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Title: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: razorsharptokill on July 26, 2012, 10:39:00 PM
58.5" ntn, 55lbs @ 28". Shoots great. Pretty dang quick!

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows/CIMG3430.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows/CIMG3431.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows/CIMG3443.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows/CIMG3445.jpg)
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: SportHunter on July 26, 2012, 10:49:00 PM
Sweet bow, not a bad shot either, great job!
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: Bjorn on July 27, 2012, 12:16:00 AM
Outstanding!!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: Stiks-n-Strings on July 27, 2012, 02:47:00 AM
Awesome bow! did it hold very much reflex?
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: inksoup on July 27, 2012, 06:28:00 AM
can you please give us more detail. like:

thickness and wide of limbs, size of handles... if possible zoomed photo-shots to details?

any detail that you can give, since i would like to try this one with eucalyptus wood.
also having such a short bow means you can carry it wherever you may go. this is nice.

best.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: Bowjunkie on July 27, 2012, 06:33:00 AM
Nice. That's got to be one of my favorite profiles.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: razorsharptokill on July 27, 2012, 04:27:00 PM
Well you know ink, that even with the same bow wood, bows of the same exact dimensions will yield different performance.

I can pass on what this bows dimensions are but especially with another species, it would be a lot different results.

It just shoots awesomely! I notice quite a bit of difference in the quality of the shot if I don't attain an honest full draw.

If I short draw or my form collapses the shot will almost always hit low left. Maybe it's the short length. If I reach and hold full draw then the groups this bow will shoot are really great.

Once I get it to the finish stage, I will add a snake skin over the sinew. I have fired several hundred shots out of this bow now. I think she's going to make it.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on July 27, 2012, 04:55:00 PM
Nice bow Jim.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: razorsharptokill on July 27, 2012, 05:01:00 PM
Some dimensions.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows/CIMG3456.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows/CIMG3455.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows/CIMG3454.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows/CIMG3453.jpg[/IMG]
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/keyman/bows/CIMG3452.jpg)
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: razorsharptokill on July 27, 2012, 05:03:00 PM
3rd pick is handle from front to rear.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: Igor on July 27, 2012, 05:39:00 PM
Very nice....looks like a great hunting rig!


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Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: red hill on July 27, 2012, 06:08:00 PM
Nice, Jim, great profile.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: razorsharptokill on July 27, 2012, 07:53:00 PM
It goes back to straight when unstrung so it lost some reflex.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: Roy from Pa on July 27, 2012, 08:02:00 PM
I love that reflexed limb tip profile also.
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f165/ROY-CHRIS/IMG_7065.jpg)
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: KellyG on July 27, 2012, 08:35:00 PM
I bet that bow has some snap to it.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: razorsharptokill on July 28, 2012, 12:18:00 AM
Mine still needs the tool marks removed and the tips cleaned up.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: shawnee on July 28, 2012, 10:37:00 PM
Dang Jim, you are a bow building machine!  That one looks awesome too, and I bet it really zips an arrow!
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: coaster500 on July 28, 2012, 10:59:00 PM
Very nice hunter and great shootin  :)
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: razorsharptokill on July 29, 2012, 09:36:00 AM
It is probably my fastest yet. Sinew is some amazing stuff. A little tough getting used to a shorter bow but it really shoots great.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: mwosborn on July 29, 2012, 11:34:00 PM
Very nice!  Going to have to try that profile.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: burnt on August 06, 2012, 09:33:00 AM
I love this style of bow. looks great.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: Trapper Rob on October 06, 2012, 07:53:00 PM
Sweet bow.
Title: Re: Elk sinew backed Osage
Post by: red hill on October 07, 2012, 11:47:00 PM
Jim, I love that bow. The profile is sweet.