Well, my little boy will be 1 year old May 11, so I thought I better get started on a bow for him. I cut the stave winter before last and just used it to practice chasing a ring on since only about 3' of it was all that was clear enough to use for anything.
I never had any intentions of using it for a bow, till my wife ask when I was going to make Mason one.
This was the first osage I ever cut and it had been in the house for over a year, so I was sure it was dry.
I started out just going to make a simple straight limbed longbow, but I traded Buck1 some feathers for a little copperhead skin that was too short to use on a big bow so I figured i'd just put it on this one. One thing lead to another and before I knew it I had recurved it, added tip overlays and a leather grip.
Since he's only 11 months old and i'm not sure if he'll be right or left handed, I decided to make it with a double shelf.
It's 36" NTN
1" wide tapering down to 5/16" at the tips. The overlays are black walnut.
The draw weight is 10.5 lbs @ 12"
Who knows how long it will be before he can shoot it, but it will be ready when he is.
I'll add a full draw shot as soon as I can get somebody to take the picture. Thanks for looking, Saw Filer
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