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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: rps3 on January 28, 2020, 09:56:05 am

Title: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
Post by: rps3 on January 28, 2020, 09:56:05 am: Made this bow from a fairly small diameter limb, the pith is visible at the handle. Deer antler tips. It is 68" long , 55# at 28" draw. I'd like to get drawing it closer to 29" by hunting season.

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Title: Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
Post by: rps3 on January 28, 2020, 09:57:39 am: (https://i.imgur.com/uPY2VmL.jpg)
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Title: Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
Post by: rps3 on January 28, 2020, 10:00:41 am: (https://i.imgur.com/k1Fzg0I.jpg)
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Title: Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
Post by: rps3 on January 28, 2020, 10:01:21 am: (https://i.imgur.com/7sUcoka.jpg)
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Post by: rps3 on January 28, 2020, 10:03:50 am: (https://i.imgur.com/yKrl1Rf.jpg)
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Post by: Stixnstones on January 28, 2020, 10:17:41 am: Real good lookin stik... looks a lil stiff in the top fade but other than that great bow.
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Post by: rps3 on January 28, 2020, 11:14:43 am: Thanks stixnstones. I appreciate the input, but I dont see it.

(https://i.imgur.com/vieNW2U.jpg)
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Post by: TimBo on January 28, 2020, 11:29:01 am: Looks great! I especially like the stained back - is that walnut stain perhaps? It's a really effective contrast with the belly wood.
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Post by: HH~ on January 28, 2020, 01:55:37 pm: Love those limb bows

Shawn
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Post by: Weylin on January 28, 2020, 03:49:01 pm: That's a fine looking bow with a nice bend. That'll do a nice job on a deer.
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Post by: Will B on January 28, 2020, 03:52:36 pm: Great job on that bow! I love the bend and your stain job looks real nice!!
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Post by: Hamish on January 28, 2020, 04:52:01 pm: A fine bow indeed.
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Post by: RyanY on January 28, 2020, 04:56:54 pm: Very cool.
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Post by: bradsmith2010 on January 28, 2020, 05:48:54 pm: congrats,, (-S
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Post by: PaSteve on January 28, 2020, 06:05:24 pm: Good job all around. Nice bow.
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Post by: rps3 on January 28, 2020, 06:56:07 pm: Thank you very much for the comments. The stain is black leather dye and varethane cabernet.
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 28, 2020, 08:34:54 pm: That is mighty fine. Nicely done. Jawge
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Post by: aznboi3644 on January 28, 2020, 08:37:04 pm: Beauty. I would love to get my hands on some Osage even if it was saplings and limbs. I don’t of much that grows around here.
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Post by: okie64 on January 28, 2020, 08:57:45 pm: Great looking bow!
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Post by: Bryce on January 28, 2020, 10:24:46 pm: I dig it my guy. Since I’m a PNW guy I appreciate the sapwood lol I find it intriguing that the 2 best/iconic bow woods have that thin white sapwood. That is the bees knees for tension strength. The nocks almost look like a light colored granite.
Not sure if your looking for any kind of pointers but isn’t that why we post? Lol but if you wanted you could trim down the underside of your nocks a hair, flatten that out a bit, reduce a bit of weight out there (albeit not much) and have a cleaner line through there. Just a thought Mandingo.
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Post by: chamookman on January 29, 2020, 03:01:40 am: Very nice - Limb Bows are one of My favorites :OK ! Bob
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Post by: leonwood on January 29, 2020, 05:35:25 am: Thats a beauty!
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Post by: SLIMBOB on January 29, 2020, 06:28:16 am: Very nice. Love the unbraced profile you maintained.
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Post by: Pappy on January 29, 2020, 07:05:40 am: Beautiful work. :)
Pappy
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Post by: HH~ on January 29, 2020, 07:12:30 am: Gotta love them limb bows.

Just did one and it is about 80% Sapwood. Great thing about them is: six months and small diameter is ready to build with.

HH~
Title: Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
Post by: rps3 on January 29, 2020, 07:56:44 am: Thanks again...much appreciated.

Bryce, I was wondering if someone would point that out. I agree 100%. I give away so many bows, and my buddy who gets most of them has bad knees and ends up using the bow as much for a walking stick as a deer killer, and he does plenty of that too. If I end up keeping the bow for myself I will take off some more wood there. I just feel like I dont want to make the tips too fragile if I'm giving it away. Maybe I shouldnt concern myself with that so much? Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.
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Post by: bentstick54 on January 29, 2020, 10:24:07 pm: Nice looking bow.
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Post by: burchett.donald on January 30, 2020, 07:06:26 am: I see the little bump just above the fade in your unstrung profile, you done a good job there with the fade...Nice balanced bend...
Don
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Post by: bjrogg on January 30, 2020, 08:02:27 am: Nice bow sir. I say it’ll hunt.
Bjrogg
Title: Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
Post by: Bryce on January 30, 2020, 04:26:41 pm: Quote from: rps3 on January 29, 2020, 07:56:44 am
Thanks again...much appreciated.

Bryce, I was wondering if someone would point that out. I agree 100%. I give away so many bows, and my buddy who gets most of them has bad knees and ends up using the bow as much for a walking stick as a deer killer, and he does plenty of that too. If I end up keeping the bow for myself I will take off some more wood there. I just feel like I dont want to make the tips too fragile if I'm giving it away. Maybe I shouldnt concern myself with that so much? Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.

Yeah I hear ya. I’ve used the end of my bows to dig in the dirt sometimes lol. That’s why I usually make the bottom nick round like ball bearing cut in half or something like that. Little button nock.
Title: Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
Post by: M2A on January 31, 2020, 07:58:11 am: Real nice looking design, amazing how narrow osage can be. Tips/overlays really look great on that bow.
Mike