Osage ELB

[Muskyman]

I pretty much knew you can get the dog chews Mr Dave. Not super easy to find around here but can be had. I just wanted to use cow horn if I could get it, which I did today from a different company in the USA. The stuff I ordered that was from Germany is still in transit. It’s in the states last I saw it was in NY at the usps facility.
The cow horn tips I got today were actually polished and solid tips up to about 3-5 inches long.
$28.60 for 10 tips and that included shipping which I thought was pretty cheap, really..
Pretty much all black but might have a little blonde in a couple of them..
Hoping to work on it some pretty soon.

[Pappy]

Looking good, wished you lived closer, I have plenty of cow horns I would have been glad to share, love trading and especially gifting, just don't like to ship. Can't wait to see this one all finished up.
 Pappy

[Muskyman]

Thanks for the thought Pappy. Hope you’re making it through the storms okay.

[Selfbowman]

Think of as a long Skinny pyramid . Flat back then D shape the pyramid from fade to tip. Here is a 67” Osage I made.

[Selfbowman]

Pic. Handle section.

[Selfbowman]

🤠🤠I did not like mine. It was shocky!! But I made use of a skinny stave. Interesting thing is you can adjust your tiller a bit by moving your hand up or down may be why the English made the bow that way . . 

[Muskyman]

That looks similar to mine Selfbowman. Mine is a bit longer at about 75 inches. I’m trying to shape my ends for the cow horn now. Drilled a 1/2 inch hole about 1 1/4 deep into the horns I’m going to use. My dilemma now is that my limb tips are bigger than that 1/2 in diameter of my hole, so I’m not 100 percent sure what I should do. I figure I’m just gonna have to thin my bow some down by the tips.
My question would be that if I end up violating the ring will that hurt the bow being so close to the tip?
That’s the only thing I can figure to do other than make my hole bigger but then I’m thinking it’ll look clunky at the tips. It’s kind of a practice bow anyway but I’d like for it to turn out decent..

[Selfbowman]

If you are worried about violating the ring on the flat back you might put a small overlay on the tip before shaping the tip to receive the horn.

[Ruddy Darter]

Here's how I did my horn nocks if it helps, I got a 12mm hole cutting drill bit and ground it to a spear leaf shape, I also use it as a template to shape the limb tip to get a snug fit. The width at the socket ends up at 11mm - 12mm and the depth of the drill hole I go to is 45mm in a length of 2" horn. Once glued on I then shape the horn nock, mostly with a horse rasp.
R.D.

[Selfbowman]

Nice horn tips!

[Muskyman]

Thanks guys. I got my tips glued on today.. that’s pretty much what I did Ruddy. It remains to be seen how they end up. I’ve watched some videos, one was Richard Head longbows and another one or two. I’ll probably start shaping the tips in a day or two. Once I get that done I’ll make a string and go from there.. I’ll try and post some pictures along the way..

[Muskyman]

Got my tips on and shape. Still have a little to do on them. Got a string on it. Didn’t take any pictures of it strung up. It was a string I found laying around the shop. Braced to about 4 inches.
It’ll work for now to do a little tillering.

[superdav95]

Lookin good Mike!

[ajooter]

Those look great cant wait to see them all polished up!

[Muskyman]

Got a string on it and braced to 6 inches. A little tillering but not much. It was already not to bad. Got it pulling down to 28 inches. A little over 40 lbs.
any thoughts on the tiller are appreciated. Also polished the tips a little.
Top limb is to the left in the photo