Finally got my first osage stave :)

[bownarra]

Fastflight is basically dyneema thread. Dyneema thread is also made into braided fishing line, which I'm sure will be available to you. Not nylon monofilament but braided dyneema. Get some in something like 60lb breaking strain and treat it like proper bowstring fiber.
190fps with an overly twisted dacron string....a good string should see upto a 10% increase in that speed.
Very nice bow by the way

[sleek]

Spectea is what they make power pro fishing like from and I use 8 strands of 50 pound test for a 50 pound bow.

[maitus]

Got fastflight string today and immediately made a new speed test. Got 8.2 extra feet/sec . Thank You for suggesting. Never use any other string material in future anymore ....

[Nasr]

That is just insane.

[Whiskeyjet]

You win most modest self assessment of the year award. Wow!

[Hawkdancer]

All of the above plus 1!  That is a very nice bow!  No, that is a great bow! !
Hawkdancer

[maitus]

That is just insane.

Thanks ! But it's regular for DC .

[maitus]

Thank You all !

[maitus]

Is it possible that hollow limb can make a bow faster, or it just because of osage tree?

[bassman]

Sinew backed Osage always seem to be my fastest shooting bows. Nothing like yours, but you would have had to build that bow to perfection to get that speed. That speed exceeds any glass bow that I have seen the  FPS stats  including the super recurves. Unheard of on average, and you did it with your first Osage stave, and some sinew. You are in a group with the best of the best as a bow maker. Good on you.

[bassman]

I was going to post 2 sinew backed Osage bows, one sinew backed American Hornbeam bow,and a sinew backed Elm bow on here ,but after seeing this bow, and it's performance I digress. How do you follow that act? Over all probably as good as it gets.

[Digital Caveman]

Did you make the string yourself or did you buy it?  How many strands are there?  Is it flemish twist or continuous loop.  How many grains is it?

Post a chrono reading like that and you deserve an interrogation

Glad to know the material helps so much.

[maitus]

You are in a group with the best of the best as a bow maker. Good on you.

This is the best compliment I have heard in this year ! Thank You. I'm not sure that I deserve such status. Just one successful bow.
 Show Your bows, I'm very interested how different types of wood work with sinew... please ? Especially elm.
All my sinew backed elm bows have had a big string fallow. How and when do You heat treat them?

tradcraftsman,there is 10 strands and flemish twist. Don't know the weight.

[bassman]

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