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Offline HickoryBill

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"Ole Fencepost"
« on: August 05, 2012, 04:43:41 pm »
Here is my latest Osage bow..It is made from 1, 60 yr. old fence post, given to me by an ole farmer...I split the post in half and chased down to a decent ring on each billet..The rings were really thin...The bow has a nice "s" profile and a retained 2 inches of natural reflex. I cut the "Z" splice by hand and glued the billets together with tb3..I floor tillered the stave and added a stiff handle of maple and zebrawood..The tips are walnut..and the bow is backed with 2 layers of goat intestine( natural sausage casing) The bow pulls 46#@26, 60'tip to tip, 1 1/8 wide tapering to 3/8 tips, and shoots pretty good.. it is prop twisted pretty bad and has snakes and kinks...so the tiller looks a little off from the one angle...the finish is 10 coats of tru oil...Hope ya all enjoy...



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Offline lesken2011

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2012, 05:30:30 pm »
Nice job, Bill. It turned out pretty good for an old post!! :)
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2012, 05:33:04 pm »
Tiller looks good to me.  Nice job on that old post
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Offline k-hat

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2012, 05:57:44 pm »
Very nice, love those fence post bows!
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Offline Will H

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2012, 06:36:31 pm »
Nicely done brotha! As you may know, I am a fan of old fenceposts ;) You done that one justice :)
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Offline TRACY

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2012, 07:03:07 pm »
Tiller looks good from here! Well done. Are you gonna haft any of those points on the stump to shoot out of it?

Tracy
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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2012, 07:20:27 pm »
Looks good willy...the unbraced profile says it all  ;)
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2012, 07:25:18 pm »
Tracy.that's my knappin
g pit.those points are my regects lol
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Offline Weylin

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2012, 08:13:22 pm »
Cool bow! nice tiller. Who does your nails?
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Offline country

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2012, 08:26:39 pm »
very nice Bill ....I may have to try an old fence post out.... being in kansas .. they aren't too hard to find :D
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Offline straightarrow

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2012, 10:22:26 pm »
Looks great Bill... you gotta a real good shooter there. Shoots right where your looking. Not bad.... for a old fence post.... aye

Jon

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Offline johnston

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2012, 11:57:36 pm »
Lot of handskill involved with this one. Really nice job.

Lane
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Offline james parker

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2012, 09:04:57 am »
really nice bow,, some of that old wood can sure be great for bows,, my first bow was an ol 60 to 80 yr locust fence rail,, yours came out a lot nicer than mine,,,   you did a great job....... james
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2012, 06:26:00 pm »
Thanks guys...I really like this bow...even tho it came in a little light I might hunt with it this year...I shoot it pretty good.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: "Ole Fencepost"
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2012, 10:52:23 pm »
Real nice bow there Bill, looks great. My first were from 65 yr. old osage post and the fact that you can make a bending, functional bow
from those things really got me hooked on selfbows. You did a nice one there.
Greg
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