Backing

[ranger 3]

If you have a Osage stave and can't get it down to one ring, can you just back it with something? What would you guys suggest?

Thanks

[Hermann From Bavaria]

hey ranger,

bamboo and hick would work fine. i´ve built both, and they´re nice shooters. use the hick quarter-sawn about 1/8" thick. the same thickness for the boo.

good luck!!

ps: glue it up with a little reflex to avoid set!

greets

[Dano]

If the rings are thin and your having a hard time chasing one, Rawhide will do.

[ranger 3]

Thanks guys

[Roy Steele]

I used bambo,hickory,rawhide,cherrybark and sinew.

[Pat B]

I'd go with rawhide for a simple selfbow. Just the kind I like!

[bjansen]

Ranger, I have a slab of cow rawhide that I have been using on some on mine... if you need some come on by.

[ranger 3]

Thanks Brad, I might come by some evening. Are you home in the evening?

[bjansen]

Yes indeed, ill pm you