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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Gordon on November 12, 2011, 11:23:55 pm

Title: I really like this stuff
Post by: Gordon on November 12, 2011, 11:23:55 pm

I just finished tillering out my 3rd Osage bow and I gotta admit that I could really get used to this stuff. I love yew and vine maple, but for making short and powerfull bows, osage is the cat's meow. It bends easily, scraps like a dream, takes hardly any set and is tough as nails. This osage orange is exellent bow wood.

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: Dvshunter on November 12, 2011, 11:24:58 pm

Yep. 8)

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: blackhawk on November 12, 2011, 11:28:26 pm

Mhmmm....sounds like you got a case of the GOLD FEVER!!!!    ;)......your not the only one bitten by this bug :)

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: Lemos on November 13, 2011, 05:00:19 am

3rd ! How do you do it Gordon I'm still nursing the one you helped me lay out. I'm afraid to ruin it. I would like to see the three you got done

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: soy on November 13, 2011, 05:09:59 am

Welcome,Gordon we are all friends here...my name is thad and I to am an osage addict  :'(  >:D

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: mikekeswick on November 13, 2011, 05:37:14 am

Yup - I like the stuff so much i've planted some seeds but by the time they reach bow size i'll be a fair bit older!

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: Dazv on November 13, 2011, 07:11:34 am

i love it i finished my first Osage bow not so long ago its sinew backed and snake skin backed and man oh man i love that thing so much Osage is great.

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: Badger on November 13, 2011, 09:31:19 am

  Osage really is a pleasure to work with. Working on one right now, just waiting for daylight so I can go tiller it out.

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: adb on November 13, 2011, 12:16:00 pm

And osage is amazing for the fact that it will excel at almost all designs. Flatbows, short bows, recurves, stacked & narrow warbows... you name it. When I'm making heavy draw weight bows, I always go to osage. It also doesn't seem to be affected much by temp or humidity changes, either. Even yew is not as good for me where I live. Osage is king... if I could only choose one wood, it would be osage.

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: George Tsoukalas on November 13, 2011, 02:57:22 pm

Yes, it is.  I have a stash of it. Jawge

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: medicinewheel on November 13, 2011, 05:48:30 pm

Gordon, don't forget to post the finished product!

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: Gordon on November 13, 2011, 07:15:10 pm

Oh, I won't forget to post it Frank. I think you will like it.

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: Elktracker on November 13, 2011, 11:55:33 pm

I think thats a givin Gordon, I dont think any would could not like one of your works of art you call bows lol ;D

Josh

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on November 14, 2011, 09:58:41 am

Its almost too good sometimes. Makes me want to grab some "second string" wood just for the challenge it presents. Osage won the celebrated 2012 "Bow wood of the year" award..........................again........I have piles of the stuff Gordon. Let me know when you want more and we can swap out a Yew stave for some.

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: Parnell on November 14, 2011, 11:08:43 am

Here here.  I've been experimenting with all crazy woods that grow in S Florida but nothing compares.
Only thing I'm really left wondering about is Buttonwood, which is I think Black Mangrove and is protected, but I'm not sure if it's the same thing yet.  Even at that, Mangrove I see is pretty difficult to find a straight piece in.

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: MWirwicki on November 14, 2011, 02:09:14 pm

Yes indeed, Osage rocks.  In my opinion, the best.

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on December 06, 2011, 01:54:42 pm

What amazes me most about osage next to its tension and compression strength is its knack to stay right where you leave it after the heat gun shuts off. It seems anywhere you bend it, it stays with little spring back. To me thats invaluable in a bow wood.

Title: Re: I really like this stuff
Post by: mullet on December 06, 2011, 03:03:00 pm

I love yellow wood, too. I think I've only had one Osage bow that didn't make it as a shooter.