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Eric Garza:
Thanks Pat. Do you have any thoughts on the design? Would I be better off, for example, with a pyramid front-view profile?

Pat B:
A pyramid style bow is a great all around design and would work fine here but your design should work fine too. The only thing I would change is go 1 1/4" to 1 3/8" at the widest but that's just me. Osage can handle 1" width just fine. If your hickory backing is 1/8" I think you could go a little thinner but not too much.

superdav95:
Eric.  Are you looking for some quarter sawn Osage for
The belly?   Or are you gonna try some belly off cuts from staves?   I was considering this myself as I have plenty of hickory lol.  I’d be interested is this project of yours too when you start.  I think narrow design would also be a great option.  I don’t have any experience with quarter sawn Osage for belly wood to give any advise but can’t see why I would not go for it and see.  I could see the combination working well.   I may be inclined to raw hide as well though for hunting bow.  Best of luck.  Keep us posted. 

bassman211:
I have an Osage hickory backed bow. My son bought the glue up you finish bow from Rudders I believe. The Osage when filed with a rough rasp would blow out on the edges. Never saw Osage do that. By using rough cut sand paper I managed a nice shooting 40 lb bow from it though. Their are many grades of Osage out their. Some good, and some not so good. I would rather make a bow from a good piece of white oak, or elm etc. than from a bad piece of Osage. Hope you find what you want.

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