Osage English longbow

[Sidewinder]

For those of you that have seen this on PP, forgive my redundancy. For everyone else I hope you enjoy it.

  Here is my interpretation of an English Longbow. Kansas osage style. 68" 60@28. 1-1/16" at the handle tapered to 3/8" tips. Belly depth at the handle is 3/4 My kitchen scale says it weighs 19oz. but I'm not sure how accurate it is ( old garage sale spring scale). It draws real smooth and shoots real good.

[Sidewinder]

and a few more....





I call this one the paleo peep sight



belly shot

[Sidewinder]

Sorry for the double


heres the belly before the handle treatment is applied



and here is the handle and a few pics of the tips

[Sidewinder]

here it is after a hundred arrows and freshly unbraced




I don't know how well you can see this one but the grain and cell structure on this macro shot reveals alot.

 


Danny

[Timo]

Very nicely done! I like it alot.tiller looks real swell to me can't tell there is a knot in it .

[Dean Marlow]

Very nice sidewinder. I am working on my first Osage Elb and your post of your bow has shown me a thing or 2 I need to do on mine. Dean

[Olschool]

Nicely done on a NICE piece of Osage

[chep]

Good looking bow.

[huntertrapper]

awesome looking bow ya got made ther sir!

[OldBow]

Congrats on a well-made weapon. Bookmarked, too, for May Self BOM

[Sidewinder]

Thanks guys. I think I will do another one and see if I can get the tiller bending more midlimb and out next time. I will say, these longbows are well balanced and accurate. I've been shooting my little 60" osage pyramid most of the year and this one has upped my accuracy a good bit. I also am sure that you can get more bows per log outta this design because of how narrow you can make them at the handle.  Danny

[Rich Saffold]

That's a beautiful stick Danny. I love that clean neon Osage..

[Keenan]

 Very nice bow Danny. The tiller looks great and the unbraced profile definitely shows a well made bow. I've always wondered how Osage works for an ELB. How would you compare it to a flat bow for shooting characteristics?

[Sidewinder]

Thanks Richard and Keenan.

Keenan...I guess I don't have quite enough experience to be able to descern how much of the differences are because its an ELB or just longer than I have previously made. The longest bow I had made prior was 66" and that was the Mulberry with all the blood streaks in it. This bow is tillered better so I think it shoots better. It certainly is easier to be accurate with because the longer limbs feel more balanced. I know I like the looks of this one alot better too. It looks medivial with the dark distressed leather handle and the arc of the bow looks beautiful when drawn. I know I like the flatbow style alot and have one in the works already that has some nice snake, but I will definitely be doing another one in the near future. I think I will try and get it to bend a little less near the handle and try for more from midlimb to the tips so as to be a bit more accurate in the representation. Hopefully that will improve cast some by reducing the amount of set taken in the handle area. Its not excessive by any means, I just think I can improve in that area for sure.

Danny

[burn em up chuck]

very nice. clean, good tiller. i hope i'm looking at the picture wrong, but did you cut across the back to make string knocks? if so i'd be careful and watch out for splintering.

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