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whitewood
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rawhide backed osage
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February 01, 2021, 01:30:06 pm »
I have an osage stave, all sapwood removed. Has anyone had any luck with osage bows that aren't reduced to single growth ring but backed with deer rawhide?
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William
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Hamish
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Re: rawhide backed osage
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February 01, 2021, 02:31:08 pm »
How badly violated is the stave's back? Photo's?
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Pat B
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Re: rawhide backed osage
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February 01, 2021, 02:59:05 pm »
William, you are always better off with a good, clean back ring. If you are in doubt of that ring then rawhide can make it safer but it will not fix a bad, violated back.
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Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes! Pat Brennan Brevard, NC
whitewood
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Re: rawhide backed osage
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February 03, 2021, 01:38:59 pm »
Thanks for your replies. Back is completely violated. Sorry, I was having trouble posting pictures.
If I just treat it like a piece of lumber, will bamboo backing work?
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Pat B
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February 03, 2021, 01:47:28 pm »
A hard backing like boo or hickory will work but you will have to flatten the back to get a good, well matched glue joint.
Why not chase one ring and keep it a selfbow?
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Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes! Pat Brennan Brevard, NC
whitewood
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February 03, 2021, 07:40:40 pm »
Pat, I agree, selfbow and simplicity are usually better. In this case, the stave was a piece of wood I pulled out of my buddy's reject pile. Where I have taken it to now, really impossible to chase a ring and have much left. I do have a bamboo strip laying around. I'll try that and let you know! Thanks again!
William
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