So here she is all tarted up, maybe a little too much but hey its how it turned out. I may replace the grip yet as i am not too keen on the finish, first time I have used this and maybe my last. Back faberings dye i think.
She is late 50`s at about 27. 60 inches ntn, black raw silk backing for almost all of the limb whilst just showing a little flesh near the tips. Buffalo horn overlays and silk thread bindings. I may super-glue coat the bindings to stop the string moving them when stringing the bow.
The nocks are 3/8th wide and just over half inch at the base of the recurves. I think they could have been thinner but I would have struggled to keep the string on them with the limb twist. It had about an inch and a half of deflex in the stave and took about an inch of set. This is all lost with the recurves. I would have usually heated all of this out shape and temper but wanted to experience osage without too much interference. Plus this profile like my last seems to make for a sweet shooter.
Shoots very fast and hard, so much so I have resorted to using two bales of hay back to back to stop the arrows.
Anyways to the pictures and thanks for all the input you lot.
Unbraced
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/osage%20bow/P1010014_zps16c2ada7.jpg)
Tips
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/osage%20bow/P1010008_zpscfb0ae6f.jpg)
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/osage%20bow/P1010012_zpscadbdbaa.jpg)
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/osage%20bow/P1010009_zpsffcf03c0.jpg)
Braced
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/osage%20bow/P1010021_zps5b105b84.jpg)
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/osage%20bow/Brace1_zpsb84b8f2c.jpg)
Handle
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/osage%20bow/P1010011_zps884cec39.jpg)
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/osage%20bow/P1010019_zps90af4367.jpg)
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/IMAG4111_zps089829fc.jpg)
Usual awkward timer money shot!
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/osage%20bow/FD_zps59085817.jpg)