Primitive Archer
Information and Resources => Trading Post => Topic started by: jeffhalfrack on January 14, 2012, 04:14:03 pm
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All. This ossage! I want a couple. Ossage. 'You finnish bows' its so scarce I'm afraid of messing up. What I like is. 62" 64" bows around 50# max I have stuff to trade. All kinds of things no stone no leather just let me. Know. Thanks Jeff W
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I'm not sure what you want. Do you want a stave, or a bow? What do you mean by "you finish bows"?.
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Sorry something, roughed out to a little past brace height that needs enough Finnish work to call my own?? all I can get is white wood,,scrape the bark off and go Osage is so scarce I'm afraid to go it all by my self (chicken) and to big a gamble. I hope this makes sense Jeff
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Where abouts do you live at?
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Upstate New York, (the real upstate) in the fingerlakes the north end of Seneca lake, midway between Rochester and Syracuse JEFFW
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Huh,
I'm only about a hour away from you.. Maybe we could meet and talk about bows sometime...
Jon
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COOL 617 !!!!! what direction????? there are a few of us. JEFFW Pm ME some time,,,
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Does this osage bow have to be straight?? >:D Wouldn't you just love the process if bending and untwisting yellow wood?? 8)
I have some osage that's about a year down. I can rough out a bow for you if you want. I'd seal the back and you'd need to let it dry out a little once it gets up there where it's drier. If you'd rather something more seasoned I have some seasoned billets I could splice up.
George
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GEEEZZEE!!! George,,I've seen some of your work (awesome!) and I've seen the raw materials :o but do you think I'd have a shot? I think I could bend and twist, but the whole chasing rings on such a hard to get commodity :-\ maybe the rough out version may be the trick ? what do you think? BTW, how hard is it to make some 2"w x3\4" thick x 36"or 40" slats? maybe we should pm and discus this? thanks Jeff
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I don't think you should try a real crooked stave for your first osage bow. I can take the stave to a growth ring if you're worried about that step, no problem. You just tell me where you want the stave/bow to be and I'll go that far. You'll have to let me know what you have to trade.
Osage is nearly impossible to rip once it's seasoned. I had some green osage milled with a portable sawmill, it was costly. I had 5 boards cut, I think it cost me $70. I owe Cameroo some board staves from that wood. It did check some so I'm not getting as many board staves as I hoped I would. Here's what getting osage milled looks like.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3650/5769758890_c263ac4d9f_z.jpg)
I guess next time I'll try spraying the boards with shellac to see if it stops the checking. The boards looks like this now.
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6192/6138343817_cc1d5ae891_z.jpg)
Yes, we should probably go to email.
George
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PM sent. George