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All show no go! Osage self bow
Badger:
Dave this is 1 3/8 wide. Lately I have been going quite a bit wider on my osage bows than I used to especially near the handle and first 10" outside the fades. Using slightly rounded bellies. Steve
mullet:
Nice bow Steve,Are the limbs as thick as they look in the picture?It sure looks like it ought to be fast.What you mentioned about osage from the mid west,is similer to what I have run across with mulberry from northern states.The wood feels lighter and less dense than the mulberry I cut in Fl.Ours acts more like Osage.
cowboy:
Man you've posted some killer bows. I'm just sittin back soaking it all up ;D.
Dan Perry:
Steve,
Are the outer limbs light? If so, have you run real light arrows through the cronograph with it?
Dan
Badger:
Havent tried light arrows yet Dan, but the bow has that soft feel that bows get when they have been overstressed a bit. It had the very crisp feel up to about 24" and then I could feel with each 1" of draw a slight softening. This is always a dead giveaway to me. Here is the original view before I started tillering, too much reflex right out of the handle, limbs had to make a u turn just to get braced, really hard on the limbs and tends to kill them a bit. Steve
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