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Title: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: scrub-buster on June 21, 2015, 12:14:00 PM

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.  


 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17500.jpg)

 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17503.jpg)

 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17504.jpg)

 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17509.jpg)

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: scrub-buster on June 21, 2015, 12:15:00 PM

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17510.jpg)

 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17511.jpg)

 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17512.jpg)

 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17515.jpg)

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: scrub-buster on June 21, 2015, 12:15:00 PM

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17516.jpg)

 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17518.jpg)

 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17520.jpg)


My daughter helped me with the full draw

 (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/bows%202015/SDC17523.jpg)

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: takefive on June 21, 2015, 02:20:00 PM

That is one cool looking bow.  Nice work   :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: Buemaker on June 21, 2015, 03:07:00 PM

A real beauty.   :)

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: Mad Max on June 21, 2015, 08:41:00 PM

nice job dude

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: talkingcabbage on June 22, 2015, 01:09:00 AM

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

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: Pyro43 on June 22, 2015, 02:14:00 AM

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.

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: Troy D. Breeding on June 22, 2015, 06:51:00 AM

Nice job!!!

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: scrub-buster on June 22, 2015, 09:45:00 AM

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.

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: bowhntineverythingnh03743 on June 22, 2015, 09:50:00 AM

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

Title: Re: Osage and Canebrake
Post by: Yellow Dog on June 22, 2015, 10:34:00 AM

Very nice job on that one
   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:    :thumbsup: