new oak bow, from a stave not a board

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

eddie- i went there last year, for the spring shoot. rained all day if you remember, i didnt see much for selfbows there, i did see a couple, i wonder if they were yours. i did hope to sell one or two their either this fall or the spring shoot.  i only stayed one day last year, didnt even finish the shoot. it wasnt quite the same as it was several years ago when i was goin every year. - Ryan

[recurve shooter]

do any of yall know what water oak is? thats the only name i know for it. i got a ton of it around here, just wonderin if it would make a good bow.

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

i am pretty sure its in the white oak family. should make a fine bow. all the water oak around me is riddles with knots though, it doesnt seem to grow very large around me either

this it?    - Ryan

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[ricktrojanowski]

Nice looking bow, I always wondered about building a bow from an oak stave.  Nice work.

[recurve shooter]

yup. thats deffinently it. around here it grows streight and pretty knot free.

[Hillbilly]

Good lookin' bow, Ryan.

[Pappy]

Nice bow,well done.
   Pappy

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

thanks all,
recurve shooter- Give it a try, you dont have much to lose. i imagine it would about like any other oak. i cut a piece of chesnut oak once it was nice and red, but it twisted every which way to sunday, but it was indistinguishable form this red oak. same probably goes for the white oaks- Ryan

[medicinewheel]

that is a really nice looking bow!
frank

[recurve shooter]

it's prolly just me, but it looks like near the end of the upper limb is kinda goofy lookin, like a thicker area of something. anyone els see that?

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

its not just you   their is a remnant of a young knot at that spot, so the back of the bow has a little hump.  look at at the belly of the bow for the tiller.  I've already been staring at that - Ryan

[Pat B]

Cool little bow Ryan. My Lilacs don't get big enough.      Pat

[OldBow]

Very nice bow. I mentioned awhile back a great article about white and red oak in the current Wood magazine available from HD and Lowe's
You certainly used red oak successfully.
We'll look at this bow again this weekend.

[cowboy]

Another nice bow Ryan! Wish I had time to turn one out every couple of weeks . I've got a white oak I made about a year ago - deerhide backed. Seems to make a fine bow..

[recurve shooter]

yup, i see the knot now. my bad, thought i had finally caught one of yall on a screw up. once again, i cant find one. great job man!