They have some 6' 8/4 Osage for $16.99 a BF. The rings are not distinct so I know it's no good for making a selfbow but wondered if I could resaw it and use in BBO longbows?
Sounds good to me Jim. If you back it it wont matter what the rings or grain are like.
Is it Argentinian Osage or American Osage? I've heard that either work.
Hey Pearl, just because it's Osage doesn't make it suitable for some type of backing. Still some concerns to look for:
You don't want severe grain run-ups. Good early/latewood ratio. Light and dark patches are good indicators of soft/hard areas due to grain swirl. Common sometimes with boards cut from very large trees. Severe, uneven growth rings thickness. Indicators of tension/compression issues that can cause crooking or lateral movement. Not to mention, knots and such......Art
Should be around $75.00 for the board.
QuoteOriginally posted by PEARL DRUMS:
Sounds good to me Jim. If you back it it wont matter what the rings or grain are like.
Wow...Simply NOT true.
Ah, I see that Art already covered that :)
Oooops.......I did what I dont like seeing other do. Sorry for the fat mouth
The thin rings are barely discernable from the thick rings on some boards. Not sure if it is Argentine or not. I can get pics of the grain I guess.
QuoteOriginally posted by razorsharptokill:
Should be around $75.00 for the board.
For that price you would be better off with a stave. I sell some larger ones that some guys get 2 bows out of and even a belly split stave bow from one I recently sold for much less than $16.99 pr/brd. ft.
If I leave the bark and sapwood on I can put one in your hands for less than $70 bucks.
The finished ones down to the first ring and almost a bow blank are the more expensive ones cause there's more work involved.
Larger staves cleaned of bark and sapwood and sealed run in the mid $70's range.
Sorry for jumping in with an ad, but just wanted you to know what kind of stave you can get for that kind of money and there's no guarantees on a board that it will be useable when you get it.
Unless of course you can hand pick your own?
Kinda like guys do when picking out a hardwood board at Lowes or Home Depot, places like that.
You could back an Osage board with boo and probably make a good bow out of it though? I have see several like that.
Thanks SEMO. This board is 8/4 so it's about 1.75 thick x 6" wide by 6' long. Several 6' lams in there.
At about $15 a bow plus backing it probably wouldn't hurt to give it a try. You could even do some experimenting with backing and design and see what you come up with.
how ironic- i was just thinking about asking our local woodcraft if they could order some bigger osage boards, around here they just carry handle size pieces
i would get ahold of semo or dvshunter , and get a stave over a board from a large company that i didnt inspect myself...
the stave i won from dvs would contain no less than 3 bows and copious amounts of scraps(gold) , and 50-75 is about what they normally run. if semo sold just belly splits or even "scrap" splits , for say 20$ shipped , i would have plenty of osage for all the kids in the family. i need like 21 bows just for the under 10 age group...
sorry to ramble , i enjoyed some new snus tonight and im a little chatty...
-hov