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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Grunt on April 05, 2010, 08:50:12 pm

Title: ? between Argentina Osage and American Osage
Post by: Grunt on April 05, 2010, 08:50:12 pm

Anybody want to chime in on the working differences between Argentina Osage and American Osage?  I just glued up a little Hickory backed Argentina Osage D bow. 

Title: Re: ? between Argentina Osage and American Osage
Post by: tombo on April 05, 2010, 11:47:02 pm

Pictures Grunt, pictures. I'm unaware of Argentine Osage. Tom

Title: Re: ? between Argentina Osage and American Osage
Post by: knightd on April 05, 2010, 11:59:19 pm

I really like working with the Argentina. I think you can get away with a bit more with it than you can with American osage... As for scraping and such it is about the same to work with..

Title: Re: ? between Argentina Osage and American Osage
Post by: adb on April 06, 2010, 12:06:38 am

I've use Argetine osage also, and I didn't notice any difference. If anything, it had straighter grain, and less knots.

Title: Re: ? between Argentina Osage and American Osage
Post by: Far East Archer on April 06, 2010, 07:58:49 am

Family: Moraceae
Argentina Osage: Maclura tinctoria
American Osage: Maclura pomifera

Maclura tinctoria seems more elastic, but thats all. Works almost exactly same.

Title: Re: ? between Argentina Osage and American Osage
Post by: Grunt on April 06, 2010, 06:39:45 pm

All this sounds good. i will treat it the same as Ipe only different. The A O is really dense.

Title: Re: ? between Argentina Osage and American Osage
Post by: Badger on April 07, 2010, 03:28:19 pm

   Good wood to work with, Argentine osage will chrysal if you really push it. I think the American osage is slightly more elastic. I liked it real well on boo backed d/r bows but didn't like it as well as the osage on some shorties I was playing with. Not really a lot of difference. Steve