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Title: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: scrub-buster on August 26, 2009, 02:17:00 AM
Here is my 2nd bow, an osage D bow that I have been working on.  It is 65" long and 50# @ 28".  This bow started out as a split off of the bottom of a stave.  I was amazed at how little of a piece of osage could make a bow.  I am thinking about putting on some blacksnake skins so I can use it for deer season this fall.  I messed up and made a glossy finish on it.  This will be my first "traditional" deer season and I can't wait to kill a deer with a bow that I made.  

***Can I use TBIII to glue the skins on, or would hide glue be better.  Also, I have no idea where to get hide glue from.

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Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: scrub-buster on August 26, 2009, 02:26:00 AM
I forgot to say thanks for the help that I have  got from the members here.  I was really hung up on the handle.  I have never worked with leather before.  I would get the bow out, look at it, look at the leather and then put it back.  A real big thanks to  Jawge  for the section on his site for making handles.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: bigcountry on August 26, 2009, 08:51:00 AM
Thats not a bad looking tiller.  I am fixin to make me a D-bow soon.  Dano's posts on the D-bow raised my interest.  

I would use TBIII for skins myself.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: Dano on August 26, 2009, 09:39:00 AM
Great job, tiller looks excellent. Yep TB III works great for skins. Good luck this season.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: ALW on August 26, 2009, 09:42:00 AM
Very nice bow.  If you put a glossy finish on it you could always just buff it with steel wool or add a couple coats of a satin finish to it.  That would dull it down.  But again, very nice looking bow.

Not to take away from your post, but how exactly do you get a belly split without tearing up the wood?  Does it really split along a ring that easily?  Just wondering.

Aaron
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: bigcountry on August 26, 2009, 09:57:00 AM
Can someone give me a good layout for a D-Bow like this?  I was thinking rounded belly, 1.25" wide to 1.5" wide from midlimb to miblimb and tapering.  

Or do you want to narrow the handle area some and make a tad thicker?  Semibend?
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: Dano on August 26, 2009, 12:11:00 PM
Mark, the few I've made were 1 1/4" to mid limb, oval belly's. You can kinda cheat a bit and move the string off center just a bit to help arrow clearance.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: bjansen on August 26, 2009, 12:40:00 PM
Excellent job! Great fit and finish on that bow.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: Apex Predator on August 26, 2009, 02:05:00 PM
Yep, that's a winner!
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: bigcountry on August 26, 2009, 03:42:00 PM
Thanks Dano.  I guess 1.5" would cause the bow to be too thin near the handle.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: scrub-buster on August 26, 2009, 08:09:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Dano:
Great job, tiller looks excellent. Yep TB III works great for skins. Good luck this season.
Do you still soak them in water first?
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: scrub-buster on August 26, 2009, 08:13:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ALW:
Very nice bow.  If you put a glossy finish on it you could always just buff it with steel wool or add a couple coats of a satin finish to it.  That would dull it down.  But again, very nice looking bow.

Not to take away from your post, but how exactly do you get a belly split without tearing up the wood?  Does it really split along a ring that easily?  Just wondering.

Aaron
I just used a hatchet and a hammer to split it.  This was the belly section that came off of a larger stave.  It didn't follow a single ring, it crossed about 3 or 4.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: Dano on August 26, 2009, 08:22:00 PM
Yep soak em for about 20 minutes, then lay them between a towel to sop up the excess water.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: scrub-buster on August 26, 2009, 08:30:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Dano:
Yep soak em for about 20 minutes, then lay them between a towel to sop up the excess water.
Thanks for the info.  I have a partial skin that I might try on a scrap piece first.  Should I sand all of the spar urethane off first?
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: Dano on August 27, 2009, 09:21:00 AM
No need to sand it all off, just rough it up with 100 grit paper.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: stretch2 on August 29, 2009, 02:08:00 PM
great job on the bow, looks good i am jealous of all you guys who has that kind of wood so close to them
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 29, 2009, 08:42:00 PM
You are welcome. That's an awesome bow, scrub. Tiller is great! Jawge
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: scrub-buster on August 29, 2009, 10:34:00 PM
I just put some snake skins on it.  Any suggestions for a finish to put over them.
Title: Re: 2nd bow finished-Osage D Bow
Post by: Jesse Peltan on September 01, 2009, 04:16:00 PM
Use tru oil finish. You can get a container for 6$ form 3 rivers.