Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: swamp yeti on November 04, 2011, 07:01:41 pm
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Here is a snakey osage bow I just finished up,the bow is a inch and 3 eights at the widdest and snakes down to 3 eights at the nocks.The bow is 64 inches tip to tip and the tips lined up perfect through the handle.The bow is 53#@ 27 inches.It is a fast shooter.
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Very cool bow, Yeti. I love snakey bows!!! 8)
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Nice yeller serpent >:D....that ones screaming for snakeskins to be put on it in my humble opinion
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Beautiful bow, nice job!
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Very sweet Character bow. I am always a sucker for snaky bows. Well done. To bad your not entering it for BOM.
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Thanks for the compliments,Pat,Blackhawk,Hrothgar and Keenan.
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awesome bow!
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Very nice bow I agree it needs some skins. Ron
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Thanks for the compliments,Cheerokee and Ron.
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I alway seem to end up being the meanie on bow critiques.
You have one major hing in your bottom limb and nothing bending from the hinge to the fade out area. A little bit of the same on the top limb but not near as severe as the bottom.
Hate to be so blunt but I can't keep from telling the truth(one of my short comings in life).
Do you use a tillering gizmo?
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Eric...how do you know without seeing an unbraced side profile. You should know this. He might of left it ala natural with the kinks,and kinks always usually show up where snaky bows curve,and his kinks line up to where his snakyness is in the front proile. I usually ask for an unbraced side shot if the tiller looks off and when a side shot picture is not shown,and I think the tiller is off before I go shooting my mouth off.
You may be right...but yeti has made enough bows to know if its poorly tillered or not. My bet is he left the kinks in it. ;)
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Eric,Blackhawk is right when I was tillering the bow there was a rollercoaster in the handle fade and it makes it look like it is hinging but in fact it is not and on the upper limb there were three that gives that same look.
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that bow is soo sick! 8)
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Beautifull front profile.
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very cool Swamp, calling it "snakey" is an understatement.
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Thanks Eric,Blackhawk,Shondy,Druid and Eric the viking.
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Very nice bow but I have to agree with Eric. Hinge should be corrected. Osage is tough wood and if it is not taking any set there and bow is shooting good might just leave it alone.
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Nice bow!
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Thanks Badger and Howbow.
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Sorry guys, I have made lots and lots of bows, almost all osage of every configuration you can imagine, roller coaster, snaky,doglegged, propelled even a few with straight wood and a hing is a hinge.
With as many bows as I have made I still hinge one every now and then when I go from the long string to the short string too quickly. I cuss myself out every time this happens for getting in a hurry.
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Looks good to me Yeti! How to disagree somewhat with a few here. Without an unbraced 'side' profile picture they're only guessing at a hinge. Not saying that it's not hinged, just that all the info needed to make that determination isn't provided.
Do you feel that area is hinged? How 'bout a unbraced 'side' profile shot?
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Art you can see it is hinged because in the brace shot you see a slight hinge and in the full draw pic the hinge is more exagerated. I have seen worse survive just fine.
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You know, at our age Steve, the ol' eye is the second thing that goes :(. You guys could be right though, but a pic of the belly rings in that area and an unbraced side shot would help to determine that for sure.
If his wood is well seasoned, I too would not expect that bow to cause Yeti any problems if that were a slight hinge simply because it is Osage ;D.
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I had a good time shooting my bow yesterday and I hunted with it and that is all that matters to me.
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That thing is just plain awsome, I would love to try a snake like that...wow :o
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You can do it soy just take your time,thanks for the compliment.
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Love the bow! In all my years of collecting osage, I have yet to find a piece that looks like that. Great find.
George
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Thanks for the compliment gstoneberg,I think I have 3 more staves that snake all the way down like that.
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STAVE ENVY!!!!! 8)
Most of my character staves are curvy on one end and straight on the other. Not sure why that is. Good luck on the next one.
George
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Ok, y'all educate me some please, cause i've got some snakey staves (albeit a lot less snakey than this) i'm working on and i don't want to mess it up in tiller. Yeti, to me you're bow doesn't look like the inner thirds are doing much work? Is this a trick of the eye, or is it intended? I can see myself totally screwing mine up due to inexperience and what i think it "should" look like in tiller. Course i guess that'll learn me a lesson for the next one ;) I may just have to wait until i can get back with Mr. Stoneberg to tiller them out :D
That being said, it is a beautiful bow and those curves are too sweet for words. I agree snake skins would be awesome, just don't leave it lying around if you do >:D
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thanks stixsman and gstoneberg.
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... I may just have to wait until i can get back with Mr. Stoneberg to tiller them out :D
Kevin, I'm not that experienced with this kind of character. I'd still love to see your staves and work together. 4 eyes are always better than 2 and I'd be learning there with you. Still, I think we should get through the tillering with the seasoned stave you have started in the shop to give you some more experience before you take on even more difficult wood. Even during hunting season there's time to work on a bow or 2.
Osage is such a good bow wood that you can make your tiller be different than what is normally considered optimum. I've done it by accident and I've done it on purpose because I like the way the bow looked. Either way, osage takes it and the bow shoots well. If you look over my bows you'll almost always see stiff outer thirds because I like the way that looks and, once it takes an inch of set or so, I love the way it shoots. These days I'm working on building short bows and am going through the whole learning curve over again. I'm having a heck of a time keeping the bow from bending too much in the handle. One of the wonderful things about this hobby...there's no end of new designs to try and things to learn.
Sorry for the hijack.
George
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Man I want a snakey bow now 8) 8) 8)
With snake skins it would look awesome
In fact I think I will post wanting to trade for one on the trading post. ''
Cipriano
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Talk all you want you aint hijacking anything,Thanks criveraville,build you one and take your time,maybe we will do a snakey bow buildalong.
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As many of you know I am a fan of the shorties, however....
I have built many snakey bows and they still get me all fuzzy inside. I have a special snakey bow that I love to bring out for the novelty shoots.
Yeti, that's a really nice looking bow. I really like the gentle but numerous curves throughout the length of the stick. What I'd really like to see is the "finished" bow. That is complete with handle grip, decorated (if you choose to) and a finish. Though not for BOM as you mentioned, it could be a contender if you repost it when it is finished. If you have something to trade, I have a variety of skins if you're interested.
Matt
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Also if you want to get rid of one of those staves and need something in trade pm me ;)
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Thanks matt and soy maybe we will do some trading.