Let's see those character selfbow pics!!!

Huntrdfk · February 21, 2007, 09:55:00 PM

Nothing close to what has been posted, but here is a knotty osage bow I just finished....

David

Ryan O'Sullivan · February 21, 2007, 10:51:00 PM

Ryan O'Sullivan · February 21, 2007, 10:53:00 PM

Ryan O'Sullivan · February 21, 2007, 11:10:00 PM

gordonf · February 22, 2007, 02:08:00 AM

Ryan, I never get tired of looking at your work. And you sure know how to crank them out. Beautiful.

gordonf · February 22, 2007, 02:13:00 AM

Here's a bow I made last year.

mmgrode · February 22, 2007, 04:49:00 AM

Awesome bows fellas! Hey Flatstick, what kind of stain did you put on the first osage you posted. That looks sweet. Keep em'comin'. This is great.

Ryan O'Sullivan · February 22, 2007, 08:59:00 AM

Thanks Gordon. Yours are pretty special too!

Ryan O'Sullivan · February 22, 2007, 10:01:00 AM

Jason Lester · February 22, 2007, 04:29:00 PM

Well I don't have pretty pics like others but here are a couple of mine.

Dano · February 22, 2007, 05:49:00 PM

Man!! I love seein all the beautiful bows, Jason are those inlaid arraheads on that sweet take down??

Osagetree · February 22, 2007, 07:03:00 PM

My two cents;

Rasp induced character, black locust.

It worked out pretty good,,, all things considered

Osage

Osagetree · February 22, 2007, 07:08:00 PM

A couple more osage snakes.

I'm almost embarassed to post mine after the beauties posted on this thread.

dachba · February 22, 2007, 07:19:00 PM

Oh man! Drool! Is it the bows that are characters, or the guys who made them?

Great thread.
Dave in Ft. Collins, CO

James Wrenn · February 22, 2007, 07:39:00 PM

Man I love looking at the bows you guys build.Most just border on impossible to me.

Flatstick · February 22, 2007, 09:11:00 PM

mmgrode,

the stain I like to use is Freibring's (sp)leather dye. They have a variety of colors or you can mix them together to make the color your looking for. The "textured" pattern on that first bow was done using a sponge dipped in stain and then dabbing it around on the belly side, first with one color then with another over the top. The bow was backed with rawhide and the snake like pattern was also applied with a sponge. The chevrons were first layed out with a sharpie marker then filled in with a Q-tip dipped in the desired stain. The finish is Tru-Oil.

Jason Lester · February 22, 2007, 11:50:00 PM

Dano,

They are made from a peice of bocote shaped to look like an arrowhead. I'm actually reworking that bow a bit right now. I shortened it a bit and still have to add the tip overlays back on it. The limbs just seemed to boxy to me. Glad you like it. As you can see its the sister peice to my copperhead bow I usualy hunt with.

Bpaul · February 23, 2007, 11:31:00 AM

Working on a nutty one right now, at least for me. Huge step from the perfect hickory stave I made my first bow from LOL.

These bows are just awesome, ya'll did amazing work.

B

Izzy · February 23, 2007, 06:22:00 PM

Man you guys are foul!!!! You really know how to make a man covet!Nice stuff man.Send a pm this way when you guys get tired of shooting a right hand 45lb.You guys are the real deal.Nice work.

Littlefeather · February 24, 2007, 07:44:00 AM

"Spirit Chaser"