Why don't I see English longbows of osage?
Is it just that I happen to look in the wrong direction everytime, or is it true that English longbows of osage are non-existent? I never saw one. Tim wrote in his wood species list: "Everything else...
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I may be wrong,But I thought I read quite awhile back that Osage didn't hold up to a "D" belly.Did I missread something?Eddie
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It's possible and I have seen one from osage. I never did one though since I just don't like the elb design. Jawgehttp://mysite.verizon.net/georgeandjoni
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I made a 73" 65#@29" osage elb 4 years ago..and would love to have another piece of osage like that one..Osage makes a great elb style.and works in a "d" style, but mine was deep cored with a flat...
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Time tourist: Osage makes fine ELBs. Fine any kind of design, actually. It is harder to find long straight staves of osage, so that might limit the number. Of couse, being stiffer and a bit less...
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They are not uncommon, but if they are made to the same dimensions as a yew bow they will give up some performance.If the dimensions are appropriate to the density of the wood they are OK.Rod.
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I've got a nice hickory backed osage ELB. 74 inches long, 55lbs at 28 inches. Made by Pip Bickerstaffe.Seems to work pretty well and is certainly within the ELB definition in terms of belly depth to...
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Thanks!The wealth of knowledge on this forum is really unbelievable! I think that our far ancestors were probably lucky if they met a handful of fellow bowyers during their lifetime, and now look at...
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Rod, it is my impression that if you made one the same dimensions as yew, you could have a 200# bow. I thought Jim Hamm made bows like this? Or are his flat limbed?
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Osage is great for ELBs. I've made a few of them. You can keep their design very slender. One-inch wide works well. Thickness:width ratio of the 66# bows I've made run through most of the limb, 5:8,...
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I make a lot of osage elb's, with bamboo back and a bamboo core. With that combo I get about 1/2" of set, if that. Fast bow... heavy weight, about 1" diameter 67# @ 28". also on my website bowstick.com
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Here is a close up so you can see the lams in the limb and the horn tip:
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Hvae not nmde all that many elbs but my first bow that I would have considered fast was a 68" X60# osage elb selfbow about 7/8 wide and almost round cross section very narrow tips, had bad handshock...
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As has been observed, with osage it is better to make a more slender bow, particularly wth regard to limb mass in the outer limb and tips.Rod.
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I have an Osage ELB my grandfather and I made about 25 years ago. It is 73" 105# @ 27"Needless to say I do not shoot it often.And it is chrysaling abit as well.It was made from a sapling as opposed to...
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