All Osage limbs on my Bama Bow

Tom Leemans · December 29, 2011, 08:47:00 AM

Yeah, when you first open up the osage, you love the bright yellow color, then when it darkens, you fall in love with the soft honey color.

joevan125 · December 29, 2011, 08:58:00 AM

I had a Widow PCH X with some Osage in the likbs and copperhead skins with Osage one the belly and i would leave it in the sun about 1 hour a day and WOW it had a lot of grain to it.

I had to sell that beautiful bow when things got bad for me, i would love to have it back. Best shooting bow i have ever shot.

Lamey · December 29, 2011, 09:26:00 AM

Joe, here is a Great Northern Field Bow that was build in 2001, all Osage-

john gerrard · December 30, 2011, 07:20:00 AM

A tip that I read somewhere,probably here, is to wipe down the osage just before finishing with Clorox. This gives you that beautiful honey amber color right away. I did a riser a couple years ago and tried this and it came out very nice. John

joevan125 · December 30, 2011, 08:30:00 AM

John i would for sure call Nate gefore i did that but it does make sense. Guys Osage really looks incredible when aged.

He has a all Osage bow on his website if anyone wants to check it out.

straitera · December 30, 2011, 08:45:00 AM

Have a beautiful Ted Kramer lb all osage. Pix coming. Agree w/John G re. core woods though.

joevan125 · December 30, 2011, 08:53:00 AM

I think the core wood is maple but i will call and see.

ripforce56 · December 30, 2011, 08:53:00 AM

Thats my Osage 62in Expedition that he is featuring on his site, the riser and the limb veneers are Osage it does have a little Becote and Phenolic on the riser but that is it for woods, limbcores are bamboo and I have say that is exactly look that I wanted! Nate and I consulted a lot about that bow before he built it!

joevan125 · December 30, 2011, 08:58:00 AM

Rip my limbcores are bamboo also, just saw where i wrote it down.

straitera · December 30, 2011, 09:05:00 AM

One of the Masters Mr. Ted Kramer built this beaut all osage.

heydeerman · December 30, 2011, 09:45:00 AM

I have a ton of bows with osage limbs. I used to own an all osage Abbott longbow that was about 20 years old that was a dark brown and it had some light yellow and red streaks that was awesome. I currently own 2 Tree's custom recurves. One is all osage and the other has an osage handle with osage cores and black walnut in the limbs. Bamboo is the preferred limb core of most but osage will deliver and is a hardy material.