Osage with bloodwood handle (No. 81)

This is a very low dense piece of osage, but it has lots of character. Knots and warts on the back and some nice curves. Also many drying cracks had to be filled with super glue, but went o.k. Being that low dense I did some heat treating to get a bit more out, but even though I could induce a good reflex I ended only with 44#/28. Tips are self tips, one add. ring on the back.

44#/28”

63” ntn

4½” reflex

 

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Had to do some hollow out, because of a changing high crown …

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Some details of knots and warts …

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and seen from belly …

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On the handle portion are two add. Rings on the back

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one add. Ring as natural overlay on the back …

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2 Comments

Awesome bow and website Simon. Great to see you getting your incredible work out there. I will definitely be visiting again. All the best! 🙂
Simon Edmondson (sieddy on PA)

Hi sieddy,
thanks for that nice compliment. Nice to meet a comrade from the UK here on my site!

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