Re: Newest Osage selfbow
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2025, 09:57:36 am »
Very nice bow from a challenging stave.  :OK
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

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Re: Newest Osage selfbow
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2025, 10:18:14 am »
Looks good. I don’t know why but I always like working with the wonky ones.

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Re: Newest Osage selfbow
« Reply #8 on: Today at 12:36:32 am »
Thanks Pat and Bj. It’s always fun to see if I can make a shooter out of a character piece. Plus it seems like I have always had more wonky staves to work with. I finally cut a couple trees 1-1/2 years ago that I got some mostly straight staves out of. So maybe in the future I’ll get to enjoy a few of those.