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Offline IrishJay

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Osage Sapling
« on: January 08, 2019, 06:27:07 pm »
I cut this today, I think it might be an osage sapling. The end grain photo doesn't really capture just how bright yellow this wood is. It had a good number of thorns on it that I broke off so I could carry it home with getting punctured. Each thorn was growing out of a node like the one shown.




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Offline dylanholderman

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2019, 06:30:11 pm »
Got anymore pics of the bark?
What you described sounds a lot like Osage, but it could still be something else.
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Offline Morgan

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2019, 07:56:18 pm »
How long are the thorns?
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2019, 08:00:41 pm »
About a half inch, give or take. I'm trying to get some more photos up, but photobucket isn't cooperating with my uploads atm.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2019, 08:15:52 pm »
It doesn't look like an osage sapling. I cut one years ago that was about the same diameter and it  was white sapwood and a 1/4" diameter yellow heartwood center. I could be wrong because I've seen very live osage and cut very few.
 If it is osage it can make a good bow.
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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2019, 08:17:14 pm »
https://goo.gl/images/HhVqTN

That's from google images for "osage sapling" the bark looks right to me.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2019, 08:19:25 pm »
Were the thorns the same?
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2019, 08:21:29 pm »
Yeah, it's also very dense, just over 1 1/4" on the skinny end, not quite 1 1/2" on the wider end about 7' weighs over 5lbs.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2019, 08:28:40 pm »
I'd cut it to 68", seal the ends, bandsaw it down the middle, lengthwise and bind the 2 halves together with spacers between the two to allow air circulation and set is aside for a few months at least. Slide it under your bed and forget it.  ;)
 I've made a few pole bows this way and was very pleased how they turned out. If you remove the bark be sure to seal the back.
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2019, 08:33:25 pm »
I was thinking about leaving the handle full thickness and just debarking and roughing the limbs out to about half thickness, then drying.
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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2019, 09:48:48 pm »
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Offline chamookman

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2019, 03:01:29 am »
Search - Sonny Iman, Limb Bows ! Bob
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2019, 05:42:46 am »
That does not look like osage to me.  The bark and end grain look different than the osage that I cut.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2019, 06:06:44 am »
I'm thinking that may be honey locust
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2019, 06:07:50 am »
Uncle Bob, I agree. Sonny Iman was the king of limbows. PA did a story about him years ago written by Dade Snodgrass. That is where I first got interested in limbows. I was fortunate to meet Sonny once and on other occasions I saw a few of his bows and got to shoot one.
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