Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: cool_98_555 on July 17, 2015, 06:41:06 pm
-
Hello everyone,
I have a really nice 62" osage stave sitting in the corner that I want to start on. My draw length is 29" and I want it to be a clean backed longbow around 80# (no sinew or rawhide). Is 62" too short and pushing it for my draw length? Any design recommendations to make these specs work? I have made several osage selfbows like this, but they have all been at least 66".
Thank you
-
I wouldn't be too scared of that with locust. I'd worry about being able to see flaws while struggling with the weight but a proper tillering setup fixes that. I'd actually go with one of my skinnybows for those specs and cut it down to 58".
-
a bend in the handle will give you more working wood,, but I have seen handle bows of osage work with similar specs,, I would make the limbs a bit wider on stiff handle bow,,, but that is just me,,
-
I built a 61" at 110# for 28" and have drawn it out to 29" a couple of times to check safety. As long as you have enough wood to do the job.
-
What were your dimensions on that Badger? You didn't have any sinew on it did you? Is it a stiff handle bow?
-
It is a stiff handle about 2 1/4 wide to about 1/2" tips. Not a pyramid , outer limbs taper rapidly in width. I am building a short 80# right now but only for a 26" draw. 1 5/8 wide if it holds.
-
Make sure your shooting draw is 29". Not your pose draw. Have someone watch you shoot.
Badger and bradsmith have made a lot of bows. More than I have.
I have made 250-300...lost track...and a 62" osage stave would be just right for my 26" draw.
If I had a 29" draw, I'd want a 66-68" stave for a rigid handle bow.
But if I had a 29" draw and a 62" osage stave I'd make a bend in the handle bow and back it with rawhide.
Head'em up! Mov'em out! Rawhide!!! :)
Jawge
-
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,36176.0.html