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    An osage bow for a buddy

    I'm not sure how many archers are in here. But I feel like I'd might as well show off my creative outlet.

    This is an osage orange (hedge apple) bow I made if a friend of mine. I made it in the mollegabet style with narrow stiff levers. It pulls 41 pounds at a 28" draw. And the snake skin is artificial copper head. So a thin, strong cotton fabric with a pattern print.



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    Dude, that is awesome!
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    Re: An osage bow for a buddy

    Beautiful. I know working the tiller on that has got to be a challenge since you have to stay in the same grain and all. Great job. Back in the day I used to shoot a laminate longbow that a friend of mine made. He also made self bows out of osage. Great job.!

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    Re: An osage bow for a buddy

    Thanks. This one was pretty straight forward to tiller. Except that the wood didn't want to respond to my scraping. This bow took quite a bit longer to respond to wood removal than they normally do.

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    Well isn't that something? How cool!

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    Re: An osage bow for a buddy

    Here's my address: *** lol I'll take 2


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    Re: An osage bow for a buddy


    Here's another osage orange bow I got finished for another guy. It draws 45# at 28" draw and is pretty quick for its poundage. And very fun to shoot. I figure if might as well make this my bow making thread.

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    You have a real talent. My dad had a nice collection of bows. He really enjoyed the sport. Yours is very fine.

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