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mikekeswick

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Osage holmguaard takedown
« on: January 15, 2012, 05:47:37 am »
This is an osage holmguaard-ish takedown i've just finished. The billets were really thin ringed with a not too great ratio of early/late wood so I wasn't expecting too much from them but it has kept an inch of reflex and shoots really nicely. 57lbs @ 27 and it's 65 inch ntn. I'll be chronographing it later today.






Offline uwe

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2012, 08:04:51 am »
Thats a quite good work. Do you have a picture of the limbs from behind or front?
Regards Uwe

Offline full quiver

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2012, 09:55:33 am »
Looks good!!!
Donnie

Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2012, 10:05:07 am »
Beautiful bow MIke!

George
St Paul, TX

Offline Dazv

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2012, 10:14:43 am »
now that is a great looking bow

Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2012, 10:52:30 am »
Very nice, Mike!  Ya don't see a lot of take downs.  Great tiller too!
Matt Wirwicki
Owosso, MI

Offline PeteC

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2012, 11:51:33 am »
That's a beauty Mike.I would also really like to see the transition area of the limbs,front and back.Great job. God Bless
What you believe determines how you behave., Pete Clayton, Whitehouse ,Texas

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2012, 03:23:25 pm »
Beautiful bow!!!!

Offline dragonman

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2012, 04:54:20 pm »
very nice too, i like your work
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Offline johnston

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2012, 11:56:29 pm »
Really well done Mike.

Lane

Offline HickoryBill

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2012, 11:59:42 pm »
Great looking bow. I'll bet it's fast with those skinny tips.Were those store bought take down sleeves? just curious...
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2012, 12:02:52 am »
looks purty good. Never been partial to takedown selfbows, but you pulled it off. looks really nice.  tiller is classic- Ryan
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Offline bryan irwin

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2012, 12:03:45 am »
sweet bow tiller looks great.
bryan irwin

Offline kentowl

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2012, 12:52:51 pm »
Very pretty, Mike.
I'm also interested in the front/back profile. Your tiller looks like the outer limbs are relatively stiff with most of the bend occurring mid- and inner-limb, like a mollegabet. But the side profile doesn't appear to show a deeper outer limb like the mollie.

I'm just starting to tiller an ash-backed sycamore mollegabet, and interested to see how much of the outer-limb thickness I can remove without losing the stiffness. You seem to have accomplished that with no extra outer limb thickness, with narrow tips too - Nice work!

Offline coaster500

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Re: Osage holmguaard takedown
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2012, 01:21:01 pm »
Excellent looking bow!!

Those tips are great!!!  I really like the look of your bow!!!
« Last Edit: January 16, 2012, 07:26:55 pm by coaster500 »
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