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Title: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: TimothyR on April 20, 2014, 04:59:43 pm

I was wondering if I could go around this not with the limbs. Or should in just cut it down past the knot?  My draw length is 28"  I could probably go down to 26" if needed.  It is 63" long 2 1/2" wide and 2" tall.  The knot is about 3-4" from the end. Let me know what you all think.  Thanks. Tim

Title: Re: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: Pat B on April 20, 2014, 05:13:06 pm

You could probably eliminate the knot or at least the outside half leaving a little squiggly spot there..

Title: Re: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: Blaflair2 on April 20, 2014, 06:13:02 pm

+1

Title: Re: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: missilemaster on April 20, 2014, 07:01:23 pm

as long as the wood beside it is fine, leave that puppy out. There is no reason to keep it in there,it would give the bow more handshock as well as reducing cast.

  Thats a pretty nice clean piece of wood by the way :)

Title: Re: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: IdahoMatt on April 20, 2014, 07:26:27 pm

Quote from: missilemaster on April 20, 2014, 07:01:23 pm

as long as the wood beside it is fine, leave that puppy out. There is no reason to keep it in there,it would give the bow more handshock as well as reducing cast.

  Thats a pretty nice clean piece of wood by the way :)

That's what I was thinking

Title: Re: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: Hrothgar on April 20, 2014, 07:55:05 pm

+1, I think I would just work around that one, there's plenty to work with.

Title: Re: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: TimothyR on April 20, 2014, 09:22:27 pm

Thanks y'all...I was hoping you'd say that.  Is there any reason I cant go ahead and shape some of it now. I need to let It season for a couple years I just like to get a plan together early in the game. Its been cut for about two months now.

Title: Re: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: echatham on April 20, 2014, 10:27:16 pm

absolutely.  get it ready to floor tiller and it will dry alot faster.  im not sure where i stand on "seasoned" vs "dry", but if you're itching to build a bow... you can have it dry enough inside of a month using a slapped together hotbox. 
and id just snake right around that knot.

Title: Re: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: Pappy on April 21, 2014, 07:18:10 am

Follow the grain around it or leave it,really up to you. I have done them both way. Pretty cool with the knot hole in it,I really haven't found them to be all that shocky
when left,if you think about it you take the wood off to either side and if you measure the limb minus the hole you don't have much more wood than a straight limb bow, and it is in ,or about in a non bending area, at least for me it would be so shouldn't be a problem. :) Nice piece of wood. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: osage stave with a large knot. what can I do?
Post by: blackhawk on April 21, 2014, 08:19:40 am

Yup...agree with pappy....ya can go either way n it'll be fine,and done it both ways myself....since its basically all clean besides that spot id personally eliminate it and follow the grain around it