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Title: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Dean Marlow on July 04, 2010, 02:38:13 pm

I had a take down bow I had on here a while back that had 2 different colored limbs. I was asking how to darken the one limb to match the other and most people said leave it like it is. So that is what I did. After putting several coats of Tru-Oil on  it did come a little closer in color. But it is kind of cool the way it turned out. It is 66" long. 1-1/2" wide at the fades to mid limb then tapers down to 7/16" wide at the string knocks. It is 48lbs. at 28". It shoots real nice and will be my major hunting bow for the 2010 season. I have a friend who made the fast flite string for it and I put beaver fur string silencers on it. First time for fast flite and string silencers for me. On the full draw picture I got it pulled to about 27". My left shoulder has been giving me trouble the last couple of weeks and I am not quite up to geting it all the way back. Father time is starting to show up. Dean

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Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Dean Marlow on July 04, 2010, 02:41:05 pm

Also it has deer horn overlay tips. Here is a few pictures of it.

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Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: NTD on July 04, 2010, 02:45:23 pm

Very very nice bow!

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: 0209 on July 04, 2010, 02:54:08 pm

Thats awesome man.  Great lookin tiller and the bow itself is a beauty.  Thats some quality craftmanship right there.  Congrats.
-Ian

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Del the cat on July 04, 2010, 02:55:13 pm

Really pretty bow, nice clean "can't see the join" take down.
BTW Watch out for that Russian sub spying on you ...  :o
Del

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on July 04, 2010, 03:08:08 pm

Very nicely done. Excellent work. Jawge

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Gordon on July 04, 2010, 03:45:23 pm

I like it a lot. Well done!

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Lombard on July 04, 2010, 04:06:42 pm

Looks real nice Dean. Gotta try one of those sometime myself.

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: aero86 on July 04, 2010, 04:09:47 pm

wow!  looks awesome!  i plan to make a takedown one of these days!

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: bcbull on July 04, 2010, 04:31:30 pm

looks even better than when i  first seen it a few weeks ago dean i like it brock

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: gmc on July 04, 2010, 05:41:46 pm

That's pretty awesome right there. The tiller looks spot-on to me, very nice work.

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Pat B on July 04, 2010, 07:00:06 pm

Very nice bow Dean. Tiller is great and the "coontail" with the white antler tips really sets it off. 

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Dean Marlow on July 04, 2010, 07:56:23 pm

Thanks everyone for the nice compliments. Del that Russian sub gets real expensive to keep in my yard  in the winter. I need to either make or get a case for this bow. I have been leaning towards one that will hold a half a dozen arrows also. Will have to look around for one. Thanks again evrybody. It was fun to make.

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Thwackaddict on July 04, 2010, 08:26:53 pm

Great looking bow.Very nice job on the skins!!

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: El Destructo on July 04, 2010, 08:54:13 pm

Turned out great Dean....I think that with a little time...the Limbs will match on their Own...Hey....Tiller looks perfect on this one....nice job...... ;)

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: osage outlaw on July 04, 2010, 08:54:54 pm

That is a very sharp looking bow.  Great job on it.

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Pappy on July 05, 2010, 07:28:58 am

Beautiful bow,very well done. Love them takedowns.
   Pappy

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Magnum in MS on July 05, 2010, 11:46:13 am

Very nice , love the skins and take down.

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Josh on July 12, 2010, 05:38:05 pm

Got your fine weapon all bookmarked to compete in Bow of the Month for July!   :)

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: medicinewheel on July 12, 2010, 05:51:54 pm

Very nice take-down!

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: finnfoto on July 12, 2010, 10:29:48 pm

I hafe to say , That is one beautiful Bow.  The skins, the color. , tips. everything about that, makes me want one.    Out of curriousity.  where or how did you come up with the hardware  for the takedown sleeve?????


That is one awesome idea.           

Sam

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Dean Marlow on July 13, 2010, 09:15:02 am

Sam this is a sleeve system you can buy from several different places on the Web. It is a brass sleeve that fits inside the outer sleeve. Just type in Longbow Take down sleeve and there are several people who sell them. I am bringing it to Mojam so everybody come check it out. Dean

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: ohma on July 13, 2010, 09:58:10 am

dean great looking bow and tiller, i realy like those takedown sleves, and the weight they add to a bow,seems to make them a little more stable for me. see you at MO-Jam.

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: HoBow on July 13, 2010, 12:15:41 pm

3Rivers has the sleaves and they are a sponsor ;)

Title: Re: Tow Tone Take-Down Osage Selfbow
Post by: Loco Pony on July 14, 2010, 02:26:43 pm

Dean, absolutely wonderful.  Sorry for the delayed compliment but I just saw your bow for the first time today.  Good luck at MOJAM.