Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Cloudfeather on September 06, 2014, 11:28:54 am
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So, a few months back, my girlfriend bought a few osage staves because she wanted to learn to make a bow. She gifted a stave to me and I chased a ring on it last night. The back is pristine(took a long time with the valleys), but the rings are kind of erratic.
Will this affect anything or am I good to go?
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Looks good to me. I have never seen a "Flat" back on Osage.
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It will affect the tiller a little bit but if you concentrate on the limbs bending evenly and together there shouldn't be any problems.
Places like that is where a goose neck scraper come in handy. ;)
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You would be hard pressed to find any wood with a perfect back surface, either flat or curved.
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Pat, I bought a set of card scrapers a while back. They are like magic on a piece like this. I took my time, but that goose neck just glides through those dips, love it.
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looks like a great piece of wood,,, take your time and you will be fine,,
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You are cleared for take off on runway O..s..a..g ..e. Have fun. :) Jawge
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NO piece of wood has a perfectly flat back unless it's a board. You're completely fine it will not effect any thing !