Difference in billets

[_Jon_]

I used sinew to repair a splinter on the edge of one of my osage bows.  Worked like a charm.

[Steve Milbocker]

Thank you everybody for your help.

[Steve Milbocker]

RIP      I filled the crack with 420 Loctite. Seemed to be doing the trick then blam. The bow broke well below the obvious crack. The inside of the limb was pretty snarly. I probably should stick to easier staves at my level of inexperience. My first 2 bows were great successes, I guess I was just lucky. Oh well, back on the horse.

[gstoneberg]

Bummer, hate it when that happens.  Sometimes the wood just won't be a bow.  I wonder if you could save the good limb and make half a takedown with it?  I've never tried that with a spliced bow, but I've done it with regular bows.

George

[Steve Milbocker]

"Sometimes the wood just won't be a bow".

If the two limbs weren't polar opposites as far as grain were concerned,I think I would have been ok. That snarly grain looks great under clear glass, in furniture and gun stocks. I'm not too sure about self bows though.

[Steve Milbocker]

I sent the bow back to Gary and asked him to do a postmortem for me so I would not make the same mistake again. To my surprise he told me I had done nothing wrong and said it was the swirl of the grain that was the culprit. He is sending me another blank. The man is "top drawer" in my book.

[Buckeye Guy]

Told ya so !

[bcbull]

yep tol ya garys a stand up guy  brock

[John K]

Good to hear !

[crooketarrow]

   It maybe one billet is'nt as seasoned and has more moisture than the other.