New Osage Orange recurve bow just finished.

dwardo

Bushcrafter through and through
Aug 30, 2006
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I may replace the grip yet as i am not too keen on the finish, first time I have used this and maybe my last. Back faberings dye i think.

She is late 50`s (lbs) draw weight at about 27inch draw length
The bow is 60 inches long with a black raw silk backing for almost all of the limb. Buffalo horn overlays and silk thread bindings.
Took a lot of fettling to get the recruves to fall into place and a lot of very careful tillering.
The colour of the wood is all natural besides the back obviously and the finish is an oil based finish called Tru-oil. Magic stuff.

Shoots very fast and hard, so much so I have resorted to using two bales of hay back to back to stop the arrows.

Unbraced

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Tips

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Braced

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Handle

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Usual awkward timer money shot!

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yarrow

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So its not just Mike with a secret stash of osage!!! Mate that is a cracking bow. Glad your injury has sorted itself out, lovely full draw pic:)
 

dwardo

Bushcrafter through and through
Aug 30, 2006
6,463
492
47
Nr Chester
That's absolutely fabulous mate, fantastic and just brilliant! I love it mate! Great work goodjob!

Thanks Cloutston

another beauty!

cheers Dread.

Oh thats really nice.

Thanks resnikov

Very nice :)

Thanks Oz

Absolute beauty Dwardo that has me drooling a bit.

Cheers Gill

A absolute beauty.

Thanks Vega.

Very tasty.

Cheers Mike

Lovely that mate. Well done.

Thanks.

So its not just Mike with a secret stash of osage!!! Mate that is a cracking bow. Glad your injury has sorted itself out, lovely full draw pic:)

If a stash means one stave mate lol then yeah. Cheers.

Sweet that is mate :)

Thanks Mark.

Fantastic work!

Thanks Hibron

Lovely work mater bowyer.
very nice as always

Cheers bud. Master bowyer one day. Give me another 10 years and i will be well on my way.

Awesome thanks for sharing!

Thanks Neils. How is your bow playing going?

Thats a great bow,the best yet.
great job

Thanks WUlf

Beautiful as always mate. Great work.

Cheers mate. Got anywhere with your stave yet ;)

Very very nice work, very nice indeed!

Thanks Clem

Very pretty Bow indeed

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Thanks Salaud

Turned out smashing:cool:, loving those recurves!

Thanks and nice one for the stave. Osage is a nightmare to get over here now. It is a great wood to work very like a good elm.

Hope I didnt miss anyone out, its nice to share these whittlings. My better half is my usual judge and just say "yes dear another bow" bless her atleast she shows a fained interest..
 
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