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bjrogg
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Cedar Pond
Old -n- young
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April 17, 2018, 05:19:41 pm »
This is a side split off a stave I got from Frank at Marshall. He had what was left after everyone picked them over and was tired of hauling them back and fourth to meets. He said they were all at least 25 years old. He gave them to me for a steak dinner on my grill and a Cold barley pop. They looked pretty challenging but I got a nice adult bow from this stave and this one from the side split. The stave had several inches of a ring chased and I just continued chasing that ring. It's much darker where it was exposed for all the years. I've still got several more challenging staves and it amazing working with this old wood.
I call this one old -n- young because of the old Osage stave and that it is made for a young child. It's 11 lbs at 15" but you can take it back considerably more. I think these bows are great fun to shoot for both old and young and they sure make this old fart feel young again. Just old Osage and ebony tip overlays. FF string 3 coats of tru oil and looks like I'm gonna have to make some more arrows.
Hope you like it thanks for looking
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bjrogg
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Cedar Pond
Re: Old -n- young
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April 17, 2018, 05:22:30 pm »
Some more
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JW_Halverson
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April 17, 2018, 05:28:26 pm »
Ha! Well, if that is all you got, I guess it will have to be enough! Good thing you wrung all the good outa that lil bit of wood, she outa dance a good long time with ya. Nice work, feller!
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rps3
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April 17, 2018, 05:46:40 pm »
Nice little bow. What lucky youngster is going to be shooting it?
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BowEd
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April 17, 2018, 05:48:40 pm »
Sweet looking bend on that little shooter BJ.Nice work!
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Stixnstones
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April 17, 2018, 06:15:35 pm »
Awesome! Great lil stik
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bjrogg
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Cedar Pond
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April 17, 2018, 06:46:26 pm »
Thanks JW
rps3 I still not sure. I have been wanting to make one for our 4-H group. We have a very young group with zero Archery experience and I'd love to do something about that.
Thanks Ed. I still am amazed at this Osage and really like working with it. It's just so different than HHB
Thanks Stixnstones.
Thanks for looking everyone
Bjrogg
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George Tsoukalas
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April 17, 2018, 06:52:24 pm »
That's special! Great tiller. Jawge
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upstatenybowyer
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April 17, 2018, 07:38:46 pm »
All the kids in the neighborhood are gonna want one of those! I really love those tips.
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bjrogg
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April 17, 2018, 07:45:24 pm »
Thanks Jawge
Thanks Jeff, yah those tips are pretty small was hard to hold those ebony overlays while I was working on them. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to keep string on but they seem to work fine.
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Carl Galvin
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April 17, 2018, 09:19:40 pm »
Wow, nice little bow.
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Hawkdancer
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April 17, 2018, 10:22:11 pm »
Nice little bow! Looks like it has some character! The kids will enjoy that!
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Mikey
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April 17, 2018, 11:41:28 pm »
Love it, man.
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Del the cat
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April 18, 2018, 02:45:37 am »
Nice
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Will B
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April 18, 2018, 06:05:30 am »
Thats a cool bow! Nice job!
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