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Offline sleek

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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #30 on: December 18, 2014, 12:27:19 pm »
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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #31 on: December 18, 2014, 12:30:09 pm »
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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #32 on: December 18, 2014, 07:59:04 pm »
 ???  Is there and echo.. ??? ???  :)
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Offline sleek

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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #33 on: December 25, 2014, 09:05:20 pm »
Right now I am working a bow that is very thin ringed. I count 21 rings inside 3/8" before they really start getting thin. I about went cross eyed working the limb in different light angles to see the ring I was chasing. Almost lost my temper once. But thats done and am almost done tillering.
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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #34 on: December 25, 2014, 09:08:31 pm »
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #35 on: December 26, 2014, 12:24:57 am »
I will only chase super thin rings when it is definitely cured. As we all have expereinced on chasing rings on wet wood, tear out can be an issue and identifying the early growth by its "chalkiness" is almost impossible on wet wood. I love the fades on a tight ringed stave though. If a guy is in doubt, back it for protection like Pat said.   Danny
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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #36 on: December 26, 2014, 02:09:50 am »
    Several years ago a guy on e bay was selling some thin ringed osage. I sent him a message telling him thin ringed osage was inferior wood and his prices were too high. He told me I was full of shit and if I didn't like his osage then don't buy it. I thought to myself that maybe he was right and I bought one of his staves. Ever since then I buy all the thin ringed osage I can get my hands on. I don't even worry about the ratio anymore like I was told is so important as long as it is somewhere close to 50% or less.

    The only osage I really have had bad luck with comes mainly from Kansas, Iowa and Missouri but that could very well just be the luck of the draw and have no real bearing on the wood that normaly comes out of those states.
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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #37 on: December 26, 2014, 02:38:21 am »
Im workin some Missouri thin ring now. What have you had problems with Badger? Also how do you deal with the back, one ring or no?
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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #38 on: December 26, 2014, 09:45:45 am »
No basis in fact, only my ponderings on the subject....I believe that the thin ring Osage has less physical weight per pound of draw weight because there is more of the less dense early wood throughout sandwiched in between lots of hardwood rings giving it strength. Admittedly, this is just a guess, but lots of bow makers see the same results from the thinner stuff. Could this be a part of the puzzle?
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Offline wapiti1997

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Re: thin ring osage
« Reply #39 on: December 26, 2014, 12:40:12 pm »
This one had about 20 rings per inch, some places more..

I still have staves from this one, the only bow I made from it so far has survived, I left the sapwood on..

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