My First Video Buildalong - Osage Recurve

[John Scifres]

Forgive the lack of professional quality video, I'm still learning.

Here's Part 1:  

[1oldbowguy]

Nice, more please!

[Dave Bowers]

Can't wait for more  

[John Scifres]

 

   

   

 

[NYArrow]

Thanks John!

[LeeNY]

Thanks John!

I see you gave up on shoveling, me to it started to rain.

[b.glass]

This is great John, thank you so much!

[okie64]

Ready to see some more.

[1oldbowguy]

  John, these are great,     step by step or "OSAGE RECURVE building for DUMMIES"     , dummie as in ME that is.           Love it, more is better.

[jess stuart]

That is too cool John.  I really admire you wood bowyers.  Do you prefer a recurve or a longbow? Or does the wood dictate what type of bow you build?

[John Scifres]

Thanks all!

Lee, we only got 3" so shoveling wasn't bad.  Still snowing a bit though and more coming over the next couple days         You make it out to the shop?

Jess, I have loved about every type of bow at some point in my life.  I think my all time favorite was a sinew-backed static recurve that just fit me.  It had to be retired after many, many thousands of shots.  I like bendy handled pony bows a lot too.  I've never just died for a longbow but a couple have been my buddies for certain periods of time.  I make a lot of flatbows that are technically longbows and they are among my favorites.  This is a new style for me.  We'll see.

I know one thing, I got a lot more radical on the recurves than I planned.  Sometimes I just go with it, plans be dammed      

   

 

   

   

 

[Dave Bowers]

Dang John you ain't playin around with gettin the vids up      

[broketooth]

john , i have to say, you dont mess around man! wow! i also didnt realize how soft spoken you are. thats a compliment.im a little on the excited and obnoxious side myself, which is puttin it mildly. great set of vids very educational. i could tell its got to be cold in your shop too, to warrent wearing gloves lookin foward to more of your vids. i feel like im right there with you in your shop. ruddy

[SteveD]

Wow great John Thanks

[jixxerbill]

one of the few reasons i joined this site...excellent buildalongs...great job,,i wish i had the patients to do that....bill

[ber643]

Great teut going here, John. I even brought my "John" (Scifres) Osage lb out, the second time I watched them - to let it see what you are up to these days      "We" both enjoyed the videos.

Do you have your camera set up on a tripod or do you use a "cameraman"? Great job - IMO

[Osagetree]

Good hard fun!

[Willrett]

I hope to be following this along real soon.

[John Scifres]

It's about 25 degrees out there in the shop.  I like natural light so I leave the garage door open     At night it gets up to 35 or so especially using the heatgun.

I am holding the camera so in essence, I do have a cameraman.  I am just winging this.  Maybe I should paln what I say out a little better - naaaaa!

Thanks again all.

I migt not get much of a chance to update today.  Daughter's B-Day tomorrow so family party this afternoon and then the SUperbowl food fest at sister's house.

[ber643]

LOL - I didn't seem to hear much in the way of stammering or stuttering, so it sounded like you had it pretty well planned out (or pretty much knew what needed to be done/said). So I'd say, like the goat in the AFLAC ads, "Na-aaaa," is the right answer.

Have fun and don't get a bellyache.