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Offline toomanyknots

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Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« on: August 13, 2012, 08:23:44 pm »
I was thinking of hiking back in hills and finding a good osage tree to cut before I call it quits for the year, I just wanted to know if anybody was gonna be wanting any (freshly cut) osage staves from me ahead of time I and will save some... PM me please if so.
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 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline horatio1226

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2012, 10:21:01 pm »
How much to ship one to zip 12051?
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2012, 10:22:34 pm »
Quote from: horatio1226 on August 13, 2012, 10:21:01 pm
How much to ship one to zip 12051?

No idea, I haven't even cut the staves yet,  ;D.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline seabass

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2012, 05:42:53 pm »
if you get any long ones,let me know.i want one or two in the 70" range
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2012, 09:56:33 pm »
Quote from: seabass on August 14, 2012, 05:42:53 pm
if you get any long ones,let me know.i want one or two in the 70" range

No problem, will do.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline DGF

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2012, 01:53:48 am »
I'm interested. What are you looking for in trade?

-Dan
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2012, 03:07:42 pm »
Quote from: DGF on August 15, 2012, 01:53:48 am
I'm interested. What are you looking for in trade?

-Dan

Sent you a private message DGF.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2012, 06:25:59 pm »
Ok, I finally found a good tree. Unfortunately I only got about 62" - 63" staves out of it, but they are at least very straight and I managed to keep all knots on every split to the outside on the stave, so every stave will easily yield a bow with zero knots. I need to find another good one a bit longer to cut as a couple guys were wanting 70" or longer so I will update yall. I will have a thread up tomorrow or so after I have sealed the back and ends about 3 times and have all the pictures taken and uploaded and all the dimensions down...





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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2012, 12:43:17 am »
Man those are sweet  :D

I just finished chasing my first ever ring, it took me almost 7 hours with all the dips and curves and knots and it was a great experience but I still have 5 of yours left to make bows with and getting more now would definitely be jumping the gun
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2012, 01:28:16 am »
Quote from: Youngboyer2 on August 18, 2012, 12:43:17 am
Man those are sweet  :D

I just finished chasing my first ever ring, it took me almost 7 hours with all the dips and curves and knots and it was a great experience but I still have 5 of yours left to make bows with and getting more now would definitely be jumping the gun

I hear that, take your time, you will thank yourself later,  8). Good to hear about your first ring chasing, awesome. I was thinking those staves would last you a long time, can't wait to hear about your first osage bow.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Anybody gonna be wanting an osage stave?...
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2012, 11:34:27 am »
Well, these went too fast for me to even post any pictures and dimensions on, so I guess these are all gone. I am truly very sorry to everyone who didn't get one, hopefully I will be able to find a couple more longer ones but right now I am not sure that I will be able to, as the tree's I had been hoping to cut I couldn't get one down and the other twisted like a barbers pole when it split, and I only got one usable stave out of that entire tree. I just cannot find anymore usable trees, although there is almost a forest of Osage in the area I have access to cut, I can't find anymore usable tree's without probably going up on someones property. Which I won't do. So I can't guarantee nothing.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair
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