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Split Osage branch for a small kids bow? Opinions needed.

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PaulN/KS:

--- Quote from: George Tsoukalas on August 05, 2022, 10:33:31 am ---I once made a bow from an osage ...I can't thick of the name of those pieces of wood that come up from a stump... but anyway ...was under an inch wide  but had around 3 inches of reflex.  The bow came out at 49#.

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"Suckers" are what some of us call those George. They do make a snappy bow.

Gimlis Ghost:
Weren't most of Ishi's bows made from Yew Branches?
IIRC Pope said that Ishi's bows made from branches didn't last very long but he could make a replacement very quickly so it made no real difference for his use as a hunting bow.
He probably spent more time making good arrows than in making bows.

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