The Osage "Myth" Bow

[artcher1]

I don't care what the others say about that handle Chris, I love it! Nice job man. A lot of folks miss that "perfect string alignment" thingy. A few, I think, miss the understanding of how critical it is for any bow........Art

[blackhawk]

Don't we all Greg

Thanks chuck....I miss ya brother and your sense of humor 

O.O....I wanna see you n Steve try to shoot it...for my amusement and entertainment of course 

Haha bandit....I didn't use a drawknife to cut that gash...its called a band saw!!! 

Thanks soy,cippy,bob ,and danny

Ya know mike that gash helps promote greater accuracy in a human error element world...and thats a fact

Thanks pappy...been like this since early November here

Thanks art....you got that right...its an important piece of the puzzle in making "great" bows

[PEARL DRUMS]

Such a waste of osage.............osage bows don't need to be over 62-64" long and you wasted 10" of good handle material.....not to mention gashed the side of it, or was that in the stave already?

Sweet bow man! That 44-45# stuff is fun to shoot.

[Holten101]

There is a bow that will last forever:-). Those limbs sure are elegant:-)

Although I dont agree with the shelf, I do see the point of having one.

I would love to know how it compares with one of your lever-bows?

Cheers

[Parnell]

Man oh man, I bet you could push some serious points with that bow at a shoot.  That has to be SMOOTH.  Gotta be the longest Osage bow I've seen to date, also.
I pulled down a thin piece of 'sage last night.  It's wanting to be 1.25" max width.  I think I'm going to give my self some room this time, the stave is 72".  Hmmm, how long to go?

It's a super cool bow Chris.  You'll be passing that one on to your grandkids, maybe!

[Joec123able]

Uh oh! The handle looks like mine but why is there that huge gash in the side of the handle??? Doesn't that make it unsafe???  ???You an pearly messing up bows like that lately... Get in control of that drawknife!     

My sentiments exactly!!!
What's with that big gash out of the handle.....when you look at the rest of it you wouldn't believe you could slip up like that  

Oh come on!!!!!

That bow is alittle long for my taste but turned out gorgeous

[George Tsoukalas]

That is an awesome tiller! Nicely done, blackhawk. Jawge

[Carson (CMB)]

That is a sweet bow, but just imagine how it would shoot if it were yew     I love that unbraced profile.   

[Slackbunny]

Well done. Slick looking bow.

[dbb]

Thats one heck of a targetbow! Me likes...including the "gash" 

[paoliguy]

You know you could make it even longer but you'd have to get a wider garage door!

That's a beautiful bow!

[Mohawk13]

Nice looking Bow. I like the grip contour. I am a big fan of long bows, as I have a 30" draw..Nice work

[iowabow]

Amazing

[blackhawk]

Thanks guys

Holten this is a lever bow just a loooong stretched out version

Joe i wouldve said the same thing not too long ago...I think the modern era bows(glass n wheels)has warped European descent/western culture views on bow lengths...my opinion is a longer bow is better period(to a degree of course),and to make a bow as long as possible for its intended uses for your draw length and weight...the pros of such belief far outweigh the cons of them AND the pros of a short bow both by a milestone IMHO ...I hunt exclusively from the ground in thick eastern woodland hill country,and my go to is 69" ttt overall length..I prob won't hunt with this bow(altho I bet I could manage it),and its made more for target shooting as I attend a lot of bow shoots and enjoy shooting for the pure joy of shooting and in that sense the length for my draw makes perfect sense


Carson I did make the same exact bow in yew last december if you can remember back that far....and I think I like the osage better





And thanks again everyone else...always appreciate the replies...good and bad

[iowabow]

Chris if you could please post one more picture/s of the area where the lever fades into the mid limb. Side view and and if you don't mind the belly of the same area. Thanks Chris.