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Offline Dances with squirrels

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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2015, 06:58:22 am »
Nice work. Unstrung, I like how the curvature of the outer limbs accelerates on its way to the tips. Most of the curves are opening up at full draw too. Excellent tillering! Good deflex placement as well. A stable, good performer if appearance is any indication.
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2015, 07:06:04 am »
Real nice bow Marc, my guess is she will soon abandon her compound in favor of this one.
Looks fast, you sure know your way around these high performance bow builds.
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2015, 07:33:28 am »
Beautiful bow Marc, she should love that. :)
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2015, 07:43:16 am »
Cool bow Marc. I could pic one of those out of a line up!
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2015, 07:50:50 am »
I will imprint this bow profile in my mind as a pattern to develop my skills as a bowyer.  Would be great to see a build along on a bow like this.  Thanks for sharing a fine example of your work Marc.
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2015, 08:49:42 am »
Thanks guys.

Osage is tension strong but that's besides the point.

The arrow rest is built up tool leather.

I do believe I have done an article on this type of bow.  Maybe I'll do a build along with the next one
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2015, 09:15:21 am »
Great bow, and you must do the build along now that you have mentioned it.

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2015, 12:03:57 pm »
Has all the looks of a smooth speedster.  8)  Very cool bow.
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2015, 04:24:55 pm »
Love your little bows, Marc! Love that yellar wood, too!


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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2015, 08:12:12 pm »
Thanks guys
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2015, 06:40:54 am »
beautiful as always

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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #26 on: March 20, 2015, 09:50:47 am »
You can't beat it! Niceley done. Jawge
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2015, 10:18:53 am »
Very nice Marc.
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #28 on: March 20, 2015, 12:23:29 pm »
Thanks guys.
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Re: Maple backed Osage Recurve
« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2015, 01:04:12 pm »
Marc I would love to see a build on this type of bow.  Have you done a self bow like this too.  If I remember right I thought I saw a elm one a while back.