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Offline Chosin1N

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Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« on: December 30, 2020, 07:01:11 pm »
So it has been quite a journey since i am fairly new to bow making, but with the mentoring of "Pappy" and "Hedge Hunter" I have finally completed my western diamond back skinned Osage R/D Billet bow with Carribean Rosewood tips that I named Snake Bite.

I was hanging out at Twin Oaks one weekend probably driving "Hedge Hunter" nuts asking questions because he looked at me and said "We need to get you a new project." .  We came up with a short Osage stave that would make a good billet bow. Between him and "Pappy" they helped me keep my sanity through the build. Big thanks to my buddy Clint Kauffman for taking my pictures so you could tell its a bow and not a giant blurred mess (lol).

It was a whole lot of firsts for me.
First billet bow
First R/D
First bow with skins

61.5" tip to tip
52#@26"

Snake Bite by Mark Ellis, on Flickr

Snake Bite by Mark Ellis, on Flickr

IMG_20201230_115736951 by Mark Ellis, on Flickr

Snake Bite by Mark Ellis, on Flickr

Snake Bite by Mark Ellis, on Flickr

IMG_20201220_182201835 by Mark Ellis, on Flickr

Snake Bite by Mark Ellis, on Flickr

« Last Edit: December 30, 2020, 08:54:30 pm by Chosin1N »
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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2020, 07:39:07 pm »
Thats phenomenal!
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Offline Chosin1N

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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2020, 07:43:25 pm »
Thanks. Was surely a test of my patience. (lol)
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Offline Chosin1N

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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2020, 08:31:49 pm »
Here is a pic of the skins up closer. The colors are beautiful on these skins, lots of blues and greens and some white patches to them.

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2020-12-30_08-19-16 by Mark Ellis, on Flickr
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If you consider an unsuccessful hunt to be a waste of time, then the true meaning of the chase eludes you all together.   -Fred Bear-

Offline bentstick54

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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2020, 10:37:44 pm »
Very nicely done. Great looking bow.

Offline PaSteve

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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2020, 10:38:12 pm »
Very well done. Looks great.
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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2020, 06:34:46 am »
Beautiful bow, glad you finely got it finished. ;)
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Offline Will B

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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2020, 06:43:58 am »
That’s a beautiful osage bow!  Great job

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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2020, 06:54:51 am »
Congrats isn’t that a fantastic feeling?
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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2020, 06:59:18 am »
That is a great looking bow!  Excellent work.

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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2020, 07:59:32 am »
beautiful.. man that thing has a deep shelf ... very risky... gut

Offline HH~

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Re: Snake Bite R/D Osage bow
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2020, 11:37:47 am »
Heck of a job from really old short piece of barn find wood. That broad head you buried in that hard as nails oak log made me a believer.

Well done.

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