Wow guys, thanks so very much for all the wonderful comments! You guys are my heroes.
@Dauntless & @Ifrit617: Well you guys made me look again, but I am happy to report there is no sign of any compression fractures, Chrysals or frets in either limb
. I give all the credit to the Osage and it's wonderful natural resiliency as opposed to any obscure proficiency on my part. Osage...gotta love it.
@Ifrit617: Also, because of the heavy static reflex in the tips I wanted to let the limbs settle in with whatever "deflex" they wanted to take. I knew I was going to lose some power by doing this but, after multiple surgeries on my wrists, the low vibration and minimal/no hand shock is a really big deal to me. Aside from proper tillering, this method is one of the best ways I have found to achieve that goal, but that's just IMO.
Remember if it was intentional and it works then it's called "letting the bow settle in" and not "taking set"
@Mullet: I'll be heading to the local archery shop this weekend to put her through a chronie, but I am going to hazard a guess of around 150fps +/-. Not my fastest, but may well be the most comfortable bow I ever made. It's an absolute pleasure to shoot and easily an all day shooter due to the pretty much absence of all hand shock. Also, like a lot of horse bows the draw weight is deceiving as it feels lighter than it actually is (kinda feels low 40's instead of 50#). I actually thought I had over reduced the limbs initially and was pretty upset.
