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Title: Osage stave
Post by: adb on September 20, 2013, 01:43:14 pm

Howdy all. I'm looking for a clean osage stave. 64" long would do it. 2" wide. I'm looking to make a 62" recurve. I have oodles to trade... stone heads, sinew, rawhide, finished arrows, cedar shafts, wood lams, backing strips... think something up, I probably have it.

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: wildman on September 20, 2013, 10:13:41 pm

Send me your email. I have some clean osage I will send ya some pics. Do you have any 60-70lb spines?

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: adb on September 22, 2013, 11:42:26 am

PM sent. Thanks.

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: adb on September 24, 2013, 10:15:05 am

Nothing yet.  :( Doesn't somebody have an osage stave for a bowyer who lives in a bow wood desert?

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: k-hat on September 27, 2013, 12:07:08 am

billets ok?  My cleanest osage is in billet form.

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: adb on September 27, 2013, 12:19:42 am

Yes... billets would work.

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: Fred Arnold on September 27, 2013, 12:29:30 am

adb, let me take a couple pics in the morning. If I don't have what you're looking for I'll get in touch with my bestest supplier over east of here on the Missouri River area. He does have a nice set of billets that I know of for sure ( I was thinking of trying to purchase them and more because I have a some urac that needs to be used up in a very short time).
I have a couple three long enough but not as wide as you're looking for.

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: k-hat on September 30, 2013, 01:06:36 am

Here's my best billets at the moment:

They are seasoned and ready to work. 

The top one in the pic is actually a half that needs split to make sisters, should be plenty of wood there.  The other two below are sisters, a touch of character that can easily be heated out.  They do have a bit of crown.  They are all about 38" long.

(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/osagesisters.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/osagesisters.jpg.html)

(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/osagesisters2.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/osagesisters2.jpg.html)


This is one end of the top one.  There is a pin knot right there where i cut it, but it's not going to affect anything, probly the tip and and will be cut off. 

(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/osageend.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/osageend.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: adb on October 03, 2013, 12:46:22 pm

Pearl Drums to the rescue! Thanks, Chris! A fine looking stick of yeller wood is on the way towards me.

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: toomanyknots on October 03, 2013, 05:01:06 pm

Quote from: adb on September 24, 2013, 10:15:05 am

Nothing yet.  :( Doesn't somebody have an osage stave for a bowyer who lives in a bow wood desert?

I would of hooked you up, but I haven't been able to cut a thing this year, due to vehicle problems.

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: adb on October 03, 2013, 11:47:17 pm

I'm open to osage staves anytime. If you cut some and want to unload any, think of me! None where I live, or much in the way of bow wood I can cut myself.  :(

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: k-hat on October 04, 2013, 03:58:13 pm

Pearlie's the man!

Title: Re: Osage stave
Post by: adb on October 04, 2013, 07:16:27 pm

Quote from: k-hat on October 04, 2013, 03:58:13 pm

Pearlie's the man!

Yes he is!