Spliting an Osage stave for 2 bows?

[2treks]

Nice job Pete. So you wanted 2 and got 4. Nice.

That one inch wide stave could be a  ELB or an eastern woodland longbow. How long is it?

A 50# ELB of osage will be a little fatter than your finger and 70" long. Very nice shooting.

You may want to wrap the hole with sinew or thread after epoxy sets up.

CTT

[Pete W]

A sinue bandaid might just be the ticket over the epoxy.Thanks.
 The 1" stave is 63" end to end. I want to make a 27" draw bow,no bend in the handle and have an Idea that if I leave it full 1" to the last 8" and taper to the noc I might get away with it.Any weight over 45 will do but I will try for 50+.