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Takedown Osage in the works
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on January 24, 2025, 02:15:39 pm ---Your tiller work is always right on. I can count on that every time I open your posts. For what my opinion is worth? I build very, very few bows that aren't straight limbed. I have come to the conclusion that the performance gain is minimal and it mostly just adds work/risk to the build and makes it look pretty to the eyes. I've chased all of that around for many years and settled on straight limb bows. I think I have flipped tips once and made one static the last 15-20 bows. I think building a zillion bows in every configuration is just a part of this hobby. Eventually a guy settles on what he feels is best for him.
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Ditto. I hadn't done a recurve in so long I kinda forgot some of the things to watch out for. Last year I did a really narrow pyramid with needle tips. I may or may not have been tippling the grain juice and got a wild hair to recurve it. I steamed in the bends and set it aside for two days. When I went to string the bow I remembered why narrow-as-heck tips should not be treated in this manner! It took me at least 20 heat treats to get the tips to line up and the string to track down the limb tips. I even dug deep string groove trenches to help keep it from reverse stringing itself when it was shot.
In the end I spent waaaaay to much time on it and I worried it might drift back a little over time, so I put it on a corner somewhere. Is it pretty, YES! Does it shoot nicely, also YES! Am I gonna do this again....yeah, not likely! I am back to straight limb bows like you. IF I do another recurved limb bow I will keep things much wider on the tips and that means plan for it ahead of time.
Remember, plan the hunt and then hunt the plan.
Jim Davis:
Agree on straight limbs. I haven't made anything else in more than 20 years.
bentstick54:
BJ, set is mostly in outer 1/3 of both limbs. That’s almost always where I end up with some, but usually around 1”. That’s why I think I should have let the stave dry longer.
Pearl, I always value your opinion. I really like the straight limb bows, both in looks and shootability.
I’m inclined to keep shooting it as is for awhile, then if nothing changes finish it as is. Thanks for your thoughts.
bentstick54:
Agree Jim, we must have been typing at the same time.
wooddamon1:
Looks great as is, Brian.
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