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Mo_coon-catcher:
I can’t say Osage makes a bad English longbow but it is finicky. It definitely wants an elliptical tiller with the handle just barely moving. If it starts to get a little too circular it’ll shake then snot out of you. If you notice too much hand shoc, put a mark about 10” either way of the handle and evenly reduce weight outside that mark little bits at a time and eventually the shock will subside. It will also be quite skinny. A 50# draw bow should be under 1” at its widest and 3/8” or smaller at the tips.

Kyle

JW_Halverson:

--- Quote from: Mo_coon-catcher on February 22, 2024, 01:38:02 pm ---I can’t say Osage makes a bad English longbow but it is finicky. It definitely wants an elliptical tiller with the handle just barely moving. If it starts to get a little too circular it’ll shake then snot out of you. If you notice too much hand shoc, put a mark about 10” either way of the handle and evenly reduce weight outside that mark little bits at a time and eventually the shock will subside. It will also be quite skinny. A 50# draw bow should be under 1” at its widest and 3/8” or smaller at the tips.

Kyle

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I had a hickory ELB that was pretty miserable to shoot for that handshock. I just kept whittling away at the tips trying to fix it until was "repaired unto destruction". I guess I should have tried taking off a little more like you described. Thanks, I appreciate the pointers.

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