Piking an osage bow

[Lee Lobbestael]

Hey guys, I know the answer to this probably varies from situation to situation, but I just piked and heat treated an osage bow that was one of my first bows. It was in the low 30 pound range and was 65". I Piked er down to 60" and heat treated the belly, introducing a little reflex in the process. I haven't been able to bend it yet because I am waiting for it to rehydrate, but I'm anxious to know how much weight it picked up.
Anyone care to venture a guess?

[Osagetree]

24 lbs

[Stiks-n-Strings]

I'd say close to what Joe said. but just for the sake of taking a stab I'll say 26#

 Stiks

[John Scifres]

Assuming a rigid handle and drawing to 28", you'll pick up 20# at first.  It will shoot in at less than 15# gain, especially if you have to retiller.  Overall, I bet you end up with a 40# bow.  Now if tiller is a little whippy, you might beat that but a lot of it will be stack weight and won't really help the efficiency much.  It'll follow the string more after you're done too.

Just a guess     Not that I've ever done this or anything.

[KellyG]

21.5 just a true guess because I dont have a clue  

[Lee Lobbestael]

Yeah guys these are about in the range I was guessing. It was a very whip ended bow and I believe I removed alot of the whip endedness (if thats a word) It was one of the first bows I made several years ago and wasn't much fun to shoot, being so wimpy! Hopefully this changed that.

[Osagetree]

John don't forget he tempered the belly & flipped the tips too.

Well Lee, where did it end up?