1st Osage Bow

[Okie]

Great job Dana.

John

[venisonburger]

Looks like a meat maker. I have an osage in the works also for this year, should have it done in time, I went a little heavy on the recurves  and ended up having to file some string grooves but other than that she's coming along. I really like the tips you did on yours.
VB

[Keenan]

Exceptional bow Dana. Profile and tiller are great and your for skins look like you've been doing them for years. Congratulations. Now get out there and Cristen that bow.

[Pappy]

Great looking bow Dana,You know how I like snaky osage and skins,you done them
proud.Good job. 
   Pappy

[DanaM]

Thanks for the kind words guys
The grip is some unknown type of cordage I found at the thrift store, its much more even than wally world hemp.
Auggie the bow is nameless as it hasn't earned a name yet
As for the tiller being off the bottom took a little more set than the top limb, maybe I'm being overly critical eh
Eddie no I don't have yella fever, osage is easier to work than most white woods as long as the grain is followed.
Its great wood but its not magical

[medicinewheel]

nice bow, dana! - looks like a bit more of a bend mid upper limb wouldn't hurt; but as usual: it's always hard to tell from the photo!
tips are really nice, too!
frank

[GregB]

Mighty fine lookin' bow you made yerself there Dana! Those tips are pretty!

[Hillbilly]

Good looking bow, Dana- Hope to see red stain on the next pics of it you post. 

[The Burnt Hill Archer]

very nice man! and it looks like your shoulders comming allong too.

Phil

[DanaM]

Thanks frank, the limbs could have bent a little more but I was actually going for a very stiff outer third, the handle bends, ya can't
see it in the picture but you can feel it when shooting

Thanks Greg

Thanks Steve and ya I hope to draw some blood with it come the 1st

Thanks Phil, don't notice the shoulder hurting because my back is killing me

[burn em up chuck]

nice bow!!!

             chuck

[tom sawyer]

Very nice work, those bendy handle bows are great hunters.

I don't know about osage working like butter, maybe butter right out of the freezer.  Was the wood seasoned?

[DanaM]

Lennie this was made from the stave I traded from you, it was reduced in May and spent a couple of weeks in the hot box before tillering.
I found osage to be very easy to scrape compared to maple and elm. Maybe its the oils in the wood

[George Tsoukalas]

Awesome, Dana. Excellent job. I am glad you looked at the tiller from both sides which is what you have to do for these character bows. I'm struck by some of your comments though so I'm going to comment on them.

" Although the tiller is not perfect it shoots hard and fast
and the set is minimal overall I'm very pleased with the outcome."

We somehow got this idea that a tiller has to be visually perfect. That's not always the only indicator of a good tiller. The Lord gave us 5 senses. Why not use most or all of them when tillering? The bowyer that tillers only with his eyes is missing quite a bit.

I'm pleased with the outcome too. Jawge

[tom sawyer]

I wondered, I knew we made a trade but I couldn't remember if it was for osage.  I knew I got the backstrap tendons for my part.  Glad you put the stave to good use.