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sapwood on osage

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Hamish:

Sap/heart looks nice, but all heartwood for ultimate durability and rot resistance.

You also need to take more preventative measures when cutting, preparing and seasoning osage with sapwood.

Jim Davis:
I think it would take a lot more trials to have a sample big enough to be meaningful.

Also, the sapwood is usually too thick  to leave it all, so one needs to work through a few rings anyway.

I have made a couple with sapwood left on, but I missed weight on one because I just plain made it too thin. I was after a 25# bow and rarely make them that light. I just misguessed on the thickness from the  get-go.

I will try some more with sapwood, because some of my billets have rings the thickness of paper, or less,  and working to one ring would mean  doing the work while looking through a microscope.  :o

bassman211:
With  white woods no chasing rings for me. With yellow woods I always chase to a heart wood ring, and if I can't I sinew back it. I suppose it could be done the opposite way, and still get a good bow. As far as one being superior to the other :o ??? ::)

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