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Offline medicinewheel

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my first osage selfbow / question ...
« on: June 17, 2007, 04:44:50 pm »
hi again!  -  finally found some time to do bowyer's work this weekend!

i had started an osage recurve beginning of the year. that bow broke while i was tillering at my friend chris's workshop when the holder of the tillertree came apart: the bow exploded right above my head...

this weekend i started another osage bow (at chris's place  8) ). i did the layout, roughly cut it out and successfully worked the back down to a nice big dark yearring. the snakey layout is perfectly in-line from tip to center of handle to tip.

as you can see the stave had a fairly even reflex of over 4" so i would not want to induce more. i wonder whether it might make sense to heat-treat the belly some anyway! what would you guys think??

thanks for every comment, frank

ps: the osage is from hungary and is of really nice quality, nice big yearrings and good springwood/latewood ratio!

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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2007, 05:46:46 pm »
Looks like you are well on your way to a great bow.  How wide is the bow at the fades?  Osage don't have to be very wide.  I would wait until you have the tiller close to finish before heat treating the belly.  But that is just my opinion.  ;) Justin
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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2007, 05:59:59 pm »
I love it Frank. How thick are the rings? How thick is the ring you chose as the back?  It looks like a dandy bow. I can't wait to see it finished. Keep us posted. !! 


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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2007, 06:16:20 pm »

thanks justin!  -  the bow is 2" at the fades right now. i know that is too wide. i'll reduce it to something like 1,5".
thanks ron!  -  i really look forward, too! sorry i can't messure the ring right now, bit less than 1/4" i'd guess.

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Offline david w.

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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2007, 07:15:07 pm »
looks good
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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2007, 09:48:19 pm »
   Looks real good Frank,Nice Character in that piece of wood.How does the Osage you have differ from whats over here?
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Offline tom sawyer

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« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2007, 12:12:30 am »
Very nice blank.  I would probably put it on a form and go ahead and give both limbs the same reflex profile.  Justin is right about heat-treating though, you do that late so you don't remove the wood that is treated.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2007, 12:33:29 am »
Looks good Frank. I love osage! ;D It is a great bow wood. Look close at the scraps the you cut off the stave. might be a bow in it. ;)  Looking forward to seeing your progress. Get Marius to help you. He is an experienced osage bow builder now! ::)     Pat

ps. Where is that rascal(Marius) anyway? ???
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« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2007, 12:40:33 am »
Geat start Frank.....Brian
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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2007, 12:47:05 am »
Nice looking piece of wood Frank. I agree about the width, 2" is to wide for a osage bow of that length.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #10 on: June 18, 2007, 02:13:11 am »
Quote from: mullet on June 17, 2007, 09:48:19 pm
   .................How does the Osage you have differ from whats over here?

it's the same kind of tree that you have over there, just some people over here will tell you hungarian is not as good as american. i personally do believe there is both good not so good in hungary as is good and not so good in america.

guys thanks for the compliments, i'll keep you posted,

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« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2007, 06:31:53 am »
Good looking start,keep us posted Frank.
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Offline GregB

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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2007, 08:53:47 am »

Looking good, looks like one I helped castiron lay out this weekend. :)
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Re: my first osage selfbow
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2007, 05:18:46 am »
pat, i'm right here  ;D and believe me, judging by the bows frank has made so far, he's way beyond my capabilities as a bowyer.

frank, can't wait to see this one finished.
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« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2007, 05:36:53 am »
That's gonna be a nice bow for sure ;D
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