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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: wildman on February 25, 2010, 12:48:40 am

Title: snakey osage
Post by: wildman on February 25, 2010, 12:48:40 am

I made this bow for oldways birthday,first crooked bow I have made looks cool shoots good but didn't tiller very well got scared so left be

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Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: VenomBOWslinger on February 25, 2010, 01:10:22 am

LOL with the tillering...It can can be tricky with the twists in it.  Other than that looks real nice great pattern on the skins.  If possible can we get a full draw pic. 

Cheers!!!

Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: Pappy on February 25, 2010, 06:40:53 am

Good looking bow,ya tiller can be tricky on them snaky bows,love to see what you came up with on full draw. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: profsaffel on February 25, 2010, 09:55:01 am

That snaky piece of wood had to have been difficult to make and tiller... I'm impressed just for that reason alone. Nice job.

Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: wildman on February 25, 2010, 11:22:11 pm

Ill see if I can get some pics of it at full draw I warn you it's not pretty ;D got another crooked stick in the works

Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: Justin Snyder on February 26, 2010, 09:19:08 am

Pretty bow there, the snakes always look good on Osage.

Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: George Tsoukalas on February 26, 2010, 11:08:34 am

Very  nice. Jawge

Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: wildman on March 01, 2010, 12:19:36 am

Allright heres a pic of oldways drawing the bow its worse than I thought now that I look at the tiller. The bottom limb has aknothole that went all the way through(looks good on the wall) ;D THRASH AWAY I'm tuff ,I'm not gonna touch it ,I've got a sister stave I'm working on I won't care to break it

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Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: Pappy on March 01, 2010, 11:04:55 am

The bottom don't look that bad,maybe a little hinge the first 1/3 of the limb,but the top needs some attention or it will probably be short lived,you need to work either side of that hinge and then if need be pike it to add a little weight back. Tough piece of wood to tiller. :)   I normanly don't like to bad talk someones work,if I can't find something good to say I keep quite but you ask. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: Aries on March 01, 2010, 01:27:57 pm

I agree with pap. the top limb has a little too much bend in that one spot. still a sharp lookin bow though ;)

Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: OldBow on March 01, 2010, 02:05:10 pm

We'll look at this bow again at the end of Marchfor BOM.

Title: Re: snakey osage
Post by: wildman on March 01, 2010, 07:49:54 pm

Thanks for the input guys I can really see the flaws more when the big picture is up on the screen
I'm not gonna work on this one any more I just need to learn my way around those gnarly knot holes and curves.Luckily I have a supply of crooked sticks ;D