I love the nothing to lose staves, pics added

[Buckeye Guy]

It's all firewood till you get it to shooting
Get a string on that thing, lets go times a waisting

[bradsmith2010]

a few pics in progress 34# @ 17,, I figure if I draw it to 21 its gonna be bout 45,, I am shooting for 45# at 26,, I just wanted to get it bending real even before I stretch out the draw,, the stave had bark on, ,and had lots of live bugs I had to scrape off,, hatchet marks and tear out,, when I got throught the bugs there was not much wood left,,

[bradsmith2010]

more pics

[Bryce]

The ugly ones see you pass them up everyday. So when you finally do decide to pick her up she'll make sure you see a bow.
Almost like women, aren't the uglier ones just a little bit better cooks? 😂😂😂

[bradsmith2010]

you can see the check in the tip,, gonna need something there ,, overlay I think,,
here is the bow drawn to 17 inches,,I have a ways to go, but I think it gonna work,, I gonna draw it out to 45# and see how the tiller looks and start shooting it as I finish it up,, 62 nock to nock,,

[Bryce]

Slide it through the table saw and slide some 1/16"-1/8" horn in the crack. Simson does it all the time. I'll try and find a photo.

[bradsmith2010]

great idea, will do,

[Bryce]

[Morgan]

Looks like you’re definitely bringing the bend out of her. Is it bending in the middle at all? Hard for me to tell. I bet running a saw up the middle of the limb tip will enhance the pucker factor!

[bradsmith2010]

it is not bending much in middle,, I just went out and took wood off to get it bending a bit in the middle,,
and will see how it goes,,I am at 39#@20 inches,, was aiming for 45 at 26 ,, but maybe gonna drop to 40@ 26 in hopes of reducing set, I dont need a specific weight, but would like to hunt with it if it turns out,

[Stick Bender]

40 lb & 6 strand FF will kill any thing you need to , not that ugly I was expecting some thing horrid , looking good !

[bradsmith2010]

well you didnt see when i started,,, it was almost firewood,,

[Stick Bender]

At least yours is shooting from those fine staves from a trusted PA member 

[BowEd]

It can be amazing how far those bores can bury into an old piece.Can be an adventure to see where they quit sometimes.Once in a while I get staves from former thoughts of others who harvest bow wood/want a bow at the time but don't follow through or their attention drifts and don't immediately reduce it to a shellacked stave.Setting there for 20+ years.Hard as a rock!!!I've traded all my really nice straight pristine staves away.Good straight stuff is mostly white woods.Just kept the twisted/bowed osage for myself.The good thing about that is those get some good old seasoned age on it before it gets worked on and I always like that.Nice bend on your bow already.
That insert into the crack does'nt neccessarily need to be horn either to function well.Just good mating of surfaces/fitting and good glue.

[Greenriverwoodcraft]

I love knotty and twisted bows, they have that special "How the hell did you do that" quality