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Offline Gordon

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Osage short bow
« on: May 10, 2008, 09:38:19 pm »
A good friend of mine, Ron York, recently had neck surgery and asked if I would make him a bow that would be easy to draw and carry. Ron is part Creek Indian and had some Osage that he picked up from a reservation in Kansas.  The stave was weathered as it had been sitting on the ground for about 10 years. When I began chasing a ring I saw this was going to be challenging because the bugs had done quite a bit of damage.  I did manage to find a ring that was fairly intact except for one borrow that ran diagonally through the ring. I ended up filling the hole with a mixture of superglue and sawdust. I also backed the bow with rawhide just to be safe.

The bow is 53” ntn, is tillered to 40# @ 28” and bends slightly through the handle. The width is 1 1/4" to mid-limb and then tapers to 1/2" tips. Ron doesn’t pull 28" the moment, but he will eventually when he fully recovers.  This was my first Osage bow and I have to say it is wonder to work with.  Ron painted the design on the back which is a Delaware Indian pattern. The quiver pictured in one of the photos was hand-made by Ron including the beading. The arrows are Potawatomie style. The person posing in the full-draw picture is Ron.














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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2008, 09:42:07 pm »
good lines Gordon...elegant
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2008, 09:55:40 pm »
Damn Gordon don't you ever have any honey-do's ???

Beautiful bow and that much more special because its for someone else, well done Gordon, well done :)
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Offline Dano

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2008, 10:05:58 pm »
OUTSTANDING!!
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2008, 11:22:40 pm »
as always gordon, beautiful bow, i really like the paint work,awesome and authentic to boot.
sweet looking stick there.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2008, 12:31:26 am »
Very nice little bow, Gordon. Gotta love osage.  ;)    Pat
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Offline shamus

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2008, 01:20:17 am »
very nice work. Very refined nocks.

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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2008, 04:41:48 am »

beatutiful bow, gordon, as always!
the braced profile really looks great, so does the full draw; really like the paintjob, too!
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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2008, 07:22:36 am »
awesome.  what a perfect package.  one  day, you'll have to learn to make normal bows.  i bet, poppoing out one masterpiece after another is gonna get boring sooner or later  ;D

by the way, if you could get some close-ups of ron's fletching, that would be very nice.
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2008, 07:43:19 am »
Another Beauty, 53" NTN  drawing to 28" :o :o.  Can you post any full draw pics.  That must look wicked at full draw.
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Offline 1/2primitive

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2008, 10:45:22 am »
Wow, that is beautiful. Great job as always. I like the painting, too.
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« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2008, 11:47:32 am »
just awesome
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Offline catfishon

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2008, 11:48:42 am »
that really looks good
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2008, 11:57:44 am »
Thank you all for the nice comments. I do want to point out again that Ron did the artwork. He painted on the design using acrylic paints and I then finished it with Tru-oil.

Ron is an amazing artist - he makes all sorts of indian artifacts from full beaded quivers, war pipes, craddle boards, to moccasins. It was a special honor to collaborate with him on this bow.   

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Offline deerhunter97370

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Re: Osage short bow
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2008, 12:07:58 pm »
That is a Beautiful and well crafted Bow. Good Job Gordon and Ron. Joel
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