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Osage harvest
osage outlaw:
--- Quote from: Burnsie on March 31, 2025, 06:37:06 pm ---One of my stashes
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I used to go through a lot of osage. I would do this much or more every spring. They are all gone now. I have a smaller stash of staves I'm keeping for myself. Maybe when I retire I'll get time to work on them.
Burnsie:
I feel so inadequate - :)
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: Burnsie on April 01, 2025, 12:25:16 am ---I fell so inadequate - :)
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You'd swoon if you saw the barn I saw a year ago last winter. Guy had a stack 5 ft high and 24 ft long, all cut and split osage.
Problem is, they left the sapwood on it when they sealed it and every single stave was checked down to heartwood. Also, 95+% had poor to terrible early wood to late wood ratios. I spent 5 hours digging through the stacks to find a dozen staves that I rated at least a C, the best was B- (On a scale of A-F). That's what happens someone that has never built bows and is thinking any straight-ISH osage is bow wood. This also explains why Osage Outlaw is held in such high regard. If he sent a stick, it was bow wood!
wooddamon1:
Man, I'm jealous. JW, you're not kidding, I've gotten my paws on a few here locally from a guy getting out of the game and it's the best stuff in my little stash.
Will B:
That’s a really nice batch of Osage. I have a tough time finding straight, clean Osage here but I’ve managed to make some decent bows from tight grained, knotty and twisted Osage. I believe I got a stave from you awhile back, and it was really nice to work. Best of luck with them. Your friends are very lucky!
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