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Title: Can osage lams be too dry?
Post by: razorsharptokill on July 20, 2009, 11:42:00 PM

I have some KennyM osage lams in the work shop that have been baking in the oklahoma heat for a while now. Can they be too dry to use in a BBO?

Title: Re: Can osage lams be too dry?
Post by: Jesse Peltan on July 21, 2009, 12:29:00 AM

Not really. Osage should be super dry when you work with it.

Title: Re: Can osage lams be too dry?
Post by: Roy Steele on July 21, 2009, 09:44:00 AM

No the resins and oils dose not alow it to get to dry.I went to KANASA and deer hunted and the fellow down the road built bows so I had to see him.He had O'sage bows that he made from 125 year old fence post he'd pulled up that his grandfather had planted.He said he got 7 staves out of it and all 7 bows were great and stll shooting as far as he knew.One was 82 pounds how cool is that.
  I've been back a couple time and he told me he's pulled up others sence then and built bows.I have no reason to think he lieing.

Title: Re: Can osage lams be too dry?
Post by: Roy Steele on July 21, 2009, 09:46:00 AM

Sorry I didn't see the word lams.But I still think you'll be ok.

Title: Re: Can osage lams be too dry?
Post by: Dano on July 21, 2009, 03:40:00 PM

I would think with the humidity back there, they still won't be too dry.

Title: Re: Can osage lams be too dry?
Post by: razorsharptokill on July 21, 2009, 05:13:00 PM

Good. Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Can osage lams be too dry?
Post by: Springbuck on July 22, 2009, 11:18:00 PM

Anything can be too dry, even in a lam bow, but in most cases you;'d have to try with osage.