A classic bow experiment

[Del the cat]

Head'em up! Move'em out! Sorry...Anytime someone says rawhide, I can't resist.

Jawge

I hope you you are making the whip crack noise when you say that 
@ Clint:-
Nice experiment.
I can see why thin rings will hold up better. The elongation between adjacent tough* rings is very little if they are close together. With a fat ring there will be a lot of shear force between each tough ring and the soft* ring will gust give up.
* I can never remember which is early growth and which is late... so I'll just call 'em tough and soft .
When I'm explaining what Osage is like to folk whove never worked it, I say it's like alternate rings of cast iron and chalk
Del

[osage outlaw]

That's a good way to describe it Del.  This bow is 80% chalk.

[simson]

Well, I know you have a lot of osage. If its me I would have chased a ring just to be save, but I don't have that much sage.
Looks not bad so far!

[bjrogg]

I have often wondered if just plan glue that really soaks in and penetrates wouldn't tie growth rings together and act like a thicker ring almost like backing. I found your experiment very interesting  and if you build another with better hard soft ratio to make real shooter I' ll watch that too. Nobody looks to scared holding them😊

[lebhuntfish]

Look good buddy! It might just full you and last for ever.
Oh and tell captain red beard to take off that girly footwear!

Patrick

[PaulN/KS]

How many pencils is Captn' Red beard carrying these days..? Tell him that Paul says Hi.
Oh,and I think the bow looks pretty good too.

[osage outlaw]

I saw at least one pencil in the red beard today.  Could have been more but I couldn't tell. 

I don't think I'm going to finish up the bow.  It's a junk piece of wood.  It's all early growth.   I just wanted to see if it could handle the bend with the back violated.   

[BowEd]

Good experiment outlaw.Proves even poor osage makes a bow of some sort.Really can't say that about most other woods without some composite  or lamination help.

[bradsmith2010]

you could sinew back it and I bet it would hold reflex and shoot great,, 

[wizardgoat]

Might as well pull it to 32"! Don't forget to film it though 

[osage outlaw]

We did Goat and you were right on the mark.  Both limbs snapped off at 32"  we got a slow motion video of it. 

[wizardgoat]

Haha please text me that vid!

[osage outlaw]

It broke clean across the back.   It didn't break at a ring violation.  I cut it off at mid limb and took a picture of the rings.  Bubby is posting some pictures for me.   

[bubby]

Here are Clint's pics

[Del the cat]

I'm sure you can fix that! 
Del