Osage and Canebrake

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This bow started out as my selfbow challenge bow at the Tennessee Classic.  Two good friends, Cody and Blackhawk, helped me with heat tempering it and recurving the tips.  Thanks guys!  I took it to Marshall and got it worked down in weight so I could give it to my niece for her birthday.  Its a stave from that 1990's stash of wood that I got last year.  It has some snake and character to it.  The back ring is concave for most of the way and has some roller coaster humps to it.  The tips are white oak from Blackhawk.  The Canebrake skin was just wide enough that I was able to split it in half and do both limbs.  It's 59" tip to tip and 30 lbs @ 26".  I finished it with 6 coats of tung oil.  I have a set of arrows to go with it.  

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My daughter helped me with the full draw

[takefive]

That is one cool looking bow.  Nice work  

[Buemaker]

A real beauty.  

[Mad Max]

nice job dude

[talkingcabbage]

Wow, that's awesome.  I am always amazed at how you tiller those wonky staves.  Beautiful!  

[Pyro43]

I think it is so amazing how someone with the right talent can make a stick as crooked as that into a well working bow. Good job! I'm the type that usually likes things to flow well and be symetrical, but I've got to say that bow looks good.

[Troy D. Breeding]

Nice job!!!

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Thanks for the nice comments guys.  I think the trick to tillering character bows is paying attention to your limb thickness and the gentle taper towards the tips.

[bowhntineverythingnh03743]

Nice job! Boy I wish I could make one of these selfbows.

[Yellow Dog]

Very nice job on that one