New to me toy.

[Thumper Dunker]

My buddy went back east to clean out his mothers house . And he found his uncles bow. Called me up and said what he had found . Said I could have it if I paid shipping . Have no clue what make it is . The last time he seen it was forty years ago. Looks like just a production type bow . Still is forty + at 28"and shoots good. I might refinnish it and add some hickory to the back to beef it up a little this bow wants to go chase some meat.  
 

[bolong]

Nice! Bet if it could talk it might have some interesting stories to tell.  

[DannyBows]

Looks real nice, good score!

[Mudd]

Nice find! Congratulations!!

A couple of observations, what I believe to be the lower limb appears to have taken a very small amount of set based on what I can see in the 1st picture.

The brace height needs a little tweaking based on the second photo.

All in all, it looks like a great old Osage/hedge longbow.

I'm having some difficulty seeing the tips clearly but they look as if they've been glued on, maybe some sort of cow horn. Is the small white dot a piece of antler inlaid in the riser as a strike plate?

God bless,Mudd

[Pat B]

Is it a selfbow or does it have a backing?
  If it were mine I would enjoy it's beauty and enjoy shooting it as is. To me it would be a shame to add a backing to a perfectly good selfbow. Be sure to exercise it slowly to reeducate it to bend before you shoot it too much. Old dry wood needs to be reeducated before stressing.

[wisconsin wood butcher]

looks great can we see some close ups?

[Thumper Dunker]

Its not a self bow has a glass backing . And Mudd the lower limb has more set.Its not osage Maybe limon wood ? Tips are glude on plastic stuff.It needs some work.Mudd that dot is plastic also.I think its just a old school bow .