I am always surprised how little osage it takes to make a bow. This stave was only 52" long to begin with, and it had a good sized knot in the middle. The knot kinda made up my mind for a semi-bendy handled bow. The bow came out 50" NtN 50# @ 26" as you can see I had to flip the tips a tad to get a better string angle, this thing really stacked badly before that. The limbs are 1 1/8" wide tappered to 1/2" nocks. I still have some skins to put on and some finish, and some kind of handle wrap.
Here's the handle
 
Unbraced
 
Braced
 
Full draw
 
One of the tips
 

Sweet !

What he said

Nice looker Dano! Is that your professional stunt double in the photo? Good shootin, Steve

Thanks guy's. Steve, that guy is in all my pictures    

Good looking bow!

Dano that bow looks great! bout to start a short osage here myself

I really like the shape of the tips Dano!

Nice bow Dano!!  

Thanks ya'all.

Lee that's why I posted this one, maybe it'll give ya some confidence or at least some inspiration. Good luck to ya on yours.

Beautiful little bow Dano and the tiller is exceptional!

Looks good!  

Dano, that is a sweet lookin little bow!

Don't be afraid to try them short osage bows! In the eariy '90s, a gentleman was at Cloverdale showing off his 50" D- bow, full of pin knots. He had made like 4 bows of various lengths, from the same piece of wood. The wild thing was, he was pulling a full length alum. 2117 arrow in it! I kid you not. Norm Blaker, from Michigan, the great knapper, has pictures! This gentleman let me draw it, and kept hollering "puller' back", I only draw 26". I wish I had a picture! He also said, he had learned to make them from a book he found in his grandma's attic. Good shootin, Steve

Dad gone, I would have been scared to death to try to build over that knot.  Great job, and great tiller as usual.

Great story Steve, wish I had been there.

Mark, that's why I left so much wood around the knot, and it gave me a nice little palm swell. The nice thing is, if it breaks, it will warm me some winters eve.

Beautiful little bow Dano. Love the tips!

Dang Dano, that is pure beauty.  I really like the knocks!

wow dano, what a bow. that nocks are kinda indian style, aren´t they?

Beautiful job, Dano!