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Offline chamookman

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2015, 03:19:31 am »
The stuff dreams are made of - NICE ! Bob
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Offline TRACY

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2015, 06:58:22 am »
Good mess of staves Joe ! Just the right length too.


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Offline Aaron H

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2015, 07:27:06 am »
A lot of grade A bows in there
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Offline Gsulfridge

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« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2015, 01:25:33 pm »
^^ You aint right! ^^
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Offline hedgeapple

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2015, 04:26:04 pm »
You must have found those at the end of the rainbow.  Beautiful yeller wood.
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Offline Dances with squirrels

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« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2015, 05:47:20 pm »
Very nice. I'm just as big a fan of good snakey staves too. You guys that don't want em... send em on over!!!
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Offline Stoker

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2015, 06:02:01 pm »
nice haul
Thanks leroy
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Offline wapiti1997

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2015, 06:16:34 pm »
I have some really awesome trees to cut in the future.  I have a couple giant straight trees, I'm just not energized enough to split them yet...  I was exhausted just busting out these 15 staves and 2 sets of billets.  The big trees I have to cut will yield 50 staves each, maybe more..
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Re: straight osage
« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2015, 06:31:17 pm »
 :D keep Er clean guys kids and ladies around  ;) Pappy
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Offline sleek

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #24 on: April 07, 2015, 06:34:31 pm »
My bad
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #25 on: April 08, 2015, 01:36:43 am »
 In the 60's is fine. Couple of those could be split again.

  You'll have some SWEETTTTT staves in couple years. The older they season the better with osage. Theyed be really sweet in 10 to 20 years.

  Right now when green is when I add reflex to my staves. Saw horses then ratch strap the centers down to the floor. Crank it down to about 2 inchs of reflex. I can keep bows 58 inchs and up to 1/2 of reflex to straight when finished. I'll leave them reflexed untill I sell them or use them.
Hatch those green staves down into smallere staves that can bend. It's not hard it will make those staves that a good to now there great.

 

 
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Offline Balsatech

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #26 on: April 08, 2015, 01:20:37 pm »
Not energized enough? Come on Joe, wheres that pioneer spirit?
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Offline Gsulfridge

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« Reply #27 on: April 08, 2015, 01:49:04 pm »
Joe, you need to host an Osage Splitting Party!!
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #28 on: April 08, 2015, 02:00:53 pm »
Beautifully looking staves!
I would like to host a hickory splitting party after the Osage party!  >:D Patrick
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Offline Gordon

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Re: straight osage
« Reply #29 on: April 09, 2015, 12:21:38 am »
Now that is a fine mess of staves!
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