A little Osage bow

[FlintWalker]

Here is my third successful self bow. It's 58" ntn, 1.5" wide at the fades tapering to 3/8" nocks. It draws 46# @27" and according to my chrono shoots my 540 grain shafts an average of 155 fps and a 470 grain shaft 159. I don't notice any handshock or noise. It came in about 10# lighter than what I was hoping for, I think I messed around with the long string too long... Lesson learned.
  At rest, it sits pretty much straight and shows just a hint of string follow after shooting it for a while.
  I would have never even tried to make a bow from this stave had I not went to Twin Oaks and saw just how much you can manipulate osage with a little heat and a few clamps. Pappy and them fellows sure know their stuff!
  When I first layed out the bow on this stave, the string was an inch off the handle and the limbs looked like a rollercoaster but it all came together pretty nice.
  I guess coming in under weight just gives me an excuse to make another one
   Shannon


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[Ryano]

looks great shannon!

[cowboy]

Hey man - that's one heckava good lookin bow! I love it! I think we're all a little too hard on ourselves far as critique - that just pushes us to try a little harder every time, which is a good thing. Anyway - what follow? nice grip, and nice knot hole too .

[mamba]

Great job.

[jignfrog]

nice looking bow. You did a good job.


Ron

[tom sawyer]

Sweet bow, that osage will sure bend to your will won't it.  It would have been pretty tricky to get that perfect profile on a 55+lb bow that length.  Might've had an extra couple inches of set.

I quit with the long string as soon as the bow bends to the equivalent of brace height.  But Pappy probably already told you that.

[Pat B]

Excellent bow. For a 58" recurve, you done very well. I think Lennie pegged it. You hit this one just right. Had it been 10# heavier it set might have robed most of the excess energy.   Pat

[Jbell]

Thats AWESOME! Profile and tiller look great! Listen to Lennie and Pat, that bow came out just right. Maybe the next 58"er go a little wider, say 1 5/8 and you will probably keep that same profile and get your weight. Listen to me givin advice like a pro, HA!, Yeh Right! Congratulations on a great third successful beauty.

[FlintWalker]

Thanks guys, i'll try and post a better full draw picture tomorrow if I can find someone to take it. That one was with the timer.  SW

[Gordon]

Great bow. I particularly like the flipped up tips and the way you did the handle.

[StanM]

Beautiful bow, Shannon, and those speeds are smokin'    Great perfomance for the length and weight, that will make a dandy hunting bow.

Stan

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Now,...that a good looking bow

[medicinewheel]

shannon!  -  oooohhh what a shame it came out 10# to light....well, what a coincident 58# is almost exactly my drawweight; why don't you just ship thatone to me..... 

very successfull bow, i'd say!!!
frank

[Hillbilly]

Man, you did a great job on that one-looks damn near like the perfect hunting bow to me. With those chrono numbers, you're already getting the performance of an average slightly overbuilt 55-60# bow without having to drag the weight back to shoot it. Draw weight is pretty ambiguous, a well-made 45# bow can actually easily outshoot a poorly made 55 pounder if a bigger percentage of the stored energy makes it into the arrow. I've got a good idea where my vote's going this month

[DanaM]

Very nice short recurve, looks sharp man. Yup a better full draw pic would be appreciated.
Keep em coming Shannon.