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TurtleCreek

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Hickory backed osage questions....
« on: January 18, 2012, 02:25:11 pm »
 When backing an osage board with hickory, would there be any need to trap the back?
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Hickory backed osage questions....
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 02:31:00 pm »
Nope, but it looks very nice when you put a bigger than normal radius on the edges. Kind of rounds it off and smoothes the lines out.
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Offline artcher1

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Re: Hickory backed osage questions....
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 03:47:10 pm »
Interesting question TurtleCreek. Inner limbs, not so much..........except maybe to help prevent fretting is fresh wood. Or to help with reflexed limbs right out of the handle. Probably a good idea as you progress to the tips to save additional weight.......Art
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TurtleCreek

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Re: Hickory backed osage questions....
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 03:51:20 pm »
  I am still a "greenhorn" so to speak and from what I learned is that an osage belly would not be overpowered by the hickory back.  But I was wondering if trapping the hickory back may cause the osage belly to overpower the hickory backing?
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mikekeswick

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Re: Hickory backed osage questions....
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2012, 04:18:35 pm »
No just round the edges well.
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Offline NTProf

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Re: Hickory backed osage questions....
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2012, 09:02:33 pm »
I have a hickory backed osage board bow. I did not trap the back - still shooting strong after 3 years.
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