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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: wapiti1997 on August 13, 2014, 09:18:44 pm

Title: A bit of history, future bow or two.
Post by: wapiti1997 on August 13, 2014, 09:18:44 pm

This 100 year old osage fell today.  It was in a scene from The Flim Flam Man in 1967, George C. Scott, Harry Morgan among others.  The scene was during the chase just after they ran into a moonshine still.  Anyway, there are a few decent sections worth trying to make a bow or two.  After seasoning, this will be Flimflambow... 

This section is 15' from the bottom.  I was surprised that there was no sap.

(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee423/joelacefield/Mobile%20Uploads/0813141953_zpsauw8nhtl.jpg) (http://s1227.photobucket.com/user/joelacefield/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0813141953_zpsauw8nhtl.jpg.html)

(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee423/joelacefield/Mobile%20Uploads/0813141954_zpsxpfl8yay.jpg) (http://s1227.photobucket.com/user/joelacefield/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0813141954_zpsxpfl8yay.jpg.html)

Title: Re: A bit of history, future bow or two.
Post by: JonW on August 13, 2014, 09:32:55 pm

Very cool story. I don't wanna be a buzz kill but you will be dealing with some serious twist in those staves. Try it anyway cause the history is too cool.

Title: Re: A bit of history, future bow or two.
Post by: wapiti1997 on August 13, 2014, 09:42:45 pm

Yeah, it's ugly, there's some that looks better but this needed to be moved out of the road. The butt section is a couple of feet across and the bark runs fairly straight there.  Some of the upper limbs are much better.  Most of it will be firewood.

Title: Re: A bit of history, future bow or two.
Post by: Pago on August 14, 2014, 03:14:48 am

Drool....wish we had any osage in AZ.

Title: Re: A bit of history, future bow or two.
Post by: PaulN/KS on August 14, 2014, 09:47:13 am

I remember that movie.  :) It would be fitting that a bow from that tree be a bit crooked then... ;)
Good luck with your project.

Title: Re: A bit of history, future bow or two.
Post by: wapiti1997 on August 14, 2014, 07:11:01 pm

There are several scenes in the movie made within a couple of miles form my home..  Kinda cool seeing what that looked like almost 50 years ago..

Title: Re: A bit of history, future bow or two.
Post by: Danzn Bar on August 14, 2014, 09:30:49 pm

That's really cool Joe........
If you need any help in splitting the sucka up give me a call.........By the way is the bow workshop still on?
DBar

Title: Re: A bit of history, future bow or two.
Post by: osage outlaw on August 14, 2014, 10:40:42 pm

Cool haul.  Looks like some good rings on the fat side of the tree.  Twist is easy to remove in osage.  There was a roller blade movie scene filmed on the hill I take to work every day.  One character racked himself on a tree just off the road.  I've had thoughts about cutting that tree but it looks like junk so I passed. 

Title: Re: A bit of history, future bow or two.
Post by: Mike Joe on August 14, 2014, 11:06:53 pm

That's pretty cool! I've never seen that movie, but it's always neat to have a story behind a bow. 8)