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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: broketooth on January 18, 2011, 02:33:00 PM
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i just finished this bow build and wanted to share with the fellas that dont visit the bowyers bench. its a 2 peice osage orange selfbow. 63" amo. 47#@28" draw. the entire bow build is on the bowyers bench. here are some pics. (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/2peiceselfbowfirsttry004.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/2peiceselfbowfirsttry003.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/2peiceselfbowfirsttry006.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/2peiceselfbowfirsttry009.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/2peiceselfbowfirsttry008.jpg). i must say building this bow has made me appreciate what the fellas on the bowyers bench do. thier expertice and knowledge is amazing. without their help i think it would have taken me longer to finish. ruddy
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Very nice work, must be a great feeling of accomplishment. Looks good too! :)
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Wow! What an awesome bow. You'e got skills! Well Done. :thumbsup:
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That is great looking bow sir. Does it shoot well? I have a great interest in osage self bows these days.
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awesome bow :thumbsup: how's it shoot :archer2:
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its got a slight thump upon release of the arrow very smooth to drawthis is not a center shot bow so arrow spine is critical. ruddy
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Very nice. Love that osage.
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Looks like a shooter,well done.
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very nice. :thumbsup:
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looks great!
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very nice Ruddy. You did a great job. DB
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Now that is cool, take down self bow. Very nice!
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Real cool.
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Do you have a full draw pic?
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(http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/2peicebowbuildfirsttry075.jpg)
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Wow, Ruddy! That looks great! Need more pics!
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all the pics are available to look at on the bowyers bench. there is an entire build of this bow. ruddy
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Beautiful bow,and a takedown to boot.Love the snakeyness in it.Wish you the best making meat with it this coming season Ruddy. :thumbsup:
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Great job,wait til you kill something with it.Now you will never be the same.Aint nothing like a BoisdArc selfbow have fun with it.
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Real nice indeed!
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holy fricken sweeeeeeeeet. You did an amazing job.
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Wow!! :clapper:
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Super job Ruddy!Looks great at full draw.Most of my bows are Hickory due to my access in the woods out back,but every now and then I treat myself to an Osage steve.Love the Osage,Glen
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Dang..very nice ..I got one of thoses sleeves. Its in my near future bow too.. SWEET !
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Tiller looks good from here! What sized sleeve is that?
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cant wait to see what it can do in the hunting season
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Cool!!!
Thank you for sharing.
God bless,Mudd
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i big thanks to everyone for showing an interest, it really means a lot , ruddy
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Always nice to see quality workmanship...especially in a bow.
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Pure "Death on a String". Looks great!
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2 piece, that's nice work Ruddy :thumbsup:
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razorsharptokill, that is the smaller of the 2 sleeves that are offerd from 3 rivers. iim actually smaller than bernie is. just ask batman, im a little pipsqueak. batman and john dill are extemely huge compared to my sorry narrow a$$. thats why the handle looks bigim about 5'9 so a 63" bow just meets the proper fit for shootin a bow
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LOL- I wouldn't say those two are "Huge" (exactly - LOL) but Ruddy and I are kinda like a couple of fugitives from a Pygmy head shrinking festival - except for my ears - :D
Y'all really do need to check out the Full Magilla thread on the build, in the Bowyer's bench forum. Ruddy did more than a fine job, and took all of us along with him on the trip in "traditional" fashion. If you like it here, you'll love it there. You'll get the ups and downs (and all the scary fun) of a bow build - LOL.
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Incredible :readit: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Very cool indeed! I have always admired the true bowyers...like you guys that can transform a chunk of wood into a masterpiece. I have built laminated longbows but have stayed away from self bows. To me, what you have done takes much more skill and patience than it does to build a lam bow.
She's a beaut! :clapper:
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Great job :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
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Wow, what a beauty!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
F-Manny
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Today i was honored by the fact that Ruddy brought his Newly finished 2 Piece Osage Selfbow down for me to see and for us to shoot a little. We had a ball, both shooting the bow and shooting the bull about bows, arrows, etc. I tell you in all truth i was really impressed with Ruddy's bow - and I have some very nice all wood Primitive and selfbows in my collection.
I found the bow to look great (as we've seen in the pictures) but also to draw smooth, shoot with little or no noticeable hand shock, be very quiet (even with no silencers yet applied). The bow seems to require a pretty good cant - at least with both me and Ruddy shooting it (a little bit more with me). It is a sweet and accurate shooter as long as the archer does his part. I grabbed two each of some of my River cane arrows, Tonkin Cane arrows, Cedar Arrows by Bill Stroup, and some Ramin Dowel arrows That i made about 5 or 6 years back. The bow behaved very well with all of arrows (mostly in the 40-45 spine range and weighing close to 500 gr each). The bow really liked (as did Ruddy) the two river cane arrows (by Art B) and the two Tonkin canes (by StringStretcher). We shot at targets from about 8yds out to 41 yds both from the ground and from my tower. I think it is safe to say we were both impressed and enjoyed the afternoon of shooting - his was the only bow we shot today.
We did take a few pictures and I'll post a couple here but all of them will appear in Ruddy's thread in the Bowyer's Bench Forum. Wish you could have been there to soot this fine bow with us - but for now, enjoy the pics - LOL. Oh Ruddy draws about 28" I believe, I draw about 25".
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/R2Pc002.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/R2Pc005.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/R2Pc011.jpg)
This one Ruddy held it with a little less cant - just for viewing:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/R2Pc010.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/R2Pc008.jpg)
Check out the other thread for all the pics - Thanks for looking and thanks to Ruddy for the visit and shooting fun.
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Wow Tooth that is awesome!
You gonna carry that when we go south for hogs?
J
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piece of Art
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Very cool
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bernie it was an honor and a pleasure. art b's rivercane arrows fly awesome from that bow. truly and impressive combination. i liked the tonkin canes too although the turkey fletch was difficult to track. i was also pleasantly surprised by how well ramin wood arrows fly. i think i would be not opposed to trying any of these three combos in the future.i had a great time and am very happy you got to shoot the bow. you camera takes kick butt pics. we goota do it again soon. ruddy
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My pleasure anytime, Ruddy (plenty of bows to try out too - LOL) I'm glad it was a little warmer today so I could get full enjoyment out of our get-togather - LOL. Yep, I really like that small Kodak Z700 camera.
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way cool uncle Bernie and ruddy :clapper: :clapper: :archer2:
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Nice looking bow. I didn't know you could make two piece self bows.