Osage D/R recurve(?)

[dbeaver]

Finishing up on this osage bow pretty soon.  im pretty sure im done tillering.  We got her 65#@28" and i draw just about 29 where it begins to stack slightly and as a heavy selfbow i want it right on that wall so i can get the most out of it.  Here are some photos after tillering.

Still backing with rawhide and doing horn tips, have to carve the shelf which may get a bumpout of bone and a leather handle for this one.  will post progress and finish pics on this thread.

[Pat B]

Your tiller looks good.

[Burnsie]

That is one slick looking bow.  Would you consider those tips - static? They seem to be holding their curve pretty good at full draw.
What is the NTN length on that bow?  You got some skills.

[dbeaver]

Thanks Burnsie.  I'd say the recurve uncurls slightly when strung but the last few inches of the tips do remain stiff through the draw cycle.  It shoots with no vibration at all which is cool for a heavy bow i setup a video and watched everything jump forward slightly and equally and the string just came to a dead stop.

[Kirkll]

I'll bet that baby is fast!    What is the length of it?

[dbeaver]

Haven't measured nock to nock but it was 66 inches and i brought my nock in an inch so id safely bet a 64"ntn

[Kirkll]

Wow! You must be a pretty big guy to make a 64" bow look so small.

[Stagmitis]

Good job !

[Ajooter]

Very nice!  I bet that baby is fast!!  Can't wait to see it finished up.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

It looks good! I would say it’s ready to doll up. Any plans for what you want to do yet? I’m curious what kind of speeds you would see over a chronograph.

Kyle

[dbeaver]

Experimenting with dying rawhide from the suede side. Used earth pigment and denatured alcohol.  It's okay. I'm interested to see how the color comes through with the glue and Osage to back it.   Will have whitish grain areas on the smooth side to give it a mottled look.  Yellow towards the center so the black fades into the Buffalo horn tips and then a black leather handle section to balance everything out in the center.

[Burnsie]

Dylan - You have a profile pic of the the back of the bow?

[dbeaver]

[dbeaver]

Mummified for some rawhide. Let's see how it turns out later tonight

[simk]

Great job Dylan, I'm impressed! Bow also looks pretty narrow? Cheers

[dbeaver]

Thanks for the encouragement fellas.  Simon the bow is 1.5 wide at the fades and I'd say the tips begin to taper about 8-10 inches from the end to just about a half inch at the tip

[dbeaver]

Update of the rawhide glueup

[wooddamon1]

Looking good!

[Buemaker]

Very nice. One question, in order to induce the deflex out from the handle, was the stave straight from the beginning and bent with heat or, was it deflexed that way from nature’s side?

[dbeaver]

Hey Bue. Dry heat was applied. The stave was straight as the grain allowed. tips aligned down the center well and had no specific reflex or deflex.

the only thing was a slight twist as the way the stave came off the log there a rolling thats hard to describe. it sets the handle a little funny too, everything still lines up down the middle but there is one side thats proud. there it wasnt propeller twist but both limbs sorta swoodpe the same way before coming back to center at the tips. hard to see in pictures even.