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Author Topic: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!  (Read 5835 times)

Offline Huntrdfk

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #40 on: February 21, 2007, 09:55:00 PM »
Nothing close to what has been posted, but here is a knotty osage bow I just finished....

 

 

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Offline Ryan O'Sullivan

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #41 on: February 21, 2007, 10:51:00 PM »

 
 
 

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #42 on: February 21, 2007, 10:53:00 PM »

Offline Ryan O'Sullivan

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #43 on: February 21, 2007, 11:10:00 PM »

 
 
 

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #44 on: February 22, 2007, 02:08:00 AM »
Ryan, I never get tired of looking at your work. And you sure know how to crank them out. Beautiful.

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #45 on: February 22, 2007, 02:13:00 AM »
Here's a bow I made last year.

 

 

 

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #46 on: February 22, 2007, 04:49:00 AM »
Awesome bows fellas! Hey Flatstick, what kind of stain did you put on the first osage you posted. That looks sweet. Keep em'comin'. This is great.
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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #47 on: February 22, 2007, 08:59:00 AM »
Thanks Gordon. Yours are pretty special too!

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #48 on: February 22, 2007, 10:01:00 AM »

 
 

Offline Jason Lester

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #49 on: February 22, 2007, 04:29:00 PM »
Well I don't have pretty pics like others but here are a couple of mine.

 

 

 
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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #50 on: February 22, 2007, 05:49:00 PM »
Man!! I love seein all the beautiful bows, Jason are those inlaid arraheads on that sweet take down??
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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #51 on: February 22, 2007, 07:03:00 PM »
My two cents;

Rasp induced character, black locust.

 

It worked out pretty good,,, all things considered
 

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #52 on: February 22, 2007, 07:08:00 PM »
A couple more osage snakes.

I'm almost embarassed to post mine after the beauties posted on this thread.

 
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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #53 on: February 22, 2007, 07:19:00 PM »
Oh man! Drool!  Is it the bows that are characters, or the guys who made them?  :)

Great thread.
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Offline James Wrenn

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #54 on: February 22, 2007, 07:39:00 PM »
Man I love looking at the bows you guys build.Most just border on impossible to me.  :)   :thumbsup:
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Offline Flatstick

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #55 on: February 22, 2007, 09:11:00 PM »
mmgrode,

the stain I like to use is Freibring's (sp)leather dye. They have a variety of colors or you can mix them together to make the color your looking for. The "textured" pattern on that first bow was done using a sponge dipped in stain and then dabbing it around on the belly side, first with one color then with another over the top. The bow was backed with rawhide and the snake like pattern was also applied with a sponge. The chevrons were first layed out with a sharpie marker then filled in with a Q-tip dipped in the desired stain. The finish is Tru-Oil.
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Offline Jason Lester

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #56 on: February 22, 2007, 11:50:00 PM »
Dano,

   They are made from a peice of bocote shaped to look like an arrowhead. I'm actually reworking that bow a bit right now. I shortened it a bit and still have to add the tip overlays back on it. The limbs just seemed to boxy to me. Glad you like it. As you can see its the sister peice to my copperhead bow I usualy hunt with.
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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #57 on: February 23, 2007, 11:31:00 AM »
Working on a nutty one right now, at least for me.  Huge step from the perfect hickory stave I made my first bow from LOL.

These bows are just awesome, ya'll did amazing work.

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #58 on: February 23, 2007, 06:22:00 PM »
Man you guys are foul!!!! You really know how to make a man covet!Nice stuff man.Send a pm this way when you guys get tired of shooting a right hand 45lb.You guys are the real deal.Nice work.

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Re: Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!
« Reply #59 on: February 24, 2007, 07:44:00 AM »
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