Two Osage bows from MOJAM

[Ryan Yoon]

I have made it a tradition to get an osage stave at MOJAM and get it to a shooting bow in time to compete in the clout shoot with it. This year I was able to get two bows shooting by the end of the weekend and now I’ve finally finished them up.

The first bow, the more yellow of the two, is pyramid style with a Z shaped handle. It’s 64” tip to tip and about 50#@28”. It’s 2” at the fades tapering to 1.25 at mid limb and sweeping to 3/8” tips for a slightly more narrow profile than an exact pyramid in the outer limbs. It weighs 22.5oz and took about an inch of set.

The second bow, the darker one, is, I guess you could say, American flatbow. It’s 66” tip to tip and about 55#@28”. It’s 1.5” at the fades tapering to 1 1/8” at mid limb and tapering to 3/8” nocks. It is also 22.5oz and took about an inch of set. This piece of wood in particular I got from Timo and is by far the most dense piece of osage I’ve worked with. Use of a cabinet scraper left a glossy smooth finish. It was a pleasure to work with.

Thanks for looking.    

Unbraced
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Profile
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Braced
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Pyramid
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Flatbow
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Handles showing knots (my favorite pic)
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   Awesome bow but no pics over 640 pixels. You can set photobucket to automatically resize pics

[KellyG]

those are just plan awesome the second one reminds me of yen and yang

[CaptainJ]

Beautiful!

CJ

[Wingless Arrow]

not to be a negative nancy, but those pics, are just way too big. it says no pics bigger then 640.

but other than that, great bows!

[rainman]

Nice looking bows Ryan, hope to see you at MOJAM next year.

[coaster500]

I like that Z handled bow ...  does the handle feel right when you shoot?

[Ryan Yoon]

Sorry about the pics. I'm not sure how to size them. I normally just post them from photobucket.

Coaster, This one in particular could use a bit more meat in the handle but other than that it feels just like any other bow but it's as if it is canted. The idea is that the bow can be center shot if held both right side up and up side down.

Thanks for the comments.  

[DVSHUNTER]

Ryan, I wish I would have talked to you at MOJAM. THose are some nice looking bows. I really liked that handle design, very out of the box thinking.  My son Vinny was the one shooting with you and talking your ear off at the range.

See you there next year.

[red hill]

Beautiful bows, Ryan. Love the Z handle.

[Diamondback59]

very good job rayan great tillering job  im finishin up the snake i had at mojam  hope to see u again next year brock

[Ryan Yoon]

Thanks guys.  

[KellyG]

Ryan,
If the handle needs more meat do you think putting a leather handle rap on it would help.

[Ryan Yoon]

Kelly, Until it breaks on me, which I hope it doesn't, I can't say for sure if it needs more wood for safety. But the handle is semi flat and a little leather build up would give it a more bulbous feel. It's still plenty comfortable as it is now and I'd hate to cover up that knot.