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Bows / Re: Osage Flat Bow
« Last post by bentstick54 on Today at 03:35:55 pm »Full brace and at 24”
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Bows / Re: Osage Flat Bow
« Last post by bentstick54 on Today at 03:32:48 pm »Flipping the tips.
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Bows / Re: Osage Flat Bow
« Last post by bentstick54 on Today at 03:30:36 pm »Needing a little work on the caul.
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Bows / Osage Flat Bow
« Last post by bentstick54 on Today at 03:26:37 pm »My newest Osage bow 45#@28”, 66” ntn, flipped tips with deer antler overlays, bull snake skins, and 12 strand D97 Flemish twist string.
1-3/4” wide at the fades, straight taper to 3/8” at the tips. Tips started out about 2-1/4” in front of the handle and settled in at the end at 1” ahead of the handle.
1-3/4” wide at the fades, straight taper to 3/8” at the tips. Tips started out about 2-1/4” in front of the handle and settled in at the end at 1” ahead of the handle.
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Bows / Re: Apple Flatbow 54# @ 27"
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on Today at 02:46:47 pm »Thank you everyone!
I like the tutti frutti bow, and really like the cherry bark handle. Thanks for sharing I haven't seen other apple bow photos until now, that one has some nice character.
I found the only cutoff I could get from the stave. It won't make a cubic inch, it's 1x1 3/8"x5/8". Can I still get a SG number using this little piece?
I like the tutti frutti bow, and really like the cherry bark handle. Thanks for sharing I haven't seen other apple bow photos until now, that one has some nice character.
I found the only cutoff I could get from the stave. It won't make a cubic inch, it's 1x1 3/8"x5/8". Can I still get a SG number using this little piece?
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Bows / Re: Madake-horn, 57#@28"
« Last post by Tuomo on Today at 02:25:37 pm »The belly slat consists of five pieces: bulletwood in the middle, horn on either side, and black cherry at the tips. The horn slat is 59 cm long, and the last 18 cm of the belly slat is black cherry.
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Bows / Re: Apple Flatbow 54# @ 27"
« Last post by Tuomo on Today at 02:19:12 pm »This is a very nice bow! I have a few apple staves, and making an apple bow is on my to-do list. This bow reminds me of the Simson apple bow, Tutti Frutti: https://primitive-bows.com/86-apple-flatbow-tutti-frutti-7028-no-86/
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Bows / Re: Bow Of the Month entries January 2026
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on Today at 01:49:42 pm »There's a bow I'm just about to finish today or tomorrow (waiting for varnish to harden) that I plan on posting here.
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Bows / Re: Opinions on Osage bow design and tillering
« Last post by bentstick54 on Today at 01:28:00 pm »Pat, not looking at that individual bow in particular, just used it as an example to help verify measuring locations. I know guys that obsess over tiller adjustment on modern material bows. Am wondering how much it might affect a selfbow, and perhaps how much it would possibly change the tiller as time goes by.