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Offline Dano

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Short Osage Bow completed
« on: August 12, 2009, 10:15:00 AM »
I am always surprised how little osage it takes to make a bow. This stave was only 52" long to begin with, and it had a good sized knot in the middle. The knot kinda made up my mind for a semi-bendy handled bow. The bow came out 50" NtN 50# @ 26" as you can see I had to flip the tips a tad to get a better string angle, this thing really stacked badly before that. The limbs are 1 1/8" wide tappered to 1/2" nocks. I still have some skins to put on and some finish, and some kind of handle wrap.
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One of the tips
 
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2009, 10:46:00 AM »
Sweet !
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2009, 10:49:00 AM »
What he said
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2009, 12:00:00 PM »
Nice looker Dano! Is that your professional stunt double in the photo? Good shootin, Steve
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2009, 12:31:00 PM »
Thanks guy's. Steve, that guy is in all my pictures    :bigsmyl:
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Offline Shore08

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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2009, 12:47:00 PM »
Good looking bow!
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2009, 12:54:00 PM »
Dano that bow looks great! bout to start a short osage here myself
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2009, 12:56:00 PM »
I really like the shape of the tips Dano!
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Offline ductape

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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2009, 02:44:00 PM »
Nice bow Dano!!  :notworthy:
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2009, 03:35:00 PM »
Thanks ya'all.

 Lee that's why I posted this one, maybe it'll give ya some confidence or at least some inspiration. Good luck to ya on yours.
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2009, 03:36:00 PM »
Beautiful little bow Dano and the tiller is exceptional!
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2009, 06:11:00 PM »
Looks good!  :thumbsup:
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2009, 06:38:00 PM »
Dano, that is a sweet lookin little bow!
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2009, 06:56:00 PM »
Don't be afraid to try them short osage bows! In the eariy '90s, a gentleman was at Cloverdale showing off his 50" D- bow, full of pin knots. He had made like 4 bows of various lengths, from the same piece of wood. The wild thing was, he was pulling a full length alum. 2117 arrow in it! I kid you not. Norm Blaker, from Michigan, the great knapper, has pictures! This gentleman let me draw it, and kept hollering "puller' back", I only draw 26". I wish I had a picture! He also said, he had learned to make them from a book he found in his grandma's attic. Good shootin, Steve
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2009, 06:56:00 PM »
Dad gone, I would have been scared to death to try to build over that knot.  Great job, and great tiller as usual.
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2009, 07:37:00 PM »
Great story Steve, wish I had been there.

Mark, that's why I left so much wood around the knot, and it gave me a nice little palm swell. The nice thing is, if it breaks, it will warm me some winters eve.
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2009, 09:15:00 PM »
Beautiful little bow Dano. Love the tips!
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2009, 09:23:00 PM »
Dang Dano, that is pure beauty.  I really like the knocks!
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2009, 01:32:00 AM »
wow dano, what a bow. that nocks are kinda indian style, aren´t they?
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Re: Short Osage Bow completed
« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2009, 08:10:00 AM »
Beautiful job, Dano!
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