o.k. ive done my best. im going to settle for 45 lbs at 22 inches. it is going to develope a tad of set. not much a inch. but im afraid if i push it any harder it will start taking a lot of set.i didnt get a 53 inch bow 1 1/2 in. wide 26 in. draw with 50 pounds of weight like i started out to do. what i did get is a 50 1/2 inch bow 1 1/2 in. wide at its widest, 45 pounds at 22 inches. so i failed. hmfff. but on the bright side. i got a sweeet bow. made of something considered not bow wood
that does draw 45 lbs so is a legal hunting bow here in Ohio.
o.k. i put osage sapwood about the same place as "bow wood" as white ash. made simular bows in the past simular sized and weight to draw with simular results.sure is pretty.sooo, as for the flame nock on top.....that flame represents the passion that burns in all of us for the art of making primitive bows,arrows, and primitive archery in general. that bottom nock thats round. it aint perfect round. nothings perfect. but a circle goes round infinitely.therein lays that flame of passion forever.the scallops helped get rid of the pin knots. but i was thinkin on them anyways. here in this once black swamp region of Ohio im in and in the surrounding great lakes region a number of the Native tribes had bows that werent quite long with scallops.so its fitting for this place i live.why make it of osage sapwood.? why climb a mountain? why skydive? why anything? because its a challenge.if this bow was mt everest, i didnt reach the peak, but damn as i look down i know im up there a ways
and for now on, no one can say, osage sapwood dont work, cant make a bow, you have to remove all of it, ect. lol i like to think along this idea or mind set. if its wood, it will bend. some better than others, but it will bend! keep em bent! Tony
