I just finished an Osage bow that came out nice, and I thought it's worth sharing.
The guy I made it for has a 31" pull so I made the bow 69" ntn, draw weight was 55#@31" after shooting her some.
The bow has holmegaardish tips that are flipped up a bit which gives it a nice side profile and adds some speed.
Has a black-dyed rawhide backing, a handle of python leather and buffalo horn overlays.
I had some problems while tillering (see
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,15904.0.html ) due to being spliced from billets not matching too well but in the end tiller came out nice. I had purchased the spliced stave from an Hungarian supplier, wasn't to sure of the integrity of the back either, that's why I put on rawhide after first time shooting her.
Had a bit of set that I could get rid of using the heatgun, so the tips are right in front of the handle when unbraced.
Full draw to follow.
Thanks for looking.
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