Rescued from obscurity

[Sidewinder]

Thanks guys. I'm pleased.  do I have a takedown somewhere in my future. I've got the sleeve just haveont tackled  yet. so I will probably hang on to one of them.

Clint you are right. when it comes time to debark thats when the real work begins. I kinda enjoy it so long as I don't have to do 30 of em. Gets my midsection firmed up a little after a soft winter. Its good low impact resistance excersize and so long as you let the draw knife do the work and not try and over power it it can be a reasonabley good work out. If any of my buddies come by I challenge their man hood and try and get some labor out of em.  You know how it is.
  Now that I can post pictures I may post anopther topic on my last bow and the one I am finishing. Danny

[cowboy]

That's about as clean as osage comes. Nice haul there and stash!

[Sidewinder]

Thanks Paul. I try to be reeeeal selective on what I cut so that I'm not putting tremendous work into marginal bow wood. As I look through my stash I see alot of marginal stuff and remeber how much work went into it. I figure it takes as much work on great stuff as it does marginal so I might as well be picky if I ican.   Danny

[Gaur]

wow that was a great looking log.  Nice stash.  Enjoy yourself and I look forward to seeing some of the bows you get out of that.

[Sidewinder]

thanks Gaur. I have been doing a little debarking last couple days. I will probabely post the final #'s on stave count when I'm done. Then I can get back to finishing my little hackberry project. i had hoped to have it all done before OJam next week but I'm running out of time.   Danny