Osage complex composite recurve

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys.  It does shoot quite well.  I'll try it through my chrony as soon as we get some nicer weather up here, it's -26 right now so a bit too cold to do any shooting.

[GregB]

Beautiful bow! Great talent in salvaging that bow into a success story!

[Josh]

Very Nice bow Marc!  Wouldn't ever expect anything but the best from you anyways... And this one was 7 years in the making too, nice save!  Got it bookmarked for January Laminate BOM Contest.

[mullet]

 Great looking bow,Mark. It looks like a fast, little, sexy thing. Ought to sling some arrows.

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys.  I'm glad I saved this bow, it didn't deserve an early death. 

[jwillis]

Nice save. Sometimes problems like this lead to new discoveries. When I first saw that you posted the photos at Photobucket (I am a subscriber so it sends me a notice when you upload new photos) I just thought that you had built it up as a complex composite on purpose. I've been thinking about trying this for some time but have not tried it yet. The sinew makes perfect sense. I've wondered about building up a complex composite blank using boo on the back, something lightweight in the middle like walnut and a thicker strip of osage or ipe on the belly that can be scraped for tillering. Jim

[Parnell]

Didn't see this bow as well Marc with everything going on.  Very interesting and really beautiful profile.

[medicinewheel]

Great save Mark, nice bow!

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys.

I wouldn't build one of these on purpose Jim but I have done this on more than one bow, for the same reason

[PeteC]

Excellent bow Marc.Great work. God Bless

[denny]

Nice save Marc. Denny Such a pretty bow too...

[Frode]

Very Nice, indeed.
Frode