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Dvshunter
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Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
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May 17, 2015, 11:42:45 am »
I finally got this one finished! You ever come across that piece that just won't cooperate? I bet I heated this one ten times and still don't quite have it just right but it's time to move on. It has a draw length of thirty one inches and pulls fifty five pounds at that length. It was difficult to shoot it in because I'm not used to pulling past my head with my twenty six inch draw! The snake skin wasn't long enough to do the whole bow so I cut it in half and used silk thread and glue to hold down the ends. The handle wrap is the second piece of leather because I didn't like my stitching on the first one so I pulled it off and just wrapped it. No stitching needed. This bow is also the lo gest bow I have ever made at sixty eight inches from knock to knock. Thanks for looking.
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"There is a natural mystic blowing through the air; if you listen carefully now you will hear." Robert Nesta Marley
johnfolchetti
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Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
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May 17, 2015, 11:47:32 am »
That's nice work.
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lebhuntfish
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If the wood will bend, I'll make it beautiful!
Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
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May 17, 2015, 12:12:04 pm »
Very nice Dave! The full draw looks spot on to me too! Patrick
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Will H
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May 17, 2015, 12:38:43 pm »
I love it!
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hunterbob
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Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
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May 17, 2015, 12:43:38 pm »
Great job. That bend is sweet man.
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Dvshunter
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May 17, 2015, 12:48:50 pm »
Thanks guys. Forgot the tips are cow horn and Zebrawood
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Ryan C
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Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
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May 17, 2015, 12:59:45 pm »
Very nice bow!
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PeteC
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May 17, 2015, 01:01:03 pm »
That's a good lookin' bow. Good job. God Bless
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bubby
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Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
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May 17, 2015, 01:02:31 pm »
Nice work, i think the racquet grip is the most comfy and looks sharp, what no f/d past your head
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Roy
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Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
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May 17, 2015, 01:17:12 pm »
I guess it's ok:)
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Danzn Bar
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Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
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May 17, 2015, 02:33:44 pm »
Really like the FD pic. sweet tiller and profile ....
DBar
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JonW
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Re: Osage Selfbow With Sapwood and Snake
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May 17, 2015, 02:41:19 pm »
Very nice. I wish someone would teach me that grip wrap.
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osage outlaw
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May 17, 2015, 03:11:27 pm »
Great looking bow Dave
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Aaron H
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May 17, 2015, 04:09:18 pm »
That is a very nice bow, well done. Very graceful bend
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Hans H
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May 17, 2015, 04:29:40 pm »
yes, very nice, like it too
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