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superdav95:
Hey guys im gonna throw out a question to all you osage boys.  what do you make of this stave that i recently acquired?  The color changes in the heartwood.  love to hear some thoughts as to what may have caused this coloration variation in the heartwood.  the middle handle area of the stave does not appear to have this as much or at all.  Thoughts???

Selfbowman:
Interesting stave. Try not to violate the liner rings . I seems that it affects the tension on the back when I have done that. Nice stave!

Muskyman:
That’s strange looking. Is it long enough to cut a 1/4 inch off it to see what it looks like there. I’ve had some with darker rings but not as dark as the one right under the sapwood on that stave. Often wondered if the darker ones were better or not. Hope someone has a good answer for ya about this. I’ve harvested some that was laying on the ground that had some darker color like that on it but just on the side and not the entire heartwood ring.

Hamish:
It is strange, I haven't seen osage like this before. I have seen osage where the heartwood hasn't changed evenly, patchy sections skipping several rings and remaining sapwood at the time of cutting. Yours has a dark ring and then several pale heartwood rings(though distinctly heartwood, not sapwood)

It's hard to tell from the side photo's whether the strange colour change of heartwood evenly follows the entire stave?

It's still osage and its probably going to make a good bow, so I wouldn't be too worried if it was a stave I was working on. Just keep an eye on it for any unusual changes in the early stages of tillering.

Worse case scenario use the normal heartwood under the unusual stuff, if it can give you enough meat to make a bow.

Pat B:
Looks like insect of disease damage that the tree outgrew to me. You'll have to investigate whether it is viable or not.

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