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huntersim:
Hi everyone. Dave Rue sent me a slat of osage some time back and it was just long enough to sneak a 58" bow out of. It was one of the darkest pieces of osage I've ever seen, also had some fascinating grain to it. I sent Dave a few photos of it and he asked if I was going to post it. I really didn't have any plans to but when he asked if I was, I figured why not.

So the stats for the bow are, 58" long. 62-63 lbs at 28" (just under 60 at my 27" draw). Just a bit over 1 1/4 wide at the widest. The finish is paraffin, something I've never used before.

One thing about the bow is it took a lot more set than I expected. The tips sit about 1 1/4" behind the handle, and close to 1 3/4" behind the handle just off the string. Early on I mentioned this to Dave and he thought it may be from the osage, I had suspected the backing, still not sure why it took so much. I've build a few more off the same platform and 2 of them, within 4 lbs of this one, have limb tips about 3/4-1" in front of the handle, a few others Ive tried let go. I'm still trying to find a limb tip of the last one that let go.

A couple of more things; even though the bow took as much set/follow as it did, it shoots pretty well (in the, I can hit what I want department). Perhaps because the tips do sit back as far as they do, I'm not sure. I have a bow I built last year that has almost the exact profile as this one, but was made that way intentionally. Something I thought was interesting was the bow from last year loads up totally different from this one with a lot of forced set in it. Tiller between the two differs a bit but not a lot.

Anyway, here's a few photos. And thanks Dave, for the neat looking osage.


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DBernier:
Nice looking bow Matt. That Hickory will realy offset the Osage in a year or more. Good looking tops. Feels good when they turn out nice doesn't it. Good job.

Dick Bernier

Badger:
Hunter, good looking bow. You brought up some real good and interesting points about how bows load up when the set was induced by tillering or natural. This is omething I have spent a lot of time on in the last year.
Seems if you build a bow straight and it takes 1" set, it will shoot a  better than a bow that had 2" of reflex and ended up straight. Lately I have tried to induce not more than about 1 1/2" reflex and try to keep close to 1" of that if I can. Sure makes a diff. Steve

Justin Snyder:
Looks pretty darn good to me.  I don't remember seeing a hick backed osage before.  I like the look of the combination.  I also like the tips.  Justin

david w.:
nice bow.

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