Thanks guys. Nope Mr. C, though I did look hard at yours. I wanted a little more seasoned wood. I have this guy roughed out now. It has one bad borer hole. I'm down 15 heartwood rings (14 in this picture):
![](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/6014940600_0a6826a002_z.jpg)
and I don't want to lose any more limb width at the narrow end. I'll fill that hole with epoxy/sawdust. It is right at the beginning of the working limb. This stave has pretty decent ring thickness.
![](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/6014942094_8f5aff99cf_z.jpg)
Looks like this now:
![](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/6014937758_bfe4ab7b1e_z.jpg)
Like almost every osage bow it has one nice limb I could do any design with (the near one) and one problem limb. In this case it is so narrow that it will look more like an ELB than a flatbow. I decided to go ahead and take out the twist in the recurve end:
![](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6014978468_e56cbe2eba_z.jpg)
As soon as that one is cool I'll swap ends and flip the tip on the far end and try to match this end which will be real gentle.
I think I'll jump in the pool and cool off. I'll think about it makenzie, not sure what else I'd go for.
George