Historical osage orange flatbow

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Historical osage orange flatbow

#1 Post by Pavlos » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:39 am

Hi everyone!! My name's Paolo, I'm Italian and i like archery, especially I love making my bows!!
This is my last creation, osage orange, 70" long, about 50# at 26".
There were lot of knots so it drived me crazy!! :(
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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#2 Post by g_r » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:19 am

Wow, that looks good, but like a lot of work.
Aint it funny, we live approx. 1000 km. away and communicate in a forum on the other side of the world?!.....
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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#3 Post by maurizio » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:08 am

wow uno spettacolo di arco!
hai le foto dei vari passaggi?

TR

wow what an awsome bow!
do you have any pic of the building process?
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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#4 Post by pdccr » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:12 am

Well done, that must have been hard with all those knots.
Cheers, Toby
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#5 Post by otis.drum » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:37 am

that is amazing. it must be a night mare to tiller something like that. i would love to be able to make one like that. well done.
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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#6 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:59 am

Excellent craftsmanship Paolo; the bow looks very impressive!!! It has real character. It looks like the stave came from a small tree or branch, is that right?

Do you have Osage planted in Italy or did you import the wood?

Welcome to Ozbow also!!! :D

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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#7 Post by Gringa Bows » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:03 am

it does look different,must be strong timber to get 50#at 26 and 70in.long good job mate..........Rod
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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#8 Post by UPTHETOP » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:42 pm

Welcome to the site Paolo. MAN THATS WHAT I CALL A STICK.
Cant beleive how strait it is with all that nott.
Look forward to your future posts.

Cheers Wayno
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#9 Post by TomMcDonald » Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:18 pm

Truly awesome.
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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#10 Post by looseplucker » Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:35 pm

Bravo!
Are you well informed or is your news limited?
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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#11 Post by Pavlos » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:33 am

Thank to all for your appreciation.
When I saw all those knotts I didn't believe I could be able to make a bow.
But I tried......
maurizio wrote:wow uno spettacolo di arco!
hai le foto dei vari passaggi?

TR

wow what an awsome bow!
do you have any pic of the building process?
ciao Maurizio,
grazie per l'apprezzamento
sì ho qualche foto dei vari passaggi ma non sono sicuro di trovarle.

Paolo

Hi Maurizio,
yes I have some picture of the building process but I'm not sure to find them.
Paolo
Stickbow Hunter wrote:Excellent craftsmanship Paolo; the bow looks very impressive!!! It has real character. It looks like the stave came from a small tree or branch, is that right?

Do you have Osage planted in Italy or did you import the wood?

Welcome to Ozbow also!!! :D

Jeff
thank you Jeff,
yes it wasn't a stave, it was a branch.
Yes we have lot of Osage plants in north of Italy in the Pianura Padana. Farmes use them as border between different fields's owners.
LB rod 55 wrote:it does look different,must be strong timber to get 50#at 26 and 70in.long good job mate..........Rod
It's an Osage Orange Bow.... it works well in compression and also in extention.
A good seasoning ( 2 years) do the rest of the work.
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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#12 Post by Wolfgang D » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:33 pm

must have taken you a very long time to create it!
i think the knots look really nice!!
Welcome to ozbow mate.
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Re: Historical osage orange flatbow

#13 Post by hue » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:36 pm

about time you got onto this site Paolo

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