Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: H Rhodes on September 03, 2013, 03:43:43 pm
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I have been seeing folks posting little "sliver bows" and reject pieces of osage that barely made a bow, so I whipped this one out the other day. It was one of those pieces that didn't rough out well and ended up with deep gouges and cracks in the belly. I chased a ring on a lark and made a bow out of this piece which was truly in the firewood pile. It is 55" NTN, 7/8" wide in some places, bend thru the handle, 47lbs at 26". It has been shot a couple of hundred times and shows very little set. Osage is amazing.
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Howard I couldn't tell you how many pieces like that Ive pitched in the burn pile. Osage IS amazing!
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outstanding Mr. Rhodes, as usual from one of your bows.
rich
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Thanks Rich! Yeah, PD I would have left this piece alone except for all the posts I have seen lately. It inspired me to make one out of the most nothing piece of wood I could find. It shoots great.
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Very nice. I love these bows that shouldn't be. ;D
Nice work.
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It really doesn't take much osage to make a hunting weight bow. I never throw any osage away. Eventually it will become a bow...even if its a kids bow. ;)
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And there are those out there that wonder what we see in that yellow wood . 8)
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That looks like a nice bow Howard, much better use of it than firewood.
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Now that's cool! Josh