So many choices, what should i pick?

[ionicmuffin]

I have several staves that i could work on and im not sure which one i want to start on. I have a hickory stave that has really wavy grain that has run outs  and curves.(same stave i did my last hickory from 1.5 inches wide.)  I have a Osage (King) with some nice wiggles and is mostly chased down to one ring. I have a bunch of hackberry with some curve to it and bug holes in the top surface with very wide thick rings i could chase deeper so i could get a nice back. I also have a hickory that is almost a bow but i would need to splice in tips about 12-15 inches long because i broke the tips while recurving...my fault.


I still need to get my tillering tree done because i broke my other one, but once i get a new one i can get started. So what do you guys think? I would be open to different profiles you guys would like to see and if you dont mind drawing it it would be even better. All the staves that i have are over 60 inches long. Should i reflex/heat treat/flip tips/sinew back/ ect.   

I would be up for an abo challenge if you guys would want to see that, but probably not on my only osage.(well see  ) Aside from the heat i think. But if you guys think thats a bit far then whatever lol, ill get there one day anyway.

[JonW]

3 words.

Short
Hackberry
Pyramid

[Del the cat]

Easy, gather 'em up. Chuck 'em high into the air...
The one that knocks you out is the one to use
Del

[SLIMBOB]

+1 Del.  Shows that killer instinct.

[Will H]

I say build the Osage, burn the rest. 

[blackhawk]

I say build the Osage, burn the rest. 

To true will...to true 

If I'm ever in need of some ideas n inspiration about a stave or piece of wood I run a couple Google searches. You should be able to tell and read the wood you have and what kind of bows you can make from them,and should have a general enough idea to research out those possibilities Googling them.

Or don't worry about it and just start making a bow letting the wood speak to ya.

[ionicmuffin]

soulds like ill be doing a hackberry! maybe i will go for a 58-60 inch flipped tip hackberry pyramid.

[PEARL DRUMS]

I say build the Osage, burn the rest. 

Amen to that my brother

[ionicmuffin]

There is presious little osage up my way, i want to get some experience with other stave bows before i start on that. Unless you all want to donate a bunch of osage to make a nice osage pile  then i wouldnt be as reluctant to burn my other wood , but its my only source right now lol