Osage toothpick?

[Blaflair2]

I had a sliver of osage and decided on a bow for my step son. He asked if he could make bows with me. I'm making this and then we will embark on one together. It's about 7/8" wide 52" long with flipped tips. Going for 20#@20". It's about 30# now. Just guessing off my knee. Gotta remove some twist and reflex and heat treat before it goes to short string. Am I nuts? Or could this work?

[okie64]

I dont know you well enough to decide whether you are nuts or not. But that piece of osage will definitely make a 20lb bow, I would say you coulda gotten 40-50 lbs out of it had you wanted to.

[Blaflair2]

The pics are smushed a bit. It's real skinny

[huisme]

It think hat stick will do almost anything you want it to if you're careful.

[wood_bandit99]

You don't need much osage to make a bow!!!!!

[Pappy]

Good looking piece of Osage,should do anything you want, 20@20 for sure. 
   Pappy

[TimPotter]

Looks like a fine project to me. I once saw a bow a fella made from the heart of a very small osage sapling. He, like me, lived in an area devoid of that precious commodity.

[Blaflair2]

Well funny story, to make it short, I stepped in it and it broke. Lol on to another

[Don Case]

Big feet and small bows don't mix

[Blaflair2]

I was really digging it too!