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Offline BowEd

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Natural centershot handled osage.
« on: February 10, 2020, 07:08:02 am »
Hello...Here's a bow just shot in and finished.Shown on a knarly shagbark along a creek.A symmetrical 62" NTN osage with diamondback rattler skins/beaver tail handle wrap/cow horn tip overlays.48#'s @ 28".Tillered it to a scooch over 28".Around 28.5" just for safety reasons.

The bow had a natural deflex in top limb from knot at arrow pass so I matched the bottom limb to it.Overall deflex of 1/2" to midilmb.Then reflexed it out to 2 and 1/2"" to tips.It took very little set after shooting it in.Nice piece of wood.











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Offline Bubbabowyer

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2020, 07:40:16 am »
Hey that's a dandy!! What are those tip overlays?

Ps oops perhaps I should learn to read! That cow horn was so pearlescent I thought it was semi precious stone!
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2020, 07:45:11 am »
Well done.  Very nice bow
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2020, 08:16:46 am »
Very nice Ed thats a looker for sure, you got to love the center shot makes a huge difference & peepy looking ! Awsome looking unbraced profile !
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2020, 08:47:33 am »
You have been busy Ed.

That is a beauty. Love everything about it.  Beautiful bend and really sweet how you fit it to the natural center shot handle.

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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2020, 08:59:58 am »
  Beautiful bow Ed...I like the stiff outers and your bend looks well balanced...That one is a quick looking shooter...Excellent work...
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2020, 09:30:47 am »
That's a really nice looking bow. I'm finishing up a similar "center shot" bow myself. I can only hope my bend turns out as nice as yours. Great job!
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Offline DC

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2020, 10:06:29 am »
Great job Ed! Was the arrow pass a natural bend or did you have to finesse it a bit?

PS Oops, I guess I should read the title a little closer :-[ :-[
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Offline Aaron H

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« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2020, 10:16:28 am »
Nice work Ed.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2020, 01:20:44 pm »
You have been very busy!  Excellent bow, hope to see it at MoJam!
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Offline Will B

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2020, 01:44:56 pm »
That’s a great looking bow!  I love that natural center shot and your beavertail wrap is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2020, 02:11:34 pm »
great job utilizing that center shot..profile is sweet ..I bet she shoots with authority...gut
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2020, 03:04:12 pm »
By gum, Ed, that'll do just fine, won't it?
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« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2020, 03:12:23 pm »
Nice job Ed, beautiful bow. :)
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Offline Drawknife

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Re: Natural centershot handled osage.
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2020, 05:26:36 pm »
Wow......
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