Primitive Archer

I don’t know if I am missing something? Everyone keeps talking about boo backed Osage. I thought that Arvin was going with Osage backed boo. Or a Osage bow with a boo belly.

Am I missing something?

Bjrogg

Yes!  I read it wrong on his original post.  I had spoke to him on the phone even this is embarrassing.  Yes he is doing a belly lam on an Osage bow.  I had to go back and read it again.  lol.  Ok so mine is not similar really at all.  I’m wondering now if I should bother with this thread. 

If there are no objections I would like to nominate Bjrogg.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,73588.0.html

Thank you Doug. No objections here. If you want Sleek you can enter my “Osage and Garter bow I recently posted

Bjrogg

I welcome anyone to join. 
I have to start over myself.  After Z splicing two shorter billets together I laminated a piece of yew to create a handle.  I used too much clamping pressure and squeezed out the epoxy glue.  I was shooting arrows with a short 20" draw when the handle delaminated and then KABOOM.  Here's B4 and after.  Rookie mistake.

WOW, that's a beauty, very nice work.
 Pappy

Almost a selfbow: a Pacific yew bow backed with goat rawhide, 45# @ 28". The back had a few minor flaws, and because of the quite dry climate here in Finland I wanted to be safe, so I decided to back it.

Length is 186 cm nock to nock, and the width is 32 mm at the handle. White horn nocks. The handle is wrapped in green cotton velvet. Physical weight is 596 grams.

The bow has a silk string made from red filament silk, 44 strands, with a breaking strength of 315# and a weight of 123 grains.

The bow had natural deflex, and it is now about two inches deflexed. This is going to be my American Round competition bow for this season.

The bow shoots nicely, but it is a bit slow compared to my high-performance laminated bows, which I am used to. Still, it will be great to finally shoot an American Round with fully natural, period-correct equipment.