Osage bow for my niece

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I just finished a bow for my niece.  She has been shooting her cousins bow a lot so I thought I would make her one for her birthday next month.  The bow is osage, 48" long and 20 lbs @ 20".  She should have room to grow with it for a while.  It finished out dead flat.  It has a bit of a dog leg in the upper limb.  The skins are some kind of small water snakes.  She was with me when I caught them.  She was catching bluegills off the dock while I was catching snakes out of a bush on the lake shore.  The bow was finished with 6 coats of tung oil.  I'm not sure what type of wood the overlays are.  I used some leather that matched them for the handle.  The string is 8 strands of pink and purple with some white strands padding the loops.  I put an over sized floppy rest on it.  I'm not sure if she cants the bow or not.

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My daughter with the full draw

[halfseminole]

Looks like nerodia fasciata skins.  Looks like water moccasins, at least superficially.  Bow looks great.

[timbermoose]

that is a sweet looking lil bow. great job!!

[BMN]

Very nice. She'll love it!

[bigbob2]

that is one nice bow, something about Osage and snake skins!

[takefive]

Great looking bow    

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice, Clint.