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PEARL DRUMS:
My personal thoughts. Just use what you have in your stash and don't think that somehow perfect rings don't make a good osage bow and don't get paranoid about what the ring ratio or "lunar" rings look like. I've made at least 200 osage bows with every grain configuration you can imagine and in the end they were 200 osage bows just the same. I'm not discounting anybody's comment's or thoughts, just don't get out on a cliff edge for nothing is what I'm trying to say. Build bows, have fun and shoot those bows.

Selfbowman:

--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on February 27, 2023, 08:39:27 am ---My personal thoughts. Just use what you have in your stash and don't think that somehow perfect rings don't make a good osage bow and don't get paranoid about what the ring ratio or "lunar" rings look like. I've made at least 200 osage bows with every grain configuration you can imagine and in the end they were 200 osage bows just the same. I'm not discounting anybody's comment's or thoughts, just don't get out on a cliff edge for nothing is what I'm trying to say. Build bows, have fun and shoot those bows.

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I agree.

bentstick54:
That’s how I approach it. I work with what I cut down.

Muskyman:
I agree as well. I really never had a thought about tossing my stash of staves. I’ll make a bow from all of it . Just will keep an eye out for pieces with a really good ratio and stash those for me.
Also didn’t mean to hi jack Moes thread, so sorry about that Moe.

George Tsoukalas:
If in doubt leave it wider. Bowyers capable of chasing 1/16" rings (I can't) leave it wider. :)

Jawge

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