Osage bow

[Greenriverwoodcraft]

Great curves on that stick, spot on tiller as far as i can see

[Redhand]

I might have to give D-97 a try.

[wizardgoat]

Nice bow Redhand! Looks nice a nice shooter

[simson]

Great job on that bow, Marlen. I like the profiles, seems to be balanced out very well.
On strings, maybe you look here: http://primitive-bows.com/about-strings/

I'm interested in the leather protection you wear on your left hand, do you have a detailed pic?

[Stixnstones]

great lookin bow, nice bend

[Selfbowman]

Nice bow,good bend,agree on low stretch strings. Arvin

[half eye]

Damned fine Mr. Murdock.
rich

[Hans H]

+1, congrats
Hans

[Redhand]

Thanks guys!

Simon here are some pics of the leather shooting guard.

[bjrogg]

Very nice bow Redhand. I really like that bend. I got my first Osage roughed out. Its drying now
Bjrogg

[simson]

Thanks Marlen, that thing is looking wild when laying on the ground. But makes sense when dressed on the hand!
I will try to make one similar.

[loon]

The string looks like it's actually braided rather than twisted where the loops merge? It looks cool too

D-97 is a very good string material. The best string I've made is 10 strands of D-97 with the Chinese style knot, single piece. Quiet and fast..

Would 452X have any more stretch than D-97?.. I don't think its stability from creep matters as much as with primitive bows, it seems like vectran is more prone to fraying than dyneema too? but if it has more friction that may be good.

I love the bow, it looks primitive and well made.

[Aaron H]

Very nice looking bow, FD looks great

[DuBois]

Really like it Marlen. Did you wrap the loop ends with art sinew?

[Redhand]

Thanks guys.

loon   The string is twisted and after I made the loop for the bottom knock I braided the string back through itself to make the bottom loop.

Marco  I used some left over Dacron B-50 as serving string to wrap the ends.