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bjrogg:
I’m going to start a thread here to show how we can learn so much from a piece of basically scrap wood.

Something you aren’t going to feel so bad about if it doesn’t work out.

I’m going to start out with this pretty knarly piece of Osage.

It’s short, crooked and has a limb coming out of it.

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
I cut off the end to see where my back is going to be

bjrogg:
Remember this isn’t about showing exactly how to do everything.

It’s just getting someone who’s a little nervous about trying something on their expensive stave they’ve never done before. To give them a chance to try it on something less valuable.

I’ll explain some of the how but mostly I hope to get some to see what they can learn from scraps.

The first thing we can learn is how to chase a ring.

Bjrogg

Selfbowman:
Watching

bjrogg:
I like good dry Osage for chasing rings. It’s harder wood but I can really hear and feel the early wood just above my ring.

I leave a little early wood with my draw knife and then come back and clean it up with my scraper.

I find in my shop. I can see the rings better with the light source above and behind me.

Bjrogg

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