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Forgive the lack of professional quality video, I'm still learning.

Here's Part 1:  Osage Recurve Buildalong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBGMROShnw)

Nice, more please!

Can't wait for more   :thumbsup:

Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsSI93ZTAHc)  

 Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orrMUJ6IA2w)  

 Part 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOPOs3ET_3I)  

 Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2-XSZ2h8P8)

Thanks John!

Thanks John!

I see you gave up on shoveling, me to it started to rain.

This is great John, thank you so much!

Ready to see some more.

:thumbsup:   John, these are great,   :notworthy:   step by step or "OSAGE RECURVE building for DUMMIES"   :laughing:   , dummie as in ME that is.   :laughing:    :laughing:     Love it, more is better.

That is too cool John.  I really admire you wood bowyers.  Do you prefer a recurve or a longbow? Or does the wood dictate what type of bow you build?

Thanks all!

Lee, we only got 3" so shoveling wasn't bad.  Still snowing a bit though and more coming over the next couple days    :)     You make it out to the shop?

Jess, I have loved about every type of bow at some point in my life.  I think my all time favorite was a sinew-backed static recurve that just fit me.  It had to be retired after many, many thousands of shots.  I like bendy handled pony bows a lot too.  I've never just died for a longbow but a couple have been my buddies for certain periods of time.  I make a lot of flatbows that are technically longbows and they are among my favorites.  This is a new style for me.  We'll see.

I know one thing, I got a lot more radical on the recurves than I planned.  Sometimes I just go with it, plans be dammed    :)  

 Part 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow7ktIcxuec)  

 Part 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxaUj_vYKlk)

 Part 8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzb-Nd1M-q0)  

 Part 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUfpm41mWZE)  

 Part 10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRf_wYHzNh4)

Dang John you ain't playin around with gettin the vids up   :knothead:    :bigsmyl:

john , i have to say, you dont mess around man! wow! i also didnt realize how soft spoken you are. thats a compliment.im a little on the excited and obnoxious side myself, which is puttin it mildly. great set of vids very educational. i could tell its got to be cold in your shop too, to warrent wearing gloves lookin foward to more of your vids. i feel like im right there with you in your shop. ruddy

Wow great John Thanks

one of the few reasons i joined this site...excellent buildalongs...great job,,i wish i had the patients to do that....bill

Great teut going here, John. I even brought my "John" (Scifres) Osage lb out, the second time I watched them - to let it see what you are up to these days    ;)  "We" both enjoyed the videos.

Do you have your camera set up on a tripod or do you use a "cameraman"? Great job - IMO

Good hard fun!

I hope to be following this along real soon.

It's about 25 degrees out there in the shop.  I like natural light so I leave the garage door open  :)   At night it gets up to 35 or so especially using the heatgun.

I am holding the camera so in essence, I do have a cameraman.  I am just winging this.  Maybe I should paln what I say out a little better - naaaaa!

Thanks again all.

I migt not get much of a chance to update today.  Daughter's B-Day tomorrow so family party this afternoon and then the SUperbowl food fest at sister's house.

LOL - I didn't seem to hear much in the way of stammering or stuttering, so it sounded like you had it pretty well planned out (or pretty much knew what needed to be done/said). So I'd say, like the goat in the AFLAC ads, "Na-aaaa," is the right answer.

Have fun and don't get a bellyache.

Great buildalong John, I think your video looked very profesional.

Part 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mg7A7O9hls)  

 Part 12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1P-y7ISl9g)  

 Part 13 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFtMJpMJn74)  

 Part 14 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDbAx95kuA)  

 Part 15 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoPSP3KwpKk)  

 Part 16 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsxOP2BW4FE)  

 Part 17 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SubJ2PW4N6U)

great stuff !

Seems like to me that would be a sweet form to bend tips with, with that "pocket" for the tip cut into the base of the caul. Neat stuff, John.    :clapper:

John, Keep em coming!!!

I'm admiring that caul myself.

I finished shoveling this morning then looked at the shop roof so I did some more shoveling. No bow building this weekend. Got shoveler's shoulder!LOL

Part 18 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDpsKy7Yyts)  

 Part 19 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4VZLWzTCE)  

 Part 20 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQP94OQfvu0)

Very graphic, John. The "strap" makes good sense. I can't explain how very much this ol' hoss is enjoying this set of videos.

When you finish this one, I can't help but think that many of us would benefit from a similar one on the stave to bow of a Osage longbow, if you feel up to it.
(Or on any subject you might choose - I visualize a whole series of valuable "training aids" like this. I know - easy for me to say. Sorry)

Bernie, believe me, I have plans for more.  It's actually a bit easier than doing a photo buildalong since I don't have to edit photos or type all that stuff I am saying.

I'm just waiting for my vids to go viral.  I'm wanting 1,000,000 views.  I'm up to 253 on Part 1   :)

well john, i guess im a contibutor to the future virus, cause ive watched them all a dozen times already. ive also been lookin at your recurve form, and have been wondering why the radius is short and sharp.. im also just watching to see where you go with it and awaiting the outcome.learning alot from you and trying to figure out how i can apply it so early in my bow building. lookin foward to more from you. ruddy

This is great timing for me to view these. I have my first osage roughed out and started to tiller. I can see that I need to heat straighten the limbs and might even try to do a slight recurve tips on them. Thanks for the instruction. I would not have thought of chasing a ring on the belly to help avoid splittering.

broketooth, There was a bowyer named Brad Merkel "Littletree" that used a recurve about like that.  I made that form to try and mimic his bows.

Excellent tutoral John. I'm sure this will help lots of folks that "just aren't sure" about this process.

John, when you point that out, I guess it would be easier. I see your "aims". Bless your heart, and may the vids go viral in double-quick time.

I'll tell you, much of my time in the MC was spent as an instructor (of one subject or another). I am here to say that each vid is short, sweet, and to the point, with never a feeling of being "talked down to" yet very explanatory and understandable. One would be hard pressed to find ones that reached the goals of demonstration/instruction better.

ttt