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Bows / Re: Osage Flat Bow
« Last post by bentstick54 on Today at 02:53:38 pm »
Thanks everyone.
Jim, I have about 35 that I have built and always left the tips straight, so I thought I would broaden my scope a little bit and flipped the tips on the last 2. I have not been able to shoot tons since I did due to recovering from finger surgery, but what I have been able to shoot, I’m not noticing a big difference in performance. I could be wrong though?

Burnsie, thanks, but I’m not sure I should be your “ gold standard”. There’s lots of guys here with hundreds more bows than me, and way better. But hope one day maybe, I can step up to their abilities and quality.
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Bows / Re: Osage Flat Bow
« Last post by Burnsie on Today at 02:31:43 pm »
Ho-humm, another perfectly tillered bow from Brian.
Seriously, another beauty! You are my standard bearer for tillering - what I strive for in my learning curve.
I even copied your tillering board grid.
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Bows / Re: Madake-horn, 57#@28"
« Last post by superdav95 on Today at 02:17:43 pm »
There’s the money shot!   Beautiful bow and love the idea of the horn belly lam under the handle.  Seems to work just fine on the d/r bow too.  Nice work. 
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Bows / Re: Madake-horn, 57#@28"
« Last post by Bob Barnes on Today at 02:14:40 pm »
That's a great looking design.  I have often wondered about using horn on the belly of a DR longbow that's my preferred 62-64" hunting length.  It seems like horn belly bows are typically short.  I even owned a Watusi horn bellied Dryad longbow many years ago that was drop dead beautiful, but it was very sluggish.  I thought at the time that it must have been the added belly mass.  Thanks for posting.
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Bows / Re: Opinions on Osage bow design and tillering
« Last post by Pat B on Today at 12:48:20 pm »
As long as the stave is straight without twists or hoop-ti-doos those measuring points should work measuring from the belly to the string. Or you could draw the outline on the back board and check both limbs on that.
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Bows / Re: Osage Flat Bow
« Last post by Badger on Today at 11:57:30 am »
   Beautiful job!
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Bows / Re: Madake-horn, 57#@28"
« Last post by bjrogg on Today at 11:45:37 am »
Beautiful bow Tuomo. If you find to much fault with that one you might be a little fussy.lol.

I love the look of the horn on the belly

Bjrogg
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Bows / Re: Osage Flat Bow
« Last post by Jim Davis on Today at 11:39:26 am »
Very nice. Those dimensions are what I use for all my Osage bows, though I leave the tips straight.

Fine work as usual!

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Bows / Re: Apple Flatbow 54# @ 27"
« Last post by bjrogg on Today at 11:37:36 am »
A nice apple bow Robert. It immediately brought back memories of Simson’s bows.

I have a wild apple tree I have been looking at for a while now. I’m going to need a little help trimming it but I can definitely see a couple good staves in there.

Bjrogg
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Bows / Re: Apple Flatbow 54# @ 27"
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on Today at 09:59:12 am »
Thanks MW! I did not. The only thing I knew about apple before starting was it's estimated SG along with reports that it was good in compression and prone to dramatic tension failures. So I did not want to make the back do any extra work and added the rawhide for an extra margin.

If I had a few more staves I would try again with narrower limbs, maybe 1 5/8" and a slight heat treat into 1" of reflex.
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