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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bentstick54 on July 08, 2025, 10:28:25 pm

Title: Newest Osage selfbow
Post by: bentstick54 on July 08, 2025, 10:28:25 pm

Here’s my latest Osage decorated with a Bull snake skin. 42# a 28”, 66” ntn. Has a twist and snakey bend mid limb upper.

Title: Re: Newest Osage selfbow
Post by: bentstick54 on July 08, 2025, 10:31:04 pm

A few more.

Title: Re: Newest Osage selfbow
Post by: superdav95 on July 08, 2025, 11:44:37 pm

Very nice looking bow!   It’s got a great lookin bend too. 

Title: Re: Newest Osage selfbow
Post by: Badger on July 08, 2025, 11:53:10 pm

  Good job! Those can be challenging to tiller

Title: Re: Newest Osage selfbow
Post by: Pappy on July 09, 2025, 12:31:54 am

Very nice, beautiful work, love the snake, bow and skin .😊 Pappy

Title: Re: Newest Osage selfbow
Post by: bentstick54 on July 09, 2025, 01:02:32 am

Thanks everyone. All my oldest staves all have a little challenge to them. Last January I  decided to see if they would make bows or firewood. I pulled 6 out, roughed them out, heat straightened them as far as I was brave enough to push them. The 1st one didn’t make it through corrections. This was the the 2nd stave, and I probably have 200+ shots through it, and it feels like it should survive. I’m happy with the way it shoots.

Title: Re: Newest Osage selfbow
Post by: Pat B on July 09, 2025, 09:57:36 am

Very nice bow from a challenging stave.  :OK

Title: Re: Newest Osage selfbow
Post by: bjrogg on July 09, 2025, 10:18:14 am

Looks good. I don’t know why but I always like working with the wonky ones.

Bjrogg

Title: Re: Newest Osage selfbow
Post by: bentstick54 on July 10, 2025, 12:36:32 am

Thanks Pat and Bj. It’s always fun to see if I can make a shooter out of a character piece. Plus it seems like I have always had more wonky staves to work with. I finally cut a couple trees 1-1/2 years ago that I got some mostly straight staves out of. So maybe in the future I’ll get to enjoy a few of those.