60" Osage Selfbow

David Flanrey · December 07, 2013, 07:18:00 PM

Started a couple osage selfbows back in the summer. I'm almost finished with one of them. Here are a few pics of the build.

Had a pretty nice piece of wood to start with.

David Flanrey · December 07, 2013, 07:26:00 PM

Got the bark and sap wood off and took about a 1 1/2" thick cut off. Split into two pieces. Both were about 1 1/2 x 1 1/2.

David Flanrey · December 07, 2013, 07:30:00 PM

I'm not real good about taking a lot of pics along the way. So several things happened along the way that can't post.

Had to do some straightening even though had a real nice piece of wood.

Roy from Pa · December 07, 2013, 07:39:00 PM

Looks nice, David.

David Flanrey · December 07, 2013, 07:40:00 PM

After I got some of the kinks straightened out, I put a little set in it. Which took out a few more bends I didn't like.

David Flanrey · December 07, 2013, 07:47:00 PM

Got the preform to floor tiller and low brace and still had some straightening to do.

red hill · December 07, 2013, 07:58:00 PM

Good job, David. Looks great!

David Flanrey · December 07, 2013, 07:58:00 PM

Here it is after a couple tillering sessions. Braced at about 6". Not a very good pic. It is laying in the floor. I don't like the background on my tillering tree.

scrub-buster · December 07, 2013, 08:27:00 PM

Nice build-a-long.

takefive · December 07, 2013, 08:41:00 PM

Good looking profile

Pat B · December 07, 2013, 09:14:00 PM

She's looking nice. How about a full draw pic.

David Flanrey · December 07, 2013, 10:00:00 PM

Pat, just finished her up today. My part time photographer (wife) has had stomach bug last couple days. She's better tonight so maybe we'll get some tomorrow.

Thought I had it last week but after shooting it several dozen times the tiller was off some. So had a little more work to do.

Papa · December 07, 2013, 10:18:00 PM

David,

Did any of that Osage come to you by way of George Spence?

Mike

LittleBen · December 07, 2013, 11:06:00 PM

Looking good. Keep it up.

mwosborn · December 07, 2013, 11:21:00 PM

Looks good at brace! Looking forward to full draw.

David Flanrey · December 08, 2013, 11:02:00 AM

Very bad roads here this morning due to Cleon and Deon. No church services, so, here are the rest of the pics I have on the build.

Bow is 60" NTN. Osage with copperhead skin back. 47# @ 28".

Papa, no George didn't help with this osage. I think I got it from my friend Brian Oden. A fellow Tradganger. Brian had back surgery last week. I doubt he cuts any osage any time soon. Get well soon Brian! Need some more sage!!!

A friend gave me a very large copperhead this fall. It was 41" long. It was wide enough to split and cover both limbs with skin to spare.

David Flanrey · December 08, 2013, 11:08:00 AM

Here are the finished pics. Thanks for all the comments. I loved making this bow. I have here sister at low brace and hope to get her done by Christmas.

David Flanrey · December 08, 2013, 11:09:00 AM

And the full dray pic.

Roy from Pa · December 08, 2013, 11:16:00 AM

Very nice, David..

wakolbinger · December 08, 2013, 12:58:00 PM

Really nice. Always a sucker for copperhead skins.