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Offline SLIMBOB

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Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« on: November 23, 2012, 11:19:36 am »
  Good morning and I hope your Turkey day was a good one.  Mine was great.  Finishing up a short little Plains bow that I am making for The Texas Historical Commission.  Still need to twist up a sinew string for it, but it's nearly done.  Any thoughts on the tiller are appreciated.  This is from a side split off stave meant for another bow.  It was just barely wide enough to work
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Osage self bow  48" ttt. 
1 3/16" at the handle, straight taper to 1/2" nocks
45 ish# at 24"
Just starts to move in the handle
Tips are stiff with a slight recurve
Single nock on top limb, double on the bottom
Yellow Horse Hair tuft, wrapped with sinew. (Kiowa)
Handle is red wool trade cloth wrapped with brain tanned deer hide

Prop twist, knot and kink you can see in the top limb made it hard to get right.  Still may need to take a little off in that spot.
Thanks for lookin'.
Slim
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2012, 11:25:30 am »
Slim, she looks good to me.  8)   Maybe a bit stiff in the outer limbs but not too bad. Once the wood ages she should look quite authentic. Very nicely done.
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Offline half eye

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2012, 11:27:24 am »
I'm with Pat, very nice draw profile and actually looks a lot like their "double curves" with the tips bent back and all.......nicely done
rich
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2012, 11:32:06 am »
Nice short one, for sure. You got a lot out of that piece of wood. Am I the only one who sees the doe in the background???
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2012, 11:38:42 am »
Well Kenny, you win the prize!  My wife took these pictures and she loves the picture with the deer framed like that.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2012, 11:55:26 am »
Oh man, that is soooo sweet.
I gotta do a shortie.
Del
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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2012, 12:02:45 pm »
Sweet Shorty slim....looks good to me....I like the outers to be stiff on such short bows...it keeps stack away and you don't get handshock cus there isn't much mass there to shock being so short. I wouldn't change a thing with that tiller.
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Offline tipi stuff

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2012, 12:47:44 pm »
I like the way this little bow came out. Love the doe in the bacground. CC
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2012, 02:28:34 pm »
That is a one nice side split.  The bend looks good to me.  ...ain't that the way it goes, that those does seem to disappear once you get an arrow on the string!  ;D
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2012, 03:05:50 pm »
Very nice Slim, looks like the real deal to me. Don't have any experience with bows that short but that tiller looks exceptional to me.
You made a dandy there buddy, nice job. Got some 49" osage in my shop and I'll be looking back at this bow when I'm ready to have
at a shorty from sage. ;D
Greg
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2012, 03:46:11 pm »
  Thanks Pat, the top outer limb gave me fits.  Look at the photo and it is "full draw #6".  1-5 looked good on the tree but not in the photo.
  Thanks Half Eye.  You are the master of these short bows!
  Thanks Kenny.
  Thanks Del.
  Thanks Blackhawk.  Like you, I want the tips stiff if I can still get the draw length.
  Thanks Curt (tipi stuff). 
  Thanks CMB.  Yep, she left just as I nocked the arrow, as many others over the years have done.
  Thanks Greg.
 
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Offline Dictionary

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2012, 05:15:17 pm »
I like this bow a lot. Only thing i might do is i'd get that handle bending a bit more to get an inch or two more of draw out of her though  >:D
« Last Edit: November 23, 2012, 06:56:23 pm by Dictionary »
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Offline bubby

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2012, 06:52:54 pm »
real nice bend and i like grip wrap, Bub
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Offline JonW

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2012, 07:28:32 pm »
Nice representation. I love it.
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Offline k-hat

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Re: Tiller Check for Osage Plains Bow
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2012, 12:39:24 am »
I see a whole lotta right and nothing wrong with that one.  Well done ;D 

I'm glad i'm not the only one noticed you were pointing the wrong way ;)
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