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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: upstatenybowyer on November 14, 2016, 06:35:42 pm

Title: 54" Osage Bendy Handle Static
Post by: upstatenybowyer on November 14, 2016, 06:35:42 pm: 50# at 26" :)
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Post by: Stick Bender on November 14, 2016, 06:41:40 pm: Sweet bow love those short bendys how does it shoot ? Nice work !
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Post by: Aaron H on November 14, 2016, 07:07:28 pm: Nice bow, nice jammies
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Post by: upstatenybowyer on November 14, 2016, 08:00:56 pm: I figured I'd get at least one jammy remark. ;D ;D ;D Hey, I'm 40 years old and married with children, so I have no more shame!
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Post by: selfbow joe on November 14, 2016, 09:43:07 pm: Nice looking bow
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Post by: Knoll on November 14, 2016, 10:07:42 pm: Quote from: Aaron H (Falcon) on November 14, 2016, 07:07:28 pm
Nice bow, nice jammies

But seriously . . . need to investigate the top of outfit. ;-)

LOVE THE BEND! Congrats.
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Post by: BowEd on November 14, 2016, 11:12:10 pm: Looks like a little spitfire to me.Nice job with such a little piece of osage.Is that laminated or a self bow?What does it mass weigh?
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Post by: osage outlaw on November 14, 2016, 11:15:06 pm: I like the recurved tips. The tiller looks good. Nice work.
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Post by: upstatenybowyer on November 14, 2016, 11:28:45 pm: Thanks Bead. It's a selfbow w/ a black paper backing. No idea the fps (wish I had a chrony) but it sure does hit the target hard and fast.
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Post by: upstatenybowyer on November 15, 2016, 08:18:59 am: Beadman- 16 ounces w/handle and paper backing
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Post by: RBLusthaus on November 15, 2016, 09:53:36 am: Nice hooks!!!!!
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Post by: JonW on November 15, 2016, 12:04:15 pm: Nice! I love a bendy recurve.
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Post by: Badly Bent on November 15, 2016, 07:34:11 pm: Nice smooth lines and bends, love the look of that one.
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Post by: jeffhalfrack on November 15, 2016, 08:53:36 pm: Real nice bow good to see a ny post,,,,,where did you get the Osage? ,,,,btw I'm in Geneva. My Jeff
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Post by: upstatenybowyer on November 15, 2016, 09:21:56 pm: Hey Jeff, that's my name! Who would have thought, two bow guys with the same name within 45 minutes of each other!

Here's where I got the Osage (sorry this is so long, but it's worth telling):

There is a very long, very old Osage hedgerow (pre-barbed-wire) in Parma. I got up the guts to ask the gentleman who owns the land if I could cut some and to my astonishment he said I could have as much as I could carry. 8) I walked for over a mile along this hedgerow through thorns, nettles and poison ivy with my chainsaw :( until I at last found a younger tree worth harvesting. :D The log I took was about 10 inches in diameter and 65" long. That sucker was green and heavy. :-\ It took hours getting it back to my car, walking 10 feet, dropping the log, going back for my chainsaw and repeating. When I got home I was covered in dried blood and sweat. My wife thought a lunacy commission should be appointed :o, but it was worth it. 8)
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Post by: Pappy on November 16, 2016, 05:34:33 am: Beautiful shorty, nice bend and I like the jammies also. ;) ;D ;D
Pappy
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Post by: jeffhalfrack on November 16, 2016, 09:57:36 pm: Oh man I know!! That stuff is rare ,,,,,,man that new casino they are building near the. Outlet store in Waterloo,,,,,,we'll they had a mile hedge row of Osage out there,,that land got cleared out so fast I couldn't get a twig,as they wanted to get building before the law suits started! I missed it by an hour,,my buddy lives close to it and tried he had a wood miser too oh well,,,keep in touch,,we can meet for a 3D shoot. Some time ? Jeff w
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Post by: upstatenybowyer on November 19, 2016, 07:59:23 pm: A 3-D shoot sounds like fun, never tried it. I'll let ya know next time I'm going towards Geneva!