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First try at Osage
Muskyman:
Put the arrow rest on yesterday wrapped it and the handle with rawhide then today I put jute over the rawhide and glued it on with TB III rawhide was glued on as well. Now I need to put something on the jute and finish the wood with tung oil or something and I’ll be finished with it. Then I can have some fun shooting it and finding a good arrow spline match
superdav95:
Looks good
PEARL DRUMS:
Brush that jute thoroughly with wood glue. I think you'd like it. It will never move, rot or loosen up.
Muskyman:
Thanks PD. I was actually thinking about putting the Massey finish on it. I’ve read some people saying that TB III gets gewy, I’m not sure what might cause that, it is supposed to be waterproof glue. I have used devcon on 2 ton epoxy on my fishing lures for years and have some, so I’ll probably go that route for my first one. Might try a beaver tail handle on my next one. Also got some tru oil yesterday to use as my finish for this bow. Being basically my first bow I’m kinda sticking with stuff I’m somewhat familiar with and trying to use all the great advice I’ve gotten on here.
I’ve noticed quite a few people naming their bows on here and this one has to be named (scrap pile) because that’s where I pulled this piece of wood from. If not for some of the posts I read on here it would have been firewood. I dug it out and thought I’d clean the bark and sapwood of it and see what it looked like. Glad I did.
superdav95:
Congrats mike on a great build. Now make another one! ;)
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