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Title: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: kodiakkid on March 30, 2009, 07:53:00 PM

Here is what I wound up with from the piece I split off the belly of my stave. It's pulling about 43 @ 27.  The grain turned around a knot a little above center of the handle and it's wound up to be almost center shot. 1" wide tapering to 3/8" tips. I had to heat it to bring one limb in line and to take a bit of propeller twist out of the other limb. I posted a thread asking for help with bending but decided to go ahead and try it. Seems to have worked pretty well. Please feel free to critique my work. Thanks to all for the responses to my post and questions. I could not have done it without ya'll. Paul<><
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Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: John Scifres on March 30, 2009, 11:23:00 PM

Nice job.  That is great tiller on a snaky piece like that.

Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: Pat B on March 31, 2009, 12:13:00 AM

EXCELLENT!  See, I told ya so!!!  You did a great job on a difficult stave...and a throw away stave at that.

Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: Dean Marlow on March 31, 2009, 07:27:00 AM

Great job on a difficult piece of osage. Tiller looks right on to me. Thanks for sharing. Dean

Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 31, 2009, 09:23:00 AM

That is just a great tiller! Well done. Jawge

Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: razorback on March 31, 2009, 09:27:00 AM

Nice work on that stave. I knew that little snake in there was going to look good. Now get the other half of the stave turned into another bow.

Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: broketooth on March 31, 2009, 10:06:00 AM

wow paul you work fast i think it looks great

Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: ChristopherO on March 31, 2009, 11:19:00 AM

That feels good, doesn't it?  It ought to as that is a fine bow you've made there.

Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: kodiakkid on March 31, 2009, 07:19:00 PM

Thanks guys. I really appreciate all the nice compliments and all the help I've had from ya'll. I'm hooked on this bow building stuff for sure. Paul<><

Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: tim roberts on March 31, 2009, 10:34:00 PM

That is sweet Paul!  Way to go!!!

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Title: Re: First succesful Osage selfbow ?
Post by: shamus on April 01, 2009, 07:08:00 AM

good job!