Red Osage Bow - Indiana Traditional Bowhunters Association

osage outlaw · Senior Member

Red Osage Bow

bambi · Guru

Looks really great. Are the limbs equal length?

If I made one that nice for someone they would be disappointed cause I'd never turn loose of it. wink

osage outlaw · Senior Member

Thanks. The limbs are equal length.

bambi · Guru

That's how I made them. I've got one roughed out that was layed out by someone else. It has a shorter lower limb.

Dean Torges says they carry better, point better, draw better, and shoot good. Least ways I think that's what he said. aww

osage outlaw · Senior Member

I've made them both ways and honestly I can't tell a difference shooting them.

bambi · Guru

Bout what I figgered.

I don't make many right now but I was lookin at a osage sucker that's floor tillered. Needs a little scrapin to get it ready for sinue.

I.m thinkin about 54" slight bend thru handle. I got a black rat snake skin that would back the whole thing.

I got one of them outhouse blinds for Christmas. It's 78" tall and I like to shoot setting down.

I need to get on that project here soon. wink

twigflicker · Guru

Man I really like that hedge... very nice work!

Jonathan

bambi · Guru

That sucker got a pith grove in the handel area and crazy reflex. I think I'll deflex the handle some. I got lotz of sinue but only done one before.

It's not chased to one ring but I think sinue will trump that.

You do real good work Outlaw.

osage outlaw · Senior Member

Thanks guys.

Good luck with your sucker bow. Are you using the sinew for protection on the back or for performance? If you are just using it for protecting the back, rawhide might be easier than sinew. I just sinew backed a 24" bow last week. I tried a new technique on it and really liked how it turned out. It left the back very smooth. You have to use hide glue to make it work. I can send you a link to a How-to if you want.

bambi · Guru

Yes I would like to see that.

I was gonna use Knox to lay down the sinew and TB 3 for the snake.

Performance is King for a huntin bow to me. wink

What kinda poundage and draw on a 24" bow?

osage outlaw · Senior Member

Knox will work fine. I've used it before. I bet not to many people know that jello is made from animal skin. Black rat skins look great on osage bows.

There is a selfbow shoot in Marshall Michigan every summer. I meet up with a bunch of friends there. This year somebody came up with the idea that everybody should bring a 24" bow to shoot for distance and shoot the course. I've got a few different bows in progress and a few more I want to start. I'd like to get 12-13" of draw out of my sinew backed bow and at least 30 lbs. They will be hard to shoot accurately. I want to make some sort of pistol grip to attach to it so I can shoot it like a crossbow. I'm hoping that's more accurate than trying to shoot it like a normal bow.

Here is the link to the smooth sinew How-to. I skipped the last step with the inner tubes.

www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,43246.0.html