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Sep 27, 2010 · I've made about ten osage bows, and have left the sapwood on about half. If I received an osage stave with sapwood that was free of insect damage and checking, I …

When making a bow our goal is to remove the bark, the sapwood and at least one early ring leaving the entire "back" of the stave into 1 dark late ring. Using a draw knife we remove the …

Aug 20, 2013 · With osage and black locust, the sapwood is EXTREMELY prone to drying checks along with fairly rapid bacterial decay. It "may" be slightly weaker as well, though this is …

Mar 15, 2024 · After many hours of shooting hundreds of arrows through this bow there is very little difference IMO. It seems that many woods having sapwood like red cedar/mulberry/black …

Jul 1, 2010 · This is how you teach a wooden bow to bend into a smooth arc where every inch of the bow limb does its part of the work so that no part of the limb is overstressed. By carefully …

Dec 19, 2009 · Most self bow bowyers I know including a ligament guru, Dean Torges, think Osage is by far the best bow wood for self bows. The best combination in selfbows is osage …

[ Making the Flat Limbed Lemonwood Bow | Contents | Flat Osage Orange Bows] Yew and Osage Orange bowstaves differ materially from those of Lemonwood. They are cut directly …

In this article, we will guide you through how to make a bow from osage orange wood. Here you’ll learn everything from finding & selecting the right wood to using the proper tools & techniques …

Jul 21, 2011 · I’ve made quite a few sapling bows. Any of the hardwoods will do. White woods are the best for sapling bows. Take off the bark and make a bow. Black locust, mulberry and …