Tillering this narrow osage bow...finished w/pics

[Pat B]

I agree that the upper fade needs a few scrapes. Also you could take an inch or two off each tip and get a few more pounds out of her.
That looks like a pretty difficult bow to tiller and so far you are right on track.

[takefive]

Good eye, Jawge, I sure did.  It's pretty thin ringed to begin with, and they bunch up there a bit at that hump.  It doesn't bend there so I didn't worry about it much.
One thing that I'm finding out is that it doesn't take much scraping to change the tiller when the limbs are that narrow.  Just got home from work and I'll post a new picture shortly.  There must be a real shortage of wood bows on TG lately for one of mine to generate this much interest.    :D
Thanks again for all the encouragement.

[takefive]

Well, here she is after a little scraping on the top fade.  Better, I hope?  It did change the tiller a little bit from measuring to the string at brace height.  It's about dead even now.



I glued leather strips on at the narrow part of the handle.  Going to slip a leather rest in there and wrap it with another strip.

[Roy from Pa]

Looks much better, Greg.

[takefive]

Thanks Roy!

[Roy from Pa]

I said it looks much better,,, not ok.. LMAO..        

[takefive]

Sheesh...  
Just no pleasing some people    

[takefive]

I decided to call it done.  Wrapped the handle and finished it with coats of natural Danish Oil.  Osage is just flat out amazing bow wood and I love the way it looks, too.  I think the upper tip lost a bit more of its reflex than the lower.  I'll shoot it for a while and see if loses more.
I went with old school nocks without overlays.  All my board bows involve some type of glueing so this was a really nice change of pace.  I did have to glue leather strips to the handle before I wrapped it, but that was it.
Thanks again for the advice and encouragement along the way!

[Dan Landis]

Great looking bow, looks like the arrow is almost centered, bet it shoots great.

[takefive]

Thanks Dan.  Not the fastest, but it does shoot nice.

[Bakh]

Very nice, great looking bow.

[takefive]

Thanks Bakh!

[Sam Harper]

That turned out beautifully!

[takefive]

Thanks again Sam!

[George Tsoukalas]

Looks great! Jawge

[takefive]

Thanks Jawge!  Big fan of your website.    

[Mark Baker]

[fujimo]

Very cool, and unique    

[takefive]

Thanks again!

[bigfoot1408]

you can not design a  selfbow. you can only take the piece of wood and try to follow what it wants.
the question is not how pretty are the curves, it is how pretty is the arc the arrow makes to the  heart of the target.
if you make a bow out of glass an plastic you can make all parts fit your pattern, not so a self bow.