Osage shorty

[scrub-buster]

Here is my first try at a short bow.  It is 49 1/2" long and 50# @ 24".  It is one of the short pieces from the monster osage tree.  I used 2 full layers and one strip down the center.  The sinew is from an elk that I got from Pearl Drums.  I covered the sinew up with a roadkill blacksnake belly skin.  This is the first time I have tried that.  I spent a lot of time scraping it and removing the scales after it dried.  I had to remove them one at a time using a razor blade to lift them free of the skin.  The belly skin is fairly thick and I think it would add a small bit of protection to the back of a bow.  The handle wrap is from a roadkill beaver, also a first.  I burnished the bow with a piece of deer antler and finished it up with tru-oil.  The bow weighed a little over 12 oz  before finishing.

[scrub-buster]

[Roy from Pa]

Dang scrub, that bow is almost as tall as you:) LOL, very nice..

[scrub-buster]

Yep.  I go 66" on a good day      

24" is my full draw.

[DVSHUNTER]

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
Dang scrub, that bow is almost as tall as you:) LOL, very nice..

That funny right there.

cool looking bow!
When skins give me trouble with scales I use a rubber pencil eraser to rub them off.it works great and is faster than pulling them of one at a time.

Great Tyler job too.

[WestTexan]

Nice....I like it. Well I go 67 on a good day. Lol

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Looks great and the tiller is right on the money.

[Black Mockingbird]

Well that is fitting...a shorty for a shorty.  

[mwirwicki]

Nice shorty, Clint!  Really like the belly skin.  

...65

[John Scifres]

Very unique bow right there scrub-buster.  Nice job!

[GreyGoose]

That's a nice looking bow.  If I ever get enough time, I'd like to coax a self-bow out of osage.

[Jake Fr]

Bud thats to cool awsome work

[David Flanrey]

I want to build one just like yours.  Very nice bow!  

Don't worry Scrub.  I'm  right there with you.  I'm 64" on a good day.  We don't have to bend over so far to drag out our deer.  

[scrub-buster]

Thanks guys.
I love the sound of a tall guys head banging off of an overhang.  Black Mockingbirds melon makes a nice thud when bounced off the roof at the Twin Oaks bow shop.    

[Pat B]

Very cool little bow Clint. You nailed the tiller!

[KellyG]

That is a sweet looking bow. When I skinned 2 rat snakes this year I wondered if anyone had tried the belly skin. Now I may give it a whirl some time.

[JMartin]

That is a very nice bow, great job.