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Osage Warbow, 90# @ 32"...

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toomanyknots:
Here is an osage warbow I recently made. I wasn't sure it was gonna make "warbow" status at first, and I thought I was gonna end up with a 80# longbow, which is actually perfectly fine with me. It came out 90# @ 32" though, so I guess I should post this bow in the warbow forum instead of the normal bows forum. It is actually a nice weight for me. It is 69 1/4" nock to nock, I forget how much set, but not too much. You can see in the pictures it has a pretty straight unbraced profile, it is hard to measure bows like this because of all the knots. There was a good amount of kinks and bumps in this stave, I love staves like that.















Had to plug a knot:



Unbraced:



Braced:



Here is about 28" or 29" (I am guessing by the length of the 30" arrow shaft) before I put nocks on it:




Here it is on my (fancy new) tiller tree at 32":



...And here is a link to the video I took of me drawing it on the tiller to 32" that I took the above picture from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPMUS6iZktY

I am guessing the tiller could be better in spots, but I had a couple deflexes here and there which make it look a bit hingy and weird. Overall I figure I am gonna call it a bow and be done with it,  ;D.

EDIT: Fixed the pictures.

Ifrit617:
Gorgeous as usual. I can never get over how perfect your horn nocks are.

Jon

killir duck:
looks pretty dang good to me! the transition between the horn nocks and the wood is extremely well done

WillS:
Stunning.  As others have said, those nocks are flawless.  Really nice seeing the sapwood on the osage as well.  Really nicely done mate.

ionicmuffin:
awesome bow! not very much set at all and its looking pretty sweet!

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