Author Topic: Latest Osage selfbow (Read 818 times)

razorsharptokill · « **on:** March 31, 2012, 09:30:00 PM »

Getting close to finishing this bow. Pics suck but here it is. Osage selfbow, 50lbs @ 28" 66"NTN.

Still putting the tillering gizmo on there. Some areas could be working more.

OzarkMatt · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2012, 09:37:00 PM »

Beautiful work there, is the right limb the top? I wish I could find some osage around here. Moar pics :p

karrow · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2012, 09:42:00 PM »

now thats a tillering TREE.

great lookign bow looks like your on the home stretch

razorsharptokill · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2012, 09:47:00 PM »

Not sure which limb will be on top. The pic is at somewhat of an angle to the bow I think.

Right limb seems stiff about midlimb?

red hill · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2012, 09:50:00 PM »

Looks good, Jim. I was thinking the right limb looked stiff, too. Could just be the angle of the pic.

OzarkMatt · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2012, 09:57:00 PM »

Jim, it's hard to tell from the pic, take a 4" piece of wood and run it along the belly and watch the gap. But you probably know all about that trick :D

razorsharptokill · « **Reply #6 on:** April 01, 2012, 09:18:00 AM »

That is kind of what the tillering gizmo does. It draws a pencil line on the spots that are flat.

I shot it again this morning with some cedar arrows nd it shot awesomely. Very quick.

razorsharptokill · « **Reply #7 on:** April 01, 2012, 11:47:00 AM »

Been shooting it this morning. This is an honest 27 yard group. Not all of them were this good but this bow has potential.

fujimo · « **Reply #8 on:** April 01, 2012, 12:50:00 PM »

damn all you guys that can put a grouping like that out there!!
very very well done, on an awesome bow, and even better shooting!!!

Onehair · « **Reply #9 on:** April 01, 2012, 12:55:00 PM »

Good work Jim. I've cut a bit of osage in OK but all has had very tight growth rings. Maybe my area.

George Tsoukalas · « **Reply #10 on:** April 01, 2012, 01:54:00 PM »

Nice bow! Jawge

razorsharptokill · « **Reply #11 on:** April 01, 2012, 04:33:00 PM »

Thank you all. I have some Osage on the ground now that has really nice rings.

I'm going to have the paramedics on standby when I start splitting it LOL!

Kevin Winkler · « **Reply #12 on:** April 01, 2012, 10:19:00 PM »

Your new osage bow looks pretty good to me! I am getting addicted to the selfbow thing myself. I cut some osage last month and I have some that was dead and tests at 10% moisture.....so I have been roughing out a few myself.
Good luck!

shawnee · « **Reply #13 on:** April 02, 2012, 10:04:00 AM »

Bows is coming along good Jim. I agree about the right limb looking a little stiffer than the left. But DANG! what a group! I'm jealous!

razorsharptokill · « **Reply #14 on:** April 02, 2012, 11:51:00 AM »

It LOVES those cedar shafts! Not all the groups were that good but when I can get the feathers to touch that is worthy of a pic. LOL!

This bow is from an OJAM stave that I bought last year. I finally realized that I need to get the short string on it sooner so I dont scrape all the draw weight off of them!

OzarkMatt · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2012, 12:22:00 PM »

Beautiful work sir, I'm going to have to try a selfbow. I *should* have some Osage here, but I haven't seen any yet. Hickory, Elem and ERC are all over the place so I may have to start with one of them.

razorsharptokill · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2012, 03:08:00 PM »

Thank you Matt. Check old fence rows.

razorsharptokill · « **Reply #17 on:** April 08, 2012, 07:58:00 PM »

Skinned this bow today with a timber rattler. I'm going to finish the tips with some black dye and some sinew wrap around the skin ends.

KellyG · « **Reply #18 on:** April 08, 2012, 09:36:00 PM »

great job on that one.

kennym · « **Reply #19 on:** April 08, 2012, 10:08:00 PM »

Great job Jim,and if it keeps shootin like that, don't change a thing!!

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