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Offline rps3

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2020, 06:56:07 pm »
Thank you very much for the comments. The stain is black leather dye and varethane cabernet.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2020, 08:34:54 pm »
That is mighty fine. Nicely done. Jawge
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Offline aznboi3644

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2020, 08:37:04 pm »
Beauty.  I would love to get my hands on some Osage even if it was saplings and limbs.   I don’t of much that grows around here.
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Offline okie64

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2020, 08:57:45 pm »
Great looking bow!
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Offline Bryce

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2020, 10:24:46 pm »
I dig it my guy. Since I’m a PNW guy I appreciate the sapwood lol I find it intriguing that the 2 best/iconic bow woods have that thin white sapwood. That is the bees knees for tension strength. The nocks almost look like a light colored granite.
 Not sure if your looking for any kind of pointers but isn’t that why we post? Lol but if you wanted you could trim down the underside of your nocks a hair, flatten that out a bit, reduce a bit of weight out there (albeit not much) and have a cleaner line through there. Just a thought Mandingo.
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Offline chamookman

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2020, 03:01:40 am »
Very nice - Limb Bows are one of My favorites  :OK ! Bob
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Offline leonwood

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2020, 05:35:25 am »
Thats a beauty!
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2020, 06:28:16 am »
Very nice.  Love the unbraced profile you maintained. 
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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2020, 07:05:40 am »
Beautiful work. :)
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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2020, 07:12:30 am »
Gotta love them limb bows.

Just did one and it is about 80% Sapwood. Great thing about them is: six months and small diameter is ready to build with.

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2020, 07:56:44 am »
Thanks again...much appreciated.

Bryce, I was wondering if someone would point that out. I agree 100%.  I give away so many bows, and my buddy who gets most of them has bad knees and ends up using the bow as much for a walking stick as a deer killer, and he does plenty of that too. If I end up keeping the bow for myself I will take off some more wood there. I just feel like I dont want to make the tips too fragile if I'm giving it away. Maybe I shouldnt concern myself with that so much? Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.
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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2020, 10:24:07 pm »
Nice looking bow.
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #27 on: January 30, 2020, 07:06:26 am »
  I see the little bump just above the fade in your unstrung profile, you done a good job there with the fade...Nice balanced bend...
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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #28 on: January 30, 2020, 08:02:27 am »
Nice bow sir. I say it’ll hunt.
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Re: Osage limb bow,1/2 sapwood
« Reply #29 on: January 30, 2020, 04:26:41 pm »
Quote from: rps3 on January 29, 2020, 07:56:44 am
Thanks again...much appreciated.

Bryce, I was wondering if someone would point that out. I agree 100%.  I give away so many bows, and my buddy who gets most of them has bad knees and ends up using the bow as much for a walking stick as a deer killer, and he does plenty of that too. If I end up keeping the bow for myself I will take off some more wood there. I just feel like I dont want to make the tips too fragile if I'm giving it away. Maybe I shouldnt concern myself with that so much? Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.


Yeah I hear ya.  I’ve used the end of my bows to dig in the dirt sometimes lol. That’s why I usually make the bottom nick round like ball bearing cut in half or something like that. Little button nock.
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