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Offline Osagetree

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Re: Green Hickory Selfbow
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2011, 07:48:00 AM »
Sharp eye John! Hope the rabbits at GORH see it up close this weekend.
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Offline John Scifres

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Re: Green Hickory Selfbow
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2011, 12:12:00 PM »
You could try a sinew patch or maybe some serving thread in Duco.
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Offline Rain Man

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Re: Green Hickory Selfbow
« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2011, 05:07:00 PM »
Nice!  How wide is it?  At 62", did it take much set?  I'm not too far from you, so I assume our humidity is pretty close.  I'm ready to start another Shagbark
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Offline don s

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Re: Green Hickory Selfbow
« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2011, 08:53:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Osagetree:
Rit dye and rubbing alcohol   :biglaugh:  
i've used the rit dye and alcohol for arrows and most recently for a short pyramid bow for my daughter. she said she wanted a bow in her favorite color. PURPLE. i've used the yellow for laminated birch shafts and they look like osage. very nice bow btw.
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Offline Tony Chinn

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Re: Green Hickory Selfbow
« Reply #24 on: February 19, 2011, 10:31:00 PM »
sweet lookin bow joe
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Green Hickory Selfbow
« Reply #25 on: February 20, 2011, 07:02:00 AM »
Nice bow. But your handle is OSAGEtree.  :)  Jawge
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Offline Osagetree

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Re: Green Hickory Selfbow
« Reply #26 on: February 20, 2011, 05:53:00 PM »
Yes it is Osagetree but George, someone started calling me osage whisperer so I had to do a couple hickory's to show osage is not all I do!!  :biglaugh:
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Offline b.glass

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Re: Green Hickory Selfbow
« Reply #27 on: February 20, 2011, 06:25:00 PM »
:thumbsup:
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Re: Green Hickory Selfbow
« Reply #28 on: February 20, 2011, 07:22:00 PM »
Nice one Joe, Love the knot hole

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