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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Mo_coon-catcher on October 31, 2025, 03:09:59 pm

Title: Bamboo backed Osage English Longbow
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on October 31, 2025, 03:09:59 pm

Here’s a bamboo backed Osage English longbow. Pulls 35# at 28”. Tips are Purple Heart in the cone style normally see With horn. The Osage had several knots leading to lots of chatoyancy. It turned into a nice mellow shooter with decent speed, it made a fun little shooter.i can’t remember exact dimensions and I don’t have it anymore to measure. But it’s 70” nock to nock, about 3/4” wide at the handle, parallel 14” each way of center tapering to 5/8” about 12”, then tapering to 3/8” nocks. These numbers may not be exact but will be close.

Kyle

Title: Re: Bamboo backed Osage English Longbow
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on October 31, 2025, 03:11:23 pm

A few more

Kyle

Title: Re: Bamboo backed Osage English Longbow
Post by: Del the cat on October 31, 2025, 04:09:46 pm

Ooooh, you done learned me a new word, and I thought I had a good vocabulary  ::)
Nice work
Del

Title: Re: Bamboo backed Osage English Longbow
Post by: Selfbowman on October 31, 2025, 06:01:41 pm

That’s a beauty! I love the handle wrap.

Title: Re: Bamboo backed Osage English Longbow
Post by: bentstick54 on October 31, 2025, 07:13:23 pm

Very nice. I like it.

Title: Re: Bamboo backed Osage English Longbow
Post by: Pat B on November 01, 2025, 01:32:52 am

I love everything about your bows. Your horn style nocks, horn or not are impressive. And, like Del, I learned a new word.  :OK