Osage, Rat Snake, and some character

Started by scrub-buster, February 21, 2014, 01:10:00 PM

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scrub-buster

I started on this bow last summer and then put it away while I worked on other stuff.  Here recently I got it out and finished it up.  Its 61" long and the limbs are 1.5" wide.  Its 45# @ 24".  The limbs twist back and forth a little and have some concave areas.  It has a kink right in the handle and the limbs curve to the sides which makes it pretty much center shot.  Its a fun bow to shoot.  It is backed with a single black rat snake skin and finished off with 6 coats of tung oil.  The tip overlays are horn.  It has a dark wind check in the lower fade.  I can't get a full draw picture until later today.  







AKA Osage Outlaw

scrub-buster

AKA Osage Outlaw

scrub-buster

When I shaped the grip area I followed the shape of the back where it dips down.









AKA Osage Outlaw

Hermon


Echatham

love it.  love the waviness.  ill take it.  never mind my specs, just send me that one!

LittleBen


beachbowhunter

That is super cool!
And to think how much I obsess about perfect alignment of my TD limbs    :knothead:
Ishi was a Californian                   :cool:

fujimo


takefive

Love the picture looking down the back toward the grass.  Looks like your bow is about to slither away.  Terrific work.    :clapper:
It's hard to make a wooden bow which isn't beautiful, even if it's ugly.
-Tim Baker

Roy from Pa



bigbob2

You wood guys are something else! Fantastic!

goobersan


scrub-buster

Here is the full draw picture.  Its hard to take one with out help.

 
AKA Osage Outlaw

bigbob2

couldn't see the full draw shot for a moment as I was blind sided by the color scheme.   :bigsmyl:    :goldtooth:   Great job on the bow!

Mark Smeltzer



Trapper Rob


bjansen


frank bullitt

Cool stick for sure! Hope to seeing an animal lying beside it, too!

Good shootin to ya.

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