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Wonky dead standing Osage

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Muskyman:
That is wild, bentstick is right. That puppy looks like a propeller. Excellent job coon-catcher.

Bob Barnes:
Kyle, you always do things your way... congrats.  I always enjoy seeing your tiny hammock/tent thing at MoJam, but I'm old and fragile and prefer a real tent/camper.   You did a great job on that bow and I look forward to seeing it at MoJam.  I would have heated it...but I'm old and lazy.  See you in July!

Hamish:
These are tough ones, and I believe you have done an excellent job tackling a tricky problem stave. Some people try to tiller them so the look like a conventional bow at full draw. They look "proper" but one limb ends up doing most of the work, and don't usually have good cast.A stave like this needs to look "wrong" in most people's eyes to get the best out of it.

Curious to know your reasoning for not cranking it even with heat? Did you just want a massive challenge, to see if you could do it justice?

I have made a few bows like that, earlier in my bowyering life, (before I knew anything about heat bending) and confess it is a much more difficult way to make a bow.
I didn't have a digital camera in the mid 90's, so I used to make detailed drawings and notes, so I kept a record of what the stave looked like before working on it. Then I'd make a drawing of what I thought should be the unique shape for that particular stave, to try and get the limbs to work evenly. If I hadn't done that, I probably would have stuffed them up, due to confusion, especially if I had a break and need to come back to it a few weeks later.

Mo_coon-catcher:
Thanks guys!

Ya this one was almost purely a “I wonder” kind of bow. Wondering if i could pull it off without changing the natural shape. I did the other half of the log about a year ago and it turned out to be a mirrored version of this on and shot very well. So I figured I’d try this one the same way. This bow draws a couple inches further so is a bit longer. I havnt chronographed this bow but the previous chronographed in the high 170s with a 28” draw and this one feels similar with 30”.

Hamish I do the same with the really crazy ones that look like arollercoaster from the side. I’ll trace the starting profile in a board so I can compare to and see where set is and and hold the braced bow against to compare the mount of bend. I’ll also mark on the back of the limbs which sections are reflexes and which are deflexed so I don’t forget once braced.

Bob I  need to get my days marked off but I’ll have my set hammock setup there again. It’s Slowely getting a bit more refined and each time . Now I have a proper hammock stand for it and that reflective tarp does wonders for heat reduction. I’ll see you there in a couple months! You should try out the hammock if you get the chanc, it’s pretty comfy.

Kyle

JW_Halverson:
Gonna add that now I really wanna shoot it!

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