We had cut a bunch of osage last February and we had one great looking log. We got to split it yesterday, and was amazed at how straight it split out.
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We got five staves from it, and tow of the staves can be split again
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We also split another log, and got four more great staves from it.
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Good looking staves Charles.
Charlie, them look to have Osage Blight. They aren't worth maken bows out of. I'll just come down and haul them away for ya:)
By the time you get here, there will be nothing but some shavings left Roy. :readit:
Oh yea!,!!
We still have maybe 10 to 12 logs to split, but none of the rest were as straight and knot free as these two. But if nothing else, we will get a lot of good billets. We also have to large piles that we had sawn into boards for laminations. :thumbsup:
You can see some of the other logs just to the right in the picture. And if you look up a little at the ends of the logs, you will see a covered stack of lumber that we had sawn into boards
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Those are some nice staves......for sure.
Very nice - gonna make some fine bows. Even with the Osage blight! :biglaugh:
Nice score! Try and split some of those knots into the center of bows. Everyone likes a good hole bow.
I think we are going to have a few of those in what is left for sure.
When I saw the pics with the ends painted a Christmas song started playing in my head.
"Silver and Gold"
Charlie Ole Boy, I love that shed in the back ground, the one in the second picture. How bout some pictures of it son?
Here you go Roy. A couple that I found for right now.
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Here is the hang over where all his machines stay.
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All built out of poplar boards. It is a wonderful place to go and just get away.
Here is the inside
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Nice.
Thanks Roy. It truly paradise. Marvin also built his log home he lives in. Took him, his wife, and soom good friends 7 years to complete it, on log at a time.
damn, wish i could get my hands on some staves like that. and the shop. a beauty for sure.
Here are a couple more that Marvin worked up
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Just look at these rings
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And how straight...scary
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WOW, that's what I call nice growth rings, Charlie.
Thanks Roy. This one log has been the best one we have ever found for sure. All this wood came from a low lying area that held water a lot, so the growth rings on all the osage was pretty uniform. Kind of anxious to see how a bow turns out from it. Just got to decide what kind of lay out I want to use, and get going. Marvin makes all his self bows the Torges Style, and makes a great bow by the way. I want to make equal limb, and more of a flat limb design. Just have to see how it goes.
Nice staves! I love the shop! Jawge
That shop looks about perfect... the Osage on the other hand, looks a little too straight :thumbsup:
I used to do the Deans style on my bows, but now I make all my bows with equal length limbs. I feel they balance just as well in the hand and seem to tiller a lot easier. But WTH do I know? :)
Roy, I like an equal limb profile better myself, but will have to say, that the bows that Marvin makes like the Dean style, do shoot and shoot good. I will be working on my profile shortly and see what I can come up with.
All my bow will be in the 40-50 lb range hopefully, so any dimensions and lay out suggestions would be very helpful.
3/4 wide handle area, 1 1/4 wide at flares, hold that 1 1/4 width out 6 inches past the flares, then a straight taper to 1/2 wide tips. Taper thickness from 1/2 at flares to 3/8th at tips.