Title: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 12, 2009, 10:15:00 AM
Post by: Dano 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.
Here's the handle
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow008.jpg)
Unbraced
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow002.jpg)
Braced
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow003.jpg)
Full draw
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow005.jpg)
One of the tips
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow009.jpg)
Here's the handle
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow008.jpg)
Unbraced
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow002.jpg)
Braced
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow003.jpg)
Full draw
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow005.jpg)
One of the tips
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/shortbow009.jpg)
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: snakewood3 on August 12, 2009, 10:46:00 AM
Post by: snakewood3 on August 12, 2009, 10:46:00 AM
Sweet !
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: ProArcher on August 12, 2009, 10:49:00 AM
Post by: ProArcher on August 12, 2009, 10:49:00 AM
What he said
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: frank bullitt on August 12, 2009, 12:00:00 PM
Post by: frank bullitt on August 12, 2009, 12:00:00 PM
Nice looker Dano! Is that your professional stunt double in the photo? Good shootin, Steve
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 12, 2009, 12:31:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 12, 2009, 12:31:00 PM
Thanks guy's. Steve, that guy is in all my pictures :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Shore08 on August 12, 2009, 12:47:00 PM
Post by: Shore08 on August 12, 2009, 12:47:00 PM
Good looking bow!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Lee Lobbestael on August 12, 2009, 12:54:00 PM
Post by: Lee Lobbestael on August 12, 2009, 12:54:00 PM
Dano that bow looks great! bout to start a short osage here myself
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Stagmitis on August 12, 2009, 12:56:00 PM
Post by: Stagmitis on August 12, 2009, 12:56:00 PM
I really like the shape of the tips Dano!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: ductape on August 12, 2009, 02:44:00 PM
Post by: ductape on August 12, 2009, 02:44:00 PM
Nice bow Dano!! :notworthy:
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 12, 2009, 03:35:00 PM
Post by: Dano 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.
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.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Pat B on August 12, 2009, 03:36:00 PM
Post by: Pat B on August 12, 2009, 03:36:00 PM
Beautiful little bow Dano and the tiller is exceptional!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: kodiakkid on August 12, 2009, 06:11:00 PM
Post by: kodiakkid on August 12, 2009, 06:11:00 PM
Looks good! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: BEN on August 12, 2009, 06:38:00 PM
Post by: BEN on August 12, 2009, 06:38:00 PM
Dano, that is a sweet lookin little bow!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: frank bullitt on August 12, 2009, 06:56:00 PM
Post by: frank bullitt 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
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: bigcountry on August 12, 2009, 06:56:00 PM
Post by: bigcountry 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.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 12, 2009, 07:37:00 PM
Post by: Dano 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.
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.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: 4runr on August 12, 2009, 09:15:00 PM
Post by: 4runr on August 12, 2009, 09:15:00 PM
Beautiful little bow Dano. Love the tips!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: tim roberts on August 12, 2009, 09:23:00 PM
Post by: tim roberts on August 12, 2009, 09:23:00 PM
Dang Dano, that is pure beauty. I really like the knocks!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Hermann From Bavaria on August 13, 2009, 01:32:00 AM
Post by: Hermann From Bavaria on August 13, 2009, 01:32:00 AM
wow dano, what a bow. that nocks are kinda indian style, aren´t they?
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: shamus on August 13, 2009, 08:10:00 AM
Post by: shamus on August 13, 2009, 08:10:00 AM
Beautiful job, Dano!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: DCM on August 13, 2009, 09:42:00 AM
Post by: DCM on August 13, 2009, 09:42:00 AM
Real nice Dano. I like handles with a big ole knot in 'em like that.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Frank on August 13, 2009, 09:01:00 PM
Post by: Frank on August 13, 2009, 09:01:00 PM
I like that bow.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: ron w on August 13, 2009, 09:28:00 PM
Post by: ron w on August 13, 2009, 09:28:00 PM
Amazing...nice little bow.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 13, 2009, 09:39:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 13, 2009, 09:39:00 PM
Thanks ya'all, David the knot makes a locator grip, kinda.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: NEW GUY on August 14, 2009, 11:58:00 AM
Post by: NEW GUY on August 14, 2009, 11:58:00 AM
Dude, that is a sweet little bow!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 14, 2009, 12:13:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 14, 2009, 12:13:00 PM
Thanks Shane, BTW you need to change that Hickory Co. home place. !["[dntthnk]"]("graemlins/dntthnk.gif" "\"\"")
GOT THEM FLOORS DONE YET!!!!
GOT THEM FLOORS DONE YET!!!!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: NEW GUY on August 14, 2009, 03:44:00 PM
Post by: NEW GUY on August 14, 2009, 03:44:00 PM
Yep floors are all done, woohoo :) !
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 14, 2009, 03:56:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 14, 2009, 03:56:00 PM
Good Man!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Paul/KS on August 14, 2009, 06:07:00 PM
Post by: Paul/KS on August 14, 2009, 06:07:00 PM
Great Job as always Dano. I really like how you did the nocks,they look kind of like ones I have seen on Lenape bows.
You are truly the Sensei of the short bow... :notworthy:
You are truly the Sensei of the short bow... :notworthy:
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 14, 2009, 06:18:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 14, 2009, 06:18:00 PM
Sensei ?? I doubt that. I saw those in one of the TBB's, I think they are Cherekee, don't hold me to that tho. Heck I forget what day it is here lately.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 14, 2009, 06:31:00 PM
Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 14, 2009, 06:31:00 PM
Looks great, Dano! Jawge
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 14, 2009, 06:43:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 14, 2009, 06:43:00 PM
Thank you Jawge!!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Okie 1 on August 15, 2009, 11:48:00 PM
Post by: Okie 1 on August 15, 2009, 11:48:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Dano:Better lay off the lemonade Dano. lol
Heck I forget what day it is here lately.
Great looking bow. Love the handle. Tiller looks spot on.
John
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 16, 2009, 09:15:00 AM
Post by: Dano on August 16, 2009, 09:15:00 AM
Thanks John, it's just that every day is Saturday, I haven't gotten used to that yet.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: KENDALL TECHAU on August 16, 2009, 09:28:00 AM
Post by: KENDALL TECHAU on August 16, 2009, 09:28:00 AM
Sweet little bow there Dano !!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Ricker on August 16, 2009, 09:51:00 AM
Post by: Ricker on August 16, 2009, 09:51:00 AM
AWESOME !!! You are a master for sure....
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: mullet on August 16, 2009, 04:56:00 PM
Post by: mullet on August 16, 2009, 04:56:00 PM
Sweet looking bow, Dano. I love Osage.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 16, 2009, 05:21:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 16, 2009, 05:21:00 PM
Thanks guy's, jack of all trades, master of none.
Eddie, ya gotta love osage.
Eddie, ya gotta love osage.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: DVSHUNTER on August 17, 2009, 01:19:00 PM
Post by: DVSHUNTER on August 17, 2009, 01:19:00 PM
Sweet looking bow Dano!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 24, 2009, 12:24:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 24, 2009, 12:24:00 PM
Here's a few pictures of the bow with some Northern Copperhead skins and a handle wrap. It kinda looks like the poor thing has a growth on it huh. :rolleyes:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/Chucksbow008-3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/Chucksbow007-4.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/Chucksbow006-4.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/Chucksbow008-3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/Chucksbow007-4.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Bows/Chucksbow006-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: SoNevada Archer on August 24, 2009, 04:04:00 PM
Post by: SoNevada Archer on August 24, 2009, 04:04:00 PM
Very nice Dano!
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Lee Lobbestael on August 24, 2009, 09:11:00 PM
Post by: Lee Lobbestael on August 24, 2009, 09:11:00 PM
Thats a cool lookin bow Dano! we'll see what I can do with the piece i have.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 24, 2009, 09:31:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 24, 2009, 09:31:00 PM
Thank you guy's, come on Lee get with it!! :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Ricker on August 25, 2009, 12:12:00 AM
Post by: Ricker on August 25, 2009, 12:12:00 AM
Looks like the snake ate an egg Dano!!!!!!!! great job and thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Flatstick on August 25, 2009, 11:53:00 AM
Post by: Flatstick on August 25, 2009, 11:53:00 AM
Another fine work of art Dano ! Osage is awesome stuff short or long. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 25, 2009, 12:22:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 25, 2009, 12:22:00 PM
Thanks guy's. like that Rick, an egg or a chubby mouse.
You know it Rich, you've made some art with osage in your time. :notworthy:
You know it Rich, you've made some art with osage in your time. :notworthy:
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: vanillabear? on August 31, 2009, 12:37:00 PM
Post by: vanillabear? on August 31, 2009, 12:37:00 PM
Title: Re: Short Osage Bow completed
Post by: Dano on August 31, 2009, 01:43:00 PM
Post by: Dano on August 31, 2009, 01:43:00 PM
Thanks,The bow didn't take a whole lot of set, it does take about an inch of string follow.