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Title: Osage available - pics.
Post by: Prarie Bowyer on November 09, 2013, 10:48:21 am
I have 2 staves and then the billets I was talking about earlier.

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5434.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5434.jpg.html)

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5429.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5429.jpg.html)

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5431.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5431.jpg.html)

68" long.  I started a bow from this but lost my muse.  I prefer to use a board bow method.  It is split from a stage I got from Auggie a while back.  I'm not positive there is a bow in there but I think so.  Will need some heat bending and straightening.

Here is the other side of that stave:
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5435.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5435.jpg.html)

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5444.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5444.jpg.html)


(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5433.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5433.jpg.html)

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5433.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5433.jpg.html)

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5430.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5430.jpg.html)

Also I milled up a log into 1/4 sawn lumber.  It isn't perfectly sawn.  I got some waver but I got a pretty good yield.  here is the pile:
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5443.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5443.jpg.html)
it is surrounded by my carving stock.  They look mostly like this:

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5445.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5445.jpg.html)

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5440.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5440.jpg.html)

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5442.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5442.jpg.html)

I'll prep them for "V" slices like below.  Then you just need to glue them.  I have enough for possibly 8 bows and some small kids bows.  they are 5/8" to 3/4" thick and I'll pair them up.  Just tell me a bit about the kind of bow you want to make.  BTW I've even used this joint for bendy handle bows with TB@ and it's holding.
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5440.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5440.jpg.html)

I'm looking for a kid quiver, some kind of fluffy hide to trim the end of my bamboo quiver and quiet the arrows from rattling, a clovis/dalton spear point for wall hanging (may be in progress).  Or leather to make a quiver and arm guard for my little one.


Title: Re: Osage available - pics.
Post by: Prarie Bowyer on November 09, 2013, 10:51:17 am
I go the above pics all out of order  hopefully you get the idea  :-[.

I also have this trilam bendy handle recurve I started and lost my muse on.  bamboo backed bamboo and ipe.

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5437.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5437.jpg.html)


(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_5436.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/scottnlena/media/IMG_5436.jpg.html)

It is going to be a heavy shooter. 
Title: Re: Osage available - pics.
Post by: Eric Garza on November 10, 2013, 02:52:02 pm
What's the dimensions of the bamboo backed ipe? Length, width, approximate draw length?

I can make a kid quiver for you out of wool as trade.
Title: Re: Osage available - pics.
Post by: Prarie Bowyer on November 10, 2013, 05:16:05 pm
What's the dimensions of the bamboo backed ipe? Length, width, approximate draw length?

I can make a kid quiver for you out of wool as trade.

It is a stave.  Right now it's a club but the core is thicker than I prefer so I'm going to guess that 60+ would be possible.

it is 64" long and the widest part is 1 1/8" wide.  Also the core is not bamboo it is hickory or maple.  I'm having a hard time telling.  I went through a period when I was hot for mimicking Yew with maple and Ipe.


Title: Re: Osage available - pics.
Post by: Eric Garza on November 10, 2013, 07:15:20 pm
Okay, that sounds too heavy for my tastes, at that length.
Title: Re: Osage available - pics.
Post by: Prarie Bowyer on November 11, 2013, 01:36:23 pm
I don't see why it couldn't be less either.
Title: Re: Osage available - pics.
Post by: bowhntineverythingnh03743 on November 14, 2013, 08:40:20 am
what are you looking to trade for