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Title: Osage recurve
Post by: venisonburger on April 06, 2009, 10:57:18 pm

Finished for your review is a 66" nock to nock osage recurve, pulling about 56# @ 28" I started it last fall and it sat all winter till I finally got out in the garage without the my snot freezing and finished it up. I backed it with a black silk that has some red swirls in it, not because it needed protection but for looks.


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Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: ricktrojanowski on April 06, 2009, 11:11:35 pm

Very nice.  The bow looks like it is bending great.  Beautiful detail work with the backing, handle and tips.  Really good work.

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Blacktail on April 06, 2009, 11:15:07 pm

holy cow.that is a sweet shooter...great tiller..john

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Pat B on April 07, 2009, 12:11:45 am

Very nice recurve VB. Cool bow!

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Post by: Aosda on April 07, 2009, 12:20:29 am

Very sharp looking.  What did you use to apply the black silk so that it stayed black?  I'm making a cherry with black silk.

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Post by: medicinewheel on April 07, 2009, 03:00:00 am

Really nice recurve!

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Post by: DustinDees on April 07, 2009, 04:48:16 am

very sharp looking bow. makes me think of a tuxedo.

Dustin D

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Pappy on April 07, 2009, 05:41:10 am

Thats a beauty VB.I like everything about it.Very nice job. :)
        Pappy

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: El Destructo on April 07, 2009, 07:52:00 am

Very Nice looking Bow.....gotta love them Recurves.........You and Dana been talking.....got two nice looking Recurves built in the last week...are you taking it to the Classic??

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Hillbilly on April 07, 2009, 09:38:49 am

Mighty fine looking bow, VB. Tiller looks great, so does the detail work.

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Ryano on April 07, 2009, 09:45:07 am

Thats a nice looking bow Vb.... ;D

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: DanaM on April 07, 2009, 10:05:51 am

Great job Mark, looks to me like ya nailed it, nice tiller and details. I woould like to see a
close up of the handle, of course I will see it in person in a few weeks :)

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Olschool on April 07, 2009, 10:13:29 am

Very nice! Backing does set it off

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: George Tsoukalas on April 07, 2009, 10:23:51 am

Beautiful bow! I like it a lot. Tell me about the handle covering please. Jawge

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: TRACY on April 07, 2009, 11:26:33 am

Very nicely done. It looks like a real fast shooter. Is the U.P. arming themselves with osage recurves ;D

Tracy

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Gordon on April 07, 2009, 11:57:01 am

That bow is really nice. What exactly is that on the handle? It sure looks cool. Do you have any closeups of the tips?

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Christophero on April 07, 2009, 12:51:19 pm

Very, Very nice Recurve.  I am partial to wooden recurves, myself.  Looks as if you've set back the handle a bit.  Great job on that bow!

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: venisonburger on April 07, 2009, 02:28:33 pm

Thanks everyone, I'll get a closeup on the tips when I get home from work, the handle is a combination of red crochet thread wrapped and then soaked in tite bond II, then coated with tru-oil, the black part of the handle is the natural wood painted with black walmart acrylic craft paint then coated with tru-oil. I finished the bow so I could take it to the classic in a few weeks. The tips are painted with the black paint also as are the string grooves on the belly. The silk is held on with tite bond II also.

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: venisonburger on April 07, 2009, 07:39:30 pm

Here are pictures of the tips and handle

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Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: DanaM on April 07, 2009, 07:44:57 pm

They look great Mark :)

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Post by: brownhillboy on April 07, 2009, 08:35:00 pm

Great looking bow!  Maybe we can all compare our osage recurves at the classic.

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Post by: Timo on April 07, 2009, 10:03:55 pm

Really a nice lookin bow. Well done.

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Post by: cowboy on April 07, 2009, 10:09:59 pm

That's one awesome looking bow Mark! Love the detail work :).

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: ballista on April 07, 2009, 11:43:13 pm

   beautiful bow, something about recurves just really draws me it. Did you steam those tips? i have a shoter hunk of hickory id like to make a recurve out of, ive heard alot of people using heat guns though, just curious. again, great work man. -jimmy

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: venisonburger on April 07, 2009, 11:57:32 pm

The recurves were done with a heat gun, I don't use steam much.
VB

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: GregB on April 08, 2009, 08:23:57 am

Really nice job on your bow...I especially like the tips! :)

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: FlintWalker on April 11, 2009, 06:22:16 pm

I don't know how I've managed to miss this one ???
 Great looking bow!  I like thie tips too.  Did you cut through the back ring when you shaped the tips?   I've always felt like it wouldn't hurt anything since there's not much leverage out there anyway.

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Jesse on April 11, 2009, 06:50:00 pm

awesome bow VB hope I get to see it up close and in person.

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Burner on April 11, 2009, 08:12:49 pm

Lovely bow and work that recurve is perfect.

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Post by: Sidewinder on April 11, 2009, 08:21:59 pm

Great looking bow VB. Nicew detail all the way around and it sure looks like a meat maker to me.   Danny

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: PeteC on April 11, 2009, 10:12:58 pm

That's a great lookin' bow.Congratulations. God Bless

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: venisonburger on April 17, 2009, 05:53:53 pm

Did anyone mark me for BOM?
VB

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: hawkbow on April 17, 2009, 08:12:48 pm

very very nice brother... she should let the air out of em pretty easy... Hawk

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Marc St Louis on April 17, 2009, 09:32:28 pm

Indeed a very nice bow.  Well done

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: DanaM on April 18, 2009, 07:38:24 am

Quote from: venisonburger on April 17, 2009, 05:53:53 pm

Did anyone mark me for BOM?
VB

Mark I don't see that Oldbow bookmarked ya, you better drop him a PM.

Only a week to go and we will be on da road :)

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Barrage on April 18, 2009, 11:49:47 am

I musta missed this one the first time around.  Nice bow!  Better make sure it gets in for the BOM.

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: nickf on April 18, 2009, 06:50:26 pm

she's a beauty... has a beautyfull 'classic' profile, love it.

Nick

Title: Re: Osage recurve
Post by: Bonsai on April 19, 2009, 05:27:12 am

WOW,

really beautiful bow!