I have a brand new bow to share. An Osage bow like this could have been found with the Osage tribe as well as Cherokee and some tribes on the southern plains and others.
I enjoy making a bow like this that exudes primitive.
Bow is 58" NTN
1 1/8 " at the handle
45 at 25 " draw.
bear grease and bees wax for finish.
I decided to use a semi-bending handle area rather than a D-Bow. This stave was given to me by a guy who gave up on it. He had missed the correct ring so I had to reduce one side to a lower ring. I wanted the handle to barely bend where a big knot was . Placed the knot in the center and used differant rings coming off handle each side. Thought maybe I should be cautious with the bend there.
I did not keep the outer limbs as stiff as my last two bows.
Performance is good! Always nice to have one work out !
Sorry about the indoor photo's. It's raining here so I just picked a darl backround.
Thanks,
Greg
