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Question about Osage and bamboo?? And bow build
bjrogg:
I’m watching Arvin. (-P
Afraid I can’t give you any good advice. I haven’t even done a boo backed Osage.
Should be interesting to see results. Even if they aren’t what you hope for, they should be a valuable lesson in materials.
Gotta keep testing that edge.
Bjrogg
bentstick54:
Like Bj, I’m following along but can’t offer any insights as my working experience has been only with Osage. Hoping it proves to be a success, but knowledge learned from the effort will be worth a lot regardless.
Lehtis:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on March 13, 2026, 10:09:59 pm ---Guys have you ever seen bamboo with the nodes 30” apart? I’m supposed to talk to Jaap next week . He will probably tell me I am nuts. 🤠🤠but we all know that. I will see if he can prepare me 30” pieces with or without nodes and put a short 5” radius on one end for the fade ramps. I have some boo that would have one node in 30”. I don’t think I need to ramp the ends but about 3/4”. I’ll know more when I talk to Jaap.
--- End quote ---
I’ve made one 71” long ELB stylish bow with bamboo back that has only one node on the middle of it’s handle. I got that slice from my friend and he told the species is called loo bamboo. He has ordered it somewher far east (Asia). It’s radius was rather small so I had to grind it rather thin but so far it has worked fine on this ca. 75 lbs @ 28” bow. I’m on the road now but I’ll try to find some pics later to show.
Lehtis:
Found some pics from another media… I’ve stained the back because of loo was a bit dirty looking and I didn’t want to grind it too much.
P.S. The belly is osage and core purple heart.
Selfbowman:
Very nice bow.
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