Osage D/R recurve(?)

[dbeaver]

Finishing up on this osage bow pretty soon.  im pretty sure im done tillering.  We got her 65#@28" and i draw just about 29 where it begins to stack slightly and as a heavy selfbow i want it right on that wall so i can get the most out of it.  Here are some photos after tillering.

Still backing with rawhide and doing horn tips, have to carve the shelf which may get a bumpout of bone and a leather handle for this one.  will post progress and finish pics on this thread.

[Pat B]

Your tiller looks good.

[Burnsie]

That is one slick looking bow.  Would you consider those tips - static? They seem to be holding their curve pretty good at full draw.
What is the NTN length on that bow?  You got some skills.

[dbeaver]

Thanks Burnsie.  I'd say the recurve uncurls slightly when strung but the last few inches of the tips do remain stiff through the draw cycle.  It shoots with no vibration at all which is cool for a heavy bow i setup a video and watched everything jump forward slightly and equally and the string just came to a dead stop.

[Kirkll]

I'll bet that baby is fast!    What is the length of it?

[dbeaver]

Haven't measured nock to nock but it was 66 inches and i brought my nock in an inch so id safely bet a 64"ntn

[Kirkll]

Wow! You must be a pretty big guy to make a 64" bow look so small.

[Stagmitis]

Good job !

[Ajooter]

Very nice!  I bet that baby is fast!!  Can't wait to see it finished up.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

It looks good! I would say it’s ready to doll up. Any plans for what you want to do yet? I’m curious what kind of speeds you would see over a chronograph.

Kyle

[dbeaver]

Experimenting with dying rawhide from the suede side. Used earth pigment and denatured alcohol.  It's okay. I'm interested to see how the color comes through with the glue and Osage to back it.   Will have whitish grain areas on the smooth side to give it a mottled look.  Yellow towards the center so the black fades into the Buffalo horn tips and then a black leather handle section to balance everything out in the center.

[Burnsie]

Dylan - You have a profile pic of the the back of the bow?

[dbeaver]

[dbeaver]

Mummified for some rawhide. Let's see how it turns out later tonight