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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: luke the drifter on December 11, 2012, 02:54:04 pm

Title: osage stave haul
Post by: luke the drifter on December 11, 2012, 02:54:04 pm
a while back, a guy had found a huge osage orange tree that had blowed over.  i recall seeing five maybe six logs being cut out of it, 10 maybe 12 inches in diameter.  there was something of a pool to guess how many staves it would make.  the pictures showed it falling over a creek(?).  i am just curious as to how many it finally made. 
Title: Re: osage stave haul
Post by: Pat B on December 11, 2012, 03:03:05 pm
Luke, that was Clint(Osage Outlaw) that took on that tree. If he doesn't reply to this thread try sending him a PM.
Title: Re: osage stave haul
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on December 11, 2012, 03:32:41 pm
I think he was in the 120-130 range.
Title: Re: osage stave haul
Post by: osage outlaw on December 11, 2012, 05:04:33 pm
That was me.  The total was 109 and 6 billets but I sinew backed one of the billets and got a short hunting bow so I guess 110 is the actual number.  Keenan won the guessing contest.  I sent him a stave with a hole in it.  The wood from this tree has been of very high quality so far.  I just got done working on a piece from it.  It is cooling off on my caul right now.

Here is the link

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,27170.165.html
Title: Re: osage stave haul
Post by: Scaramouche on December 11, 2012, 05:49:27 pm
I just saw that pic of osage outlaw standing next to all those staves.

Sure is dusty in here.....
Title: Re: osage stave haul
Post by: osage outlaw on December 11, 2012, 09:06:18 pm
Quote from: Scaramouche on December 11, 2012, 05:49:27 pm
I just saw that pic of osage outlaw standing next to all those staves.

Sure is dusty in here.....

What do you mean?
Title: Re: osage stave haul
Post by: Scaramouche on December 12, 2012, 10:37:50 am
I was saying, it must be dusty, because my eyes were watering looking at all those staves.

Also, I emailed my wife that pic, and told her to think of that the next time she complained about my few seasoning staves.