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All show no go! Osage self bow
Dan Perry:
Steve,
It looks nice. If you like shooting it and are accurate, Keep it and enjoy it. Every bow dosen't have to be a flight bow, ;)
I can't tell how wide the lims are where it works. You think the wood started to break down then? I did the same thing with a short osage, reflexed, static recurve bow, Sinew backed. I don't remember what happened to it. It was a dog! Built it in the mid 80's. Even though it was sinew backed, I think it was too narrow, and too heavy at the tips.
Dan
Badger:
Dan, I have noticed that some of the osage i get from west kansas, or nebraska seems to never really give me the tight compression osage I get from the south, or even from places like Illinois. Some of the best osage i have worked with has come from ohio, and illinois. This wood came from kansas, osage is one wood I try to pay attention to where it comes from. The growth rings looked good and the width demensions were generous although it did come in a tad lighter than what my little formula says I should have built it at. Steve
OldBow:
What a dandy! Got you bookmarked for June Self Bow of the Month for sure.
Marc St Louis:
Nice bow Steve.
DCM:
Nice bow Steve. Good to see you posting some stuff. Looks like you matched the tiller to the natural bow shape, straighter outer upper limb to account for the extra reflex there. Makes it look like the idea tiller for a short limbed bow.
How wide?
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