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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: TimothyR on April 14, 2021, 12:08:12 am

Title: Osage for elb bow
Post by: TimothyR on April 14, 2021, 12:08:12 am

Would Osage make an ok elb? 

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: Bob Barnes on April 14, 2021, 12:10:07 am

JD Jones made several osage ELBs and they shot great.   :OK

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: Pat B on April 14, 2021, 01:13:16 am

Yes!

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: Del the cat on April 14, 2021, 06:12:30 am

Yes

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: meanewood on April 14, 2021, 10:01:29 am

No, just kidding, yes.

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: RyanY on April 14, 2021, 10:29:49 am

Absolutely. Great compression strength for a rounded belly. Just make sure that the tiller shape is good and the tips are narrow if you make it long. Osage is heavy so higher risk for hand shock if those things aren’t taken care of.

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: HH~ on April 14, 2021, 10:41:33 am

Sure, have made some 70", 72, 74" Hedge ELBs backed and unbacked with rounded bellys suitable and conform to IFAA rules. Shoot off back of hand Mediterrainien style. Have one with Boo back,  Hickory tapered lam and osage  core and belly. It's a killer.

HH~

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: TimothyR on April 14, 2021, 01:15:40 pm

I have a 72" sapwood backed stave. Thought about an elb. Should I take the sapwood off?

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: Yooper Bowyer on April 14, 2021, 01:57:13 pm

It depends on the early to latewood ratios.  It is lighter, and the yew ELBs leave the sapwood on too.

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: TimothyR on April 14, 2021, 02:47:44 pm

Pics of end grain

Title: Re: Osage for elb bow
Post by: HH~ on April 14, 2021, 03:58:09 pm

Can do a backed one. Turn stave into a 1.25" x72" board, leave it 1.5" thick in grip, draw bow out, cut it. For a IFAA legal bow the ELB has to conform to some historic specs.

Shawn~