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Offline Thadbow

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Bocote and osage.
« on: June 27, 2015, 09:57:00 PM »
Well, Ive been on the knife making kick for a while and I haven't made a bow in almost a year so I thought I should start putting a little saw dust in the shop instead of sparks.
   
  I had a really nice piece of osage given to me by Brad and a bunch of small pieces of bocote that I had left over from other bows so I decided to try to put everything together for a couple of 54'rs.
   

  I had enough osage to make one set of lams and I decided to use black glass on the other.  
   Both would have a bamboo core.
   
   A little glue, a little shaping, and a ton of sanding..... two bows were born.  I was having so much fun finish sanding that I decided to finish a bocote and black glass bow that I made a while back that came in at 76 lbs... I just thought hey, you never know when Roy might stop by and want to shoot a glass bow...

   
   
   
   
   

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2015, 10:06:00 PM »
Awesome
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Offline Thadbow

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2015, 10:23:00 PM »
I just realized I don't have any photos of these sweet osage lams... Ill try to get them tomorrow?
 

Offline Trux Turning

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2015, 10:32:00 PM »
Wow those are some good looking bows!!

Offline chackworth3

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2015, 10:37:00 PM »
Those are some sweet looking bows!

Offline mikkekeswick

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2015, 02:47:00 AM »
Good stuff  ;)
I love bocote.

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2015, 06:24:00 AM »
All the above and then some!

Offline cunruhshoot

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2015, 05:11:00 PM »
Great looking bows!
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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2015, 05:16:00 PM »
Bocote and osage look great together!! Excellent job Thad!
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Offline Wolftrail

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2015, 07:22:00 PM »
That is cool the way you executed the build.. I have seen literally hundreds if not thousands of bows in the last 4 years those are awesome.   :thumbsup:

Offline Thadbow

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2015, 08:19:00 PM »
Thanks for the kind words guys, these were a fun project for me!
I am really pleased with these risers, Its always nice to find different ways to put them together utilizing smaller pieces of wood you can't throw out..  
The osage lams also came from Bjansen and I couldn't be happier with how they look under the clear glass.(Thanks Brad)
I took a few photos of them tonight...
 
 

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2015, 03:47:00 AM »
Looking very nice. Bue--.

Offline bjansen

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2015, 02:14:00 PM »
Nice work Thad!

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Re: Bocote and osage.
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2015, 07:57:00 PM »
Wow Thad, Great work.

Your skills as a bowyer, Knife maker and Father never cease to amaze me.
Relax,

You'll live longer!

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