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Offline H Rhodes

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My scrap piece of osage - too much crack? Nah....
« on: September 03, 2013, 03:43:43 pm »
I have been seeing folks posting little "sliver bows" and reject pieces of osage that barely made a bow, so I whipped this one out the other day.  It was one of those pieces that didn't rough out well and ended up with deep gouges and cracks in the belly.  I chased a ring on a lark and made a bow out of this piece which was truly in the firewood pile.  It is 55" NTN, 7/8" wide in some places, bend thru the handle, 47lbs at 26".  It has been shot a couple of hundred times and shows very little set.  Osage is amazing.
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Howard
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: My scrap piece of osage - too much crack? Nah....
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2013, 03:47:38 pm »
Howard I couldn't tell you how many pieces like that Ive pitched in the burn pile. Osage IS amazing! 
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Offline half eye

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Re: My scrap piece of osage - too much crack? Nah....
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2013, 03:52:54 pm »
outstanding Mr. Rhodes, as usual from one of your bows.
rich
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: My scrap piece of osage - too much crack? Nah....
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2013, 03:55:54 pm »
Thanks Rich!    Yeah, PD I would have left this piece alone except for all the posts I have seen lately.  It inspired me to make one out of the most nothing piece of wood I could find.  It shoots great.
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Offline Don

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Re: My scrap piece of osage - too much crack? Nah....
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2013, 04:56:17 pm »
Very nice. I love these bows that shouldn't be.  ;D
Nice work.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: My scrap piece of osage - too much crack? Nah....
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2013, 04:59:44 pm »
It really doesn't take much osage to make a hunting weight bow. I never throw any osage away. Eventually it will become a bow...even if its a kids bow.  ;)
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Offline Poggins

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Re: My scrap piece of osage - too much crack? Nah....
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2013, 05:10:33 pm »
And there are those out there that wonder what we see in that yellow wood . 8)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: My scrap piece of osage - too much crack? Nah....
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2013, 10:05:09 pm »
That looks like a nice bow Howard, much better use of it than firewood.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: My scrap piece of osage - too much crack? Nah....
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2013, 10:08:04 pm »
Now that's cool!  Josh
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