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Title: Gary's backwards Osage bow.
Post by: Pappy on July 26, 2010, 07:33:02 am
A good friend of mine and a lot of you know Gary Davis finished this and gave it to me at the IBO world.Him and I started 2 of these a few months back out of a small Osage split down the middle
and used the inside for the back and the bark side for the belly.They both have 2 layers of sinew.
It is 50@28 66 n-n.  We wanted them both to be the same weight just a little different Style in finish work. We plan on raffling them as a pair at the Classic next year.If I get mine done. ;) :)
Hope yall like this one,it is a sweet shooter.  :)
   Pappy

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Post by: Pappy on July 26, 2010, 07:36:56 am
A full draw and a picture of the pair ,so far. Hope you like it,Gary has been so much help to me overt the years ,and also helped countless people learn the art of bow building.  :) Wished he would get on the net. ??? :)
   Pappy

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Post by: medicinewheel on July 26, 2010, 08:26:11 am
Looks very good! Tiller is as good as it gets!
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Post by: profsaffel on July 26, 2010, 09:16:41 am
Beautiful, classic design. And I'm not usually a fan of the snake skin backed bows, but this goes on the 'good list'! The special tips are a nice touch.
Title: Re: Gary's backwards Osage bow.
Post by: Pappy on July 26, 2010, 09:20:58 am
Thanks I will pass that along.Also I forgot to post the flipped tips,he don't usually do that to his but wanted it to match mine. :)
   Pappy

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Post by: rover brewer on July 26, 2010, 09:45:35 am
great work,and between you and Gary the imfo that ya'll give at the classic I wish I could have just follow both of ya'll around recording but I would not have finished the bow that I have.Two great bows keep it up and thanks to all of ya'll at the tn classic.
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Post by: half eye on July 26, 2010, 10:13:34 am
Pappy,
      That is simply georgeous, if they had a picture in the dictionary for bow that would be it.
Rich
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on July 26, 2010, 10:23:47 am
Well done, Pappy! That is a nice looking bow and the tiller is excellent. Jawge
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Post by: Ryano on July 26, 2010, 10:24:01 am
 ;D I saw Gary for a minute over the weekend at etar. A great bow as always !
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Post by: Lombard on July 26, 2010, 10:39:15 am
Pappy you got it going on. Looking at these and some of the other bows posted this month, it is going to be a tough BOM.
Title: Re: Gary's backwards Osage bow.
Post by: Josh on July 26, 2010, 10:51:24 am
That looks nice Pappy!  When you and Gary collaborate, good things are bound to happen.   Got it bookmarked for July Self BOM too.   :)
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Post by: gmc on July 26, 2010, 11:10:50 am
I guess the next project will be to turn one inside out.  ;D

Very nice as usual, Pappy.
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Post by: Buckeye Guy on July 26, 2010, 02:50:32 pm
 Thanks for posting Gary's bow! I did not get to see it finished as I did not make it down to Cloverdale shoot this year ! I dont get to see Gary  much the last couple of years but shure do think of him alot ! hope to see him in 2 weeks at the GLLI !

Life is good in the buckeye state also !!

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Post by: JW_Halverson on July 26, 2010, 11:23:04 pm
Coupla hot sisters, man.  Would be nice to have the difficulty of having to chose which one to take and which one to leave behind!!!

I have thought of doing an inside out bow (bark side in, heart side out) with backing, wondering what advantages/disadvantages it may have.   Any observations on this bow acting any differently being inside out?
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Post by: Jesse on July 26, 2010, 11:31:52 pm
Very cool Pappy. Thats the first time I've seen that :o
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Post by: Pat B on July 26, 2010, 11:45:41 pm
I'll be saving my money for the raffle table at the Classic for sure!  Two sweet sisters.  8)
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Post by: AncientArcher76 on July 26, 2010, 11:55:12 pm
Pappy that is great!!!  I cant express on how much I want to get on down there I talk to Shannon all the time about it and he says the samething Im gonna regret it if I dont!  Very nice bow and tiller is perfect!  I might just pop in as I hear ur pretty pridictable to find on the weekends! ;)  Hey Pappy talk to y all soon.

Russell
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Post by: youngbowyer33 on July 27, 2010, 01:43:25 am
those look great!
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Post by: Thwackaddict on July 27, 2010, 01:57:57 am
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PAPPY!One of these days i will make it to some of the get togethers and meet some of the great people on here!Inspiring to say the least!!
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Post by: Paka on July 27, 2010, 03:52:15 am
 Very nice bow's Pappy. You are so encouraging to us new wanabe  bow maker's .
Title: Re: Gary's backwards Osage bow.
Post by: Pappy on July 27, 2010, 07:25:54 am
Thanks guys,he will love to hear yall liked it. JW I really didn't notice much differences other than the grain looks a little strange when you are scraping it. The back when you flatten it is kind of like I would think a board bow would look like[Never made a board bow so I am guesing] As long as the grain don't run off the edge it should be fine. These were backed with a couple of layers of sinew but I don't believe it is necessary. The advantage is you can use a small diameter tree and split it down the middle,most small trees ,by the time you get the sap wood off there isn't enough heart wood to make a bow,alto PatB and a good friend of mine Sonny Idmam from Ohio[now passed]
have made some using the sap wood. It is just another way to use what you have.A lot of small Osage seem to be really dense and clean so you hate to pass that up. Buckeye Guy I will tell him you said Ha,I will be meeting him in Elm Hall MI. next weekend at a shoot they are having. :) :)
   Pappy
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Post by: JW_Halverson on July 28, 2010, 04:05:27 pm
Pappy, thank you for the reply.  Makes me think there are some saplings out there in deep trouble!
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Post by: Badger on July 28, 2010, 04:12:03 pm
   Great looking bow Pappy, I have really enjoyed following your work and all that you do for primitive archery. Steve
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Post by: Gordon on July 28, 2010, 05:37:39 pm
Pretty cool that you used the split side for the back - I like it!
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Post by: mullet on July 28, 2010, 09:42:55 pm
 Those are cool, Pappy. Gary has to be one of the nicest, caring guys I think I have met. And I'm with Pat, I'm saving some money for next year.
Title: Re: Gary's backwards Osage bow.
Post by: Pappy on July 29, 2010, 06:08:30 am
Thanks,I will pass it on to him,the sister should be ready in a couple of weeks,put first coat of
sealer on the skins yesterday. Should be a nice pair,but a little to light for you Eddie. ;) ;D ;D By the way Eddie your boy Dave in coming in this weekend to spend a couple of days.  :) :)
   Pappy
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Post by: Postman on July 29, 2010, 12:01:45 pm
Great stuff, Pappy - beautiful pair of sticks there!
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Post by: Rich Saffold on July 29, 2010, 02:24:28 pm
Nothing "backwards" about that bow Pappy..Looks great as usual and I'm sure it won't be your last.
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Post by: _Jon_ on July 30, 2010, 12:27:19 am
I like it.  :)
Title: Re: Gary's backwards Osage bow.
Post by: Pappy on July 30, 2010, 07:04:00 am
Thanks,He will appreciate it a lot,Jon I'll let you shoot it this weekend if you like,it is a sweet
shooter. :)
     Pappy