A bow for John... Dryad Orion. . .PICS!!

wingnut · May 11, 2009, 09:01:00 AM

Here is a Orion Longbow we built for one of our customers that is shipping this morning.

Riser is Shedua with an osage swoop and overlays.

Limbs are bamboo (dirty) with osage wedges.

Bow is 62" ntn and 53 @ 26

Mike

John3 · May 11, 2009, 12:06:00 PM

Thanks for the email, Mike...

I can't wait for my mail carrier to pull in the driveway!

What a beautiful bow you have made for me. I do love Osage.

John III

BowHuntingFool · May 11, 2009, 12:36:00 PM

What a beauty!!!!!!!! That is a really nice wood combo! Your a lucky man there John!

Arkansaslongbow · May 11, 2009, 01:04:00 PM

Dear Dryad; this is an urgent and I do mean URGENT message;

John has moved to Arkansas; he is staying at my house until further notice; you can send that bow to me and I will make sure he gets it.....

; {o.k.,it doesn't hurt to try does it?..

Dmaxshawn · May 11, 2009, 01:53:00 PM

Wow. Thats a beaut all right. You will love it I shot my Oreion this morn.

Shawn

wihill · May 11, 2009, 08:39:00 PM

Ooooooooo - man that's a looker with the Osage in it.

I can't wait to see mine, I've run to the mail box at least twice today already...

threeundr · May 11, 2009, 11:46:00 PM

Mike, you and Jason make some sweet lookin sticks! TTT!! for some good ol' Texas Boy's

-Leonard-

wingnut · May 12, 2009, 07:49:00 AM

Yep I just like the way that Shedua and Osage look together. And they are basic woods so no premium charge.

Mike

John3 · May 12, 2009, 06:20:00 PM

I ran home only to find my mail lady didn't leave a long brown box for me... Tomorrow I will speed home again.. LOL

John III

tmccall · May 13, 2009, 11:42:00 AM

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

I trust you'll love yours as much as I love mine!

...

amar911 · May 14, 2009, 01:32:00 AM

It is always interesting to see these Dryad birth announcements. I wonder why all the other TradGang bowyer sponsors choose not to post these?

Allan

tmccall · May 14, 2009, 10:38:00 AM

Hope it gets there today John!!!!!

wingnut · May 14, 2009, 10:52:00 AM

John got his yesterday afternoon and was shooting it last night.

Mike

tmccall · May 14, 2009, 11:01:00 AM

Good for him!

Hey John, WE WANT PICTURES!!!!!!!!

(And we'd love to hear how good it feels in your hands...)

John3 · May 14, 2009, 12:15:00 PM

Yes, my mail carrier was good to me yesterday.
After ripping open the box I was stunned to see the beauty. When ordering the bow all I really cared about was the Osage and the bamboo. Wingnut suggested the Shedua. Just a superb wood combo!! I had to leave soon to work my 2nd job so I was only able to get the bow braced, nock installed and set the brace height a bit high and started shooting. Thirty arrows later a big smile still plastered on my face I had to go work.

I will get my camera fired up this afternoon. I left my new bow strung overnight to let the string stretch "in". Bow is beautiful and performs better than I could have hoped..

By the way; Wingnut sent me just an AWESOME bow/handle combo case with my new Orion. This is the nicest soft bow case I've ever had. Thanks Wingnut!! Pics and info will be posted today.

John III

tmccall · May 14, 2009, 02:04:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by JDS3:
Thirty arrows later a big smile still plastered on my face I had to go work.

I gotta get me one of them soft cases for mine... Sounds like they are great!

John3 · May 14, 2009, 04:50:00 PM

A couple pics.. I will add more later.
Started to tune arrows for the bow and am close. Will start to super fine tune this weekend.

tmccall · May 14, 2009, 05:08:00 PM

Cool! I love to see those bows in the wild...

John3 · May 14, 2009, 05:15:00 PM

A couple more.

wingnut · May 14, 2009, 08:21:00 PM

Yep I told you shedua and osage look good. LOL

And they are both basic woods so no up charge.

Glad you like it!!

Mike