Osage heartwood is the best but that white sapwood may do your nifty bow in as it doesn't hold up well to tension under bending. If you want to make easy killer bows check out red oak board bow buildalongs on youtube. A few bucks at the hardware store = 90% of the work cut out for you. Also check out the Traditional Bowyer's Bible. There's 4 volumes, if I remember right, 1&2 cover osage more. Thousands of years combined experience, you'll find no better resource to make sticks into bows.
Good effort. If you don't mind a bit of constructive criticism, read on! It's best to season the wood, before you actually start shaping the bowstave, basically, leave it till' its dry. Use Ash wood, for the bowstave, in my experience, it has a faster release than osage, and you can generally get a higher poundage from Ash wood. Although Osage is very flexible, its better for laminated longbows. Tiller both the belly, and the sides of the bow, and whip a spint onto the bow, as an arrow rest.
Pretty cool ma man.
fudgedogbannana 1 week ago
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mrbengio 1 month ago
Can make more videos????
BionicChickk 3 months ago
Osage heartwood is the best but that white sapwood may do your nifty bow in as it doesn't hold up well to tension under bending. If you want to make easy killer bows check out red oak board bow buildalongs on youtube. A few bucks at the hardware store = 90% of the work cut out for you. Also check out the Traditional Bowyer's Bible. There's 4 volumes, if I remember right, 1&2 cover osage more. Thousands of years combined experience, you'll find no better resource to make sticks into bows.
rubbernecker13 4 months ago
what kinda poundage u got on tht ? { how many pounds is it ?
joec123able 5 months ago
dude nice work and and nice green bow there ! I really like the arrow man!
TheTribeOfBenjamin 6 months ago
i live in georgia where do u liv
MoNKYMdZZ321 6 months ago
Good effort. If you don't mind a bit of constructive criticism, read on! It's best to season the wood, before you actually start shaping the bowstave, basically, leave it till' its dry. Use Ash wood, for the bowstave, in my experience, it has a faster release than osage, and you can generally get a higher poundage from Ash wood. Although Osage is very flexible, its better for laminated longbows. Tiller both the belly, and the sides of the bow, and whip a spint onto the bow, as an arrow rest.
gregarioushand 6 months ago
@gregarioushand thanks for the advice. i learned alot from your comment. i will do this next time i make one.
hunteddown848 6 months ago
@hunteddown848 It is the best wood! Nice job kid! Now all you need to do is sinew back it! but Great Job, Thumbs up!
5tonyvvvv 2 months ago
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@hunteddown848 You need to scrape the bark off your arrows, use hard wood shafts or River cane
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5tonyvvvv 2 months ago
Cool stuff man.
CZBOHUNK 6 months ago
What did you use to carve the bow?
PittRules55 6 months ago
Hey what did you use to carve the bow?
PittRules55 6 months ago
@PittRules55 a knife and a file
hunteddown848 6 months ago
cool project, looks great!
danswim11 7 months ago