Charlie Lamb and I started talking about a home grown recurve a couple of years ago.
I always wanted an osage recurve and that is one of Lambs specialties. I've also enjoyed the way Juniper limbs look but since Missouri doesn't have an abundance of juniper :saywhat: , I started playing around with some red cedar.
My brother was kind enough to harvest and work up some cedar pieces from his farm. I found the piece of osage for the riser on a farm that I hunt on here in Weston. So the bow is a little bit of Weston where I live now, and a little bit of where I grew up near Springfield. Hence the name "Homey".
Lamb sent me some teaser pics a couple of weeks ago. He purposely didn't show me anything. This is all I got
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This last weekend saw the project come to completion. Charlie drove all the way over from St. Louis to deliver my new bow. It left me speechless.
I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking. It goes without saying but I am certainly grateful for all the hard work that Lamb put into this bow. You're the master bud! Can't wait to break this one in on some hogs in a couple of weeks.
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Chris
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Beauty!
That is drop-dead gorgeous!!
That is a beautiful bow!
Sweeeeeeeet! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Masterpiece it is.Love the wood combo.
Chad
Very nice Chris! :notworthy:
Chris I just knew you were going to love this one!!
For a man with a huge mouth, I have to give myself a huge pat on the back!!
When Charlie and I met up last Sat I got to hold your bow and look it over up close and personal but dang it Charlie wouldn't let me put an arrow through it but did allow me to draw it....lol
Congratulations!!! One really sweet looking and drawing bow.
I know I already told this but it bears telling again. I did get to shoot a "Sunbear" Charlie's personal bow "Curly"... Can you say SWEEEETTT!!!!
God bless,Mudd
WOW :clapper:
Beautiful bow!
WOW, that is nice!!!
Very very nice!!!
Not a Osage fan, but that one has my full attention.... Very nice. :thumbsup:
WAY COOL!!!
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg218/doctari_album/IMG_0452.jpg)Very beautiful bow and would look great on my Eastern Red Cedar bow rack. :thumbsup: :biglaugh:
Nice, nice bow! Bet it shoots great! That Mr Lamb makes a nice bow.
OUTSTANDING.......... :thumbsup:
Beautiful bow !!!!!!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Excellent wood choices and wonderfully built, I've gotta shoot one of these someday.
It looks "very friendly".
Winterhawk1960
very nice
That is a fantastic looking bow! The wood combo is beautiful.
Nice work Charlie!
It's a beauty :thumbsup:
That is a beautiful bow!
:Sweeeeeet! scared: :scared: :scared:
Sweet bow!
I really like your bow. Great choice of woods.
Beautiful bow!
Great looking bow! I love red cedar.
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:thumbsup: Greatooking bow!
That's sharp! Nice bow.
That's a dandy bow :thumbsup:
Wow is that ever pretty !!!
Beautiful bow. Looks like Charlie does fantastic work.
Exceptional!
Congrats on a masterpiece
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F-Manny
You have it - she is a eye catcher allright ! Bet she shoots a good arrow too !!
Awesome looking bow!
WOW, WOW, WOW, THAT IS A LOOKER!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
That is SWEET!
Wow that is sharp!
Charlie makes a great bow. Congrats. I have one he made me with some Texas Ebony I sent him. Love it.
You gotta love those nice one piece recurves.
WOW!
Congradulations to both of you for an outstanding Bow!!
Great looking.
What are the specs?
Show it with a big hog soon.
AWESOME!! Great work Charlie! Shawn
Very impressive...WOW! :thumbsup:
What a looker Chris :bigsmyl: I'm sure it won't take you long to break it in either. Perfect timing for hunting season :thumbsup:
Charlie awesome work as always, Chris is a lucky man :notworthy: :notworthy:
Tracy
Beautiful work Charlie! You outdid yourself yet again!
Bro, I'm proud of your homegrown bow. Can't wait to see it in person.
Kinda reverse order, but I thought I would throw in some pics from April 2009 as the riser block and limb laminations were rough sawn from the timber.
Limb lams:
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Here is the beginning of the riser block:
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I couldn't resist adding this one from our initial work on the riser block. How to celebrate a plan coming together, Charlie Lamb style:
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That is cool!!!!! great pics
Good times for sure!! Amazing how much wood we had to cut away to find usable stuff for the riser. It was as pretty a piece of osage as I've seen lately... lots of red in the grain.
And thanks for the pics of the stogey!! Haven't smoked a cigar or a cigarette since last September... seeing that still makes me twitch a little.
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Very nice indeed.
That is an AMAZING looking bow!!! You are an ARTIST!!! :clapper:
WOW! Cool seeing it all come together too!
Hey Charlie--- this bow look familure !!
Classicbowman when can I get one--- !
WOW!,That is a beaut,and with Osage will only look better with time.If thats possible!
Hat down Charlie!
Great stuff guys! Osaage and Eastern Cedar (actually a juniper, not cedar) is one of the beat looking wood combos there is and this is a special example. :clapper:
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That bow is absolutely Awesome! I think I like that one and the color scheme better than any bow I've looked at recently, and I do lots and lots of scouring around on the internet just looking at bows and drooling. :p
I gotta tell ya Charlie and Chris.... my Tshirt is wet from drooling over that magnificent piece of Bowyer perfection!! :notworthy:
Maybe one of these days I'll be good enough to make myself one of those.....NOT!
Very Cool bow, nicely done.