Osage lumber

[Far East]

It's been a while since I made some wood shavings in attempts to make wood bend.  So I am planing my third try at a backed osage bow.  The last place I got osage lumber from (****) supplied a piece with a great deal of run off.  Where do most of you get your material from?  Looking for full length pieces (72").  Probably going to back it with hickory.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Mike Yancy at Pine hollow long bows. He's a sponsor here or you might try KennyM

[Roy from Pa]

To eliminate run off, you could use flat sawn Osage. Mike has all kinds of Osage boards, Kenny prolly does too.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Better to work from a full sized stave, then you have control of the runoff. Unless you back it.
Boards are iffy at best.

[red hill]

Most of the osage bows I've made were from boards and I backed'em. Usually with hickory but lately I've used bamboo and love the outcome.
Chris, do you sell osage boards?