Main Discussion Area > Bows

Osage sapling

<< < (2/5) > >>

Muskyman:
Turns out I was wrong about the size of the sapling. It’s smaller then I thought. I stopped by and looked at my tree today just to look at the sapling and possibly harvest it and it’s pretty small.  I did look the tree over pretty good and I think I should get some good staves out of it. One section of it from the bottom up is probably 6 to 8 feet and has nice straight bark with no limbs. It’s kinda got two main trunks coming up from the bottom. I’m really anxious to cut it down. Should I wait till fall or does that matter?

George Tsoukalas:
Bowed, those are awesome bows.

I once made a 49# bow from a 1 inch from an osage bow with about 3-5 inches of reflex. I just left the  sapwood on.

I gave it away.

Jawge

superdav95:
Super nice bows Ed.  Love the stain job! 

BowEd:
Well muskyman if you can get 1 good one more power to ya.There known be spunky bows.
Yes George I had a sliver of osage 1 and 1/8" wide I pretty much gave away.It pulled 65#'s@ 28".
I didn't shoot that weight any more....ha ha.

Muskyman:
I’m hopeful but, not going to count my chickens before they hatch.. no matter how many good staves I get,if any and I can make one good bow with it / them, I’ll be beyond happy.
I’ve been trying to make one that shoots and have one that I’ve been shooting. Made it from hickory.
The main thing I’ve learned so far is that I need to learn patients. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of that. If I do harvest the sapling I’ll let you know how it goes

Thanks for your insight on my questions

By the way, those are some great looking bows in the photos.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page