Selfbow retraining

[tanner]

Hey guys - I tried searching both in the forum and via google, but I'm not getting a lot of love. I need some advice from you all on retraining an old bow. I've got a friend from work who has an osage selfbow she made 10ish years ago. She hasn't shot it in maybe 7 or 8 years. She wants to get it back into shooting it and I offered to help her. What do you all recommend in terms of retraining the bow? Is 7 or 8 years of not shooting long enough to worry about it? I've seen the bow once, but only in passing so I don't have the exact stats - can get those. It looked to be 1.5-2'' wide fades - pyramid style - static handle - osage flatbow. She said it was tillered to about 35#. The tips (as most of the rest of it) seem to be pretty overbuilt. She also said she's pretty sure that there is nothing on it for finish so I suspect I'll have to check the moisture content before doing anything to make sure it's between 5 and 14 pct right? Any advice you could offer would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[bradsmith2010]

10 years is not old bow osage,, brace the bow for a few hours,,, and exercise the bow slowly to full draw,, it should be ok,,

[Pat B]

What Brad said.  You want the M/C to be between 9% and 11%.

[tanner]

Solid - thank you guys!

[Joec123able]

Id love to see a pic !