Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: IDreamofOsage on February 25, 2013, 09:25:02 pm
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Ok guys, I've been lurking on here for a while now admiring all of your guy's workmanship. I made a few bows a few years back (actually about 16 years back). Went back to modern equipment for a while and started getting the urge to shoot traditional again. Cut a bunch of osage about this time last year. While I was waiting on it to dry I tried making a hickory bow which I ended up messing up. Picked out an Osage stave a couple of weeks ago and started a new attempt. The result was "Green With Envy"
A little over 57" overall length. 56" NTN. Draws 70lbs @ 26" Walnut and Bone tip overlays. Green dye on back and sides as well as belly, distressed the stain on the back and sanded the belly to let the gold coloring shine through. Buckskin Grip and coyote string silencers. This was made with the sapwood left on. To impatient to wait for the color to darken so I dyed it! Has some string follow and set also tiller may be a little off but overall I'm happy with it! I've shot a couple of hundred arrows out of it, she shoots sweet! What do you think?
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/540/medium/bow171.jpg)
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(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/bow181.jpg)
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That sucker is bending now!
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That is sweet like the way you dyed it green also like the knot hole in the limb.
Rob
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Looks really cool! Like what you did with it!
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That is sweet. Looks like you got about all the bend you could expect out of that one.
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That is a wicked little green orange bow! Nice work. Glad you came back to wood bows!
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Holy shiite Muslim cleric!
If you ain't been building bows for 16 years, you sure picked a tough stave to re-introduce yourself to the task! The tiller looks plenty good for that much character, and you got every bit of bend outa that wood that can be had, wow!
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That is one sick adze bow!!
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I like it. Humps, bumps, twists, turns and a hole.
Whats not to love, it's got it all.
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Nice job...bend...dye job & everything!! 8)
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Now that is green, :) cool. Lots of bend it that stick.Nice job. :)
Pappy
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Thanks for all of the positive comments guys, I really appreciate it! ;D I thought it looked pretty good but wondered what everyone else would think. Thanks again!
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Nice bow. Tiller looks good to me. #70 :-[
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This is one hell of a bow!
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That makes two of us, green with envy! Very nice bow!
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Yup, I like that, you're workin her pretty hard, and I do like to see a decent draw length and a lovely full bend.
Beautiful.
Del
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Like the green! Nice job building that one!
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I love this bow, especially the dye job. You just don't see many guys dying an Osage bow green and you did it very well in my opinion. It looks like you chopped some kind of tropical vine from a tree and strung it up. It is very primal looking up until you get to the well-carved tips. It's kind of like you tamed the beast or something. I love it!!
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SWEETTTTTTTTTTTT
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thats a cracker. its got plenty of character. nice job.
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Awesome bend. The only thing I would have done different is wait to St. P's day to post it. :D
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If that bow had any more character, it'd have it's own TV show!!! :D
Good work!!
What material is the string?
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Thanks again for all the replies and compliments they are appreciated. The string is just an endless loop string made from artificial sinew. I've been shooting it everyday. ;D