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Offline The Gopher

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First Osage Selfbow
« on: August 17, 2008, 10:25:00 AM »
I just finished up my first osage selfbow. the bulk of the work was done at the MN bowbuilding weekend that Chad (Holm-Made) hosted earlier this summer. it was a great weekend and I learned a ton about selfbows. I couldn't have doen it without the help of Dirty Joe from dickinson, ND and Sparrow from Fargo. There was a little character in the stave both side to side and front to back that made tillering a challange for a beginner. it'll finish up about 50lbs at my 27" draw. i'm still debating weather i want to put a grip on it or just go with the all wood look. the first picture shows my shop assistant Dylan.

 

 
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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2008, 10:43:00 AM »
Wow, your kind of young to be making bow... That is You in the first pic?

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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2008, 10:44:00 AM »
looks nice... can you post a full draw pic?

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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2008, 11:27:00 AM »
Very nice osage bow but like Sal, I would also like to see a full draw pic. Thanks for posting.    Pat
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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2008, 04:57:00 PM »
real nice   :campfire:a full draw photo would be nice

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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2008, 09:31:00 PM »
Very nice !

Offline The Gopher

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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2008, 08:43:00 AM »
I'll try to get a full draw pic soon. Looks like Dylan has taken an interest in the string, i'll have to get him started with a spool of B-50 soon!

Hey wood butcher i was just in your neck of the woods, camping on the chippewa flowage, good weather, great time, beautiful area.
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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2008, 04:27:00 PM »
Hi Gopher- great to see another MN guy on here. I live in Watertown, we should get together and shoot sometime. I'm dying to try my hand at making my own bows so maybe I can learn something!

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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2008, 09:40:00 PM »
here are some more pics, in the pics with the red background the right limb is the upper limb. you can see about 9 inches from the tip where there is a natural dip that really fooled me a lot during tillering, i kept thinking it was a hinge developing. In the full draw pic it looks like the lower limb is a little stiff, like i said this is my first osage selfbow, i am more than open to constructive critisism, let me know what you think since i have a lot to learn.

 

 
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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2008, 11:41:00 AM »
Great job.  Fabulous bow!!

Dan

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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2008, 11:45:00 AM »
nice tillering... Job well done.

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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2008, 12:23:00 PM »
Tiller looks spot on to me !
Nice job on you'r first one !
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Re: First Osage Selfbow
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2008, 01:04:00 PM »
I remember that log..I said you'd never get a bow outta there in a weekend...damned if you weren't shooting pointy sticks saturday evening..(I'd wake up and look out my tent at 5:45 and dan was already riding that shaving pony..)  :wavey:  

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