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Information and Resources => Trading Post => Topic started by: razorbak on September 28, 2023, 09:27:21 am

Title: Searching for seasoned Osage stave or billets
Post by: razorbak on September 28, 2023, 09:27:21 am
I got the building bow blues bad I need a stave or billets willing to trade or purchase
Title: Re: Searching for seasoned Osage stave or billets
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 30, 2023, 06:15:08 pm
Look up a guy called John War Hammer on Facebook. He knows what good osage is and his stuff is pretty prime.
Title: Re: Searching for seasoned Osage stave or billets
Post by: Eric Krewson on October 04, 2023, 08:33:08 am
I don't know where you live but if it is anywhere near N/W Alabama (Florence), drop by and I will give you some osage.
Title: Re: Searching for seasoned Osage stave or billets
Post by: Eric Krewson on October 04, 2023, 08:43:57 am
I did notice there is lot of osage on Etsy, $100 shipped free which might not be that bad a deal if the stave is good enough.

https://www.etsy.com/search?q=osage%20bow%20staves&ref=auto-1&as_prefix=osage%20bow%20stave
Title: Re: Searching for seasoned Osage stave or billets
Post by: JW_Halverson on October 17, 2023, 04:03:11 pm
Quote from: Eric Krewson on October 04, 2023, 08:43:57 am
I did notice there is lot of osage on Etsy, $100 shipped free which might not be that bad a deal if the stave is good enough.

https://www.etsy.com/search?q=osage%20bow%20staves&ref=auto-1&as_prefix=osage%20bow%20stave

I have bought from him. You gotta be really careful because he is selling more than a few staves with high earlywood to late wood ratio. Just ask him for plenty of pics of the stave, including shots of BOTH ends.
Title: Re: Searching for seasoned Osage stave or billets
Post by: razorbak on December 23, 2023, 09:44:31 am
Still looking as several of the billets were really bad and failed
Title: Re: Searching for seasoned Osage stave or billets
Post by: JW_Halverson on December 25, 2023, 11:48:28 am
Quote from: razorbak on December 23, 2023, 09:44:31 am
Still looking as several of the billets were really bad and failed

Dang, sorry to hear that. There is a newer Facebook group called Stave Traders run by Timothy "Danger" Minefski. A guy named Chris Thomas recently (Dec 9) posted a pile of what looks like rather decent staves. He has hickory, osage, red oak, white oak and some locust.