[Ansteorra-archery] Period Long bow

Thu Sep 12 14:41:42 PDT 2013

greetings 

 thank you for the input; )
but I never buy Osage online. I hand pick my staves, when I'm not teaching how to read the bark on living trees, or teaching how to take a bow from tree to range.
one secret about Osage, especially for novice bowyers, don't grab the stave with the smallest growth rings, or the largest growth rings.  
smallest are a real pain to actually get down to just one growth ring for the entire bow. and large growth rings can be weaker .
also if you want a perfectly straight bow with perfectly straight limbs, don't use Osage, few staves are " perfect" most will produce " character " bows.
that being said, I am currently shooting a  42 # @ 28 " character Osage selfbow . it twists and turns side to side, but the limbs do not rotate.
I am thinking about making a bamboo backed Osage  as my next bow though ; )
on " over draw"  always be careful , selfbows aren't very forgiving about that, if they were tillered for a certain weight  @ 28 " , then 28 " is what they perform best at, and anything more increases the chance of damaging the bow.  my Osage was tillered at 32"  , but my arthritis says I'm not going to be pulling heavy bows anymore, and even complains about 42 # @28 , I'm hoping that with practice , and using the therapy exercises, I will be able to shoot a full royal round soon ; )
where are you located? and how much are your Osage staves running ?

Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
Arthur

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Patrick R 
  To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra 
  Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:51 AM
  Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Period Long bow

  I have only worked a handful of Osage so I am not an expert on the wood. I found the biggest problem I had with it was because of fear of making too much of an adjustment at one time. The wood costs more so you want to be careful. It could have been because of fear but I found it did not take a lot of tillering to make a significant change in the bow. The Osage staves I looked at on the webpage looked they will take a lot of work to make into a good bow that bends equally. The grain on some of them was nice while others I would have found questionable. It seems what you are paying the high price for is because they were all cut by  hand from trees and not in planks at a lumber yard. They can make a pretty bow but I would be hesitant to shoot most of them since some looked like they would twist. I have seen staves where the grain looked perfect and they still blow up when you put them on the stick to mark them for adjustments. In my opinion you would be taking a big risk a small chance of success. If for no other reason than the price of the wood I would suggest backing an Osage bow. It will allow for a slight overdraw as well as fly faster.
  Dante

  From: Ld.blackmoon <ld.blackmoon at cox.net>
  To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra <ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org> 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 4:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Period Long bow

  greetings 

  for a stained hickory flatbow , its a little on the high side.
  you can buy a preshaped blank ( no arrow rest or cut out for $75.00. )  http://www.missouritrading.com/bowlist.htm  for example.

  and I'm told hickory is easier to work than Osage , especially if all you have to do is the tillering, and clean up. 

  I didn't see the poundage , what was it set at ?

  thanx

  Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
  Arthur
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Ld. Cian Rhys Gravenor 
    To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra 
    Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:20 AM
    Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Period Long bow

    $108 really isn't a bad price for a hand made longbow. I've seen them go for a good deal more than that. Only problem is its not a period longbow. The shelf that is cut into it disqualifies it from being used to score any period shoots. And unless you're taking it out to hunt with the poundage is pretty high for
    Target shooting. Just so's ya know. 

    Cian

    Sent from my iPhone

    On Sep 11, 2013, at 10:06 AM, "Holly Decker" <holly1051 at gmail.com> wrote:

      @ Patrick R. May I ask what you have seen this priced at,please?
      On Sep 11, 2013 9:46 AM, "Patrick R" <tex_yankee2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:

        It looks like a nice bow but a little overpriced. They do not mention a warranty. You can get a very nice longbow from a bow maker right in Leander Texas. 
        Dante

        From: Holly Decker <holly1051 at gmail.com>
        To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra <ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org> 
        Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:42 AM
        Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Period Long bow

        Wow! Might have to act on this one
        On Sep 11, 2013 8:40 AM, "Frank Schalles" <francisschalles at gmail.com> wrote:

          Archers, and particularly period archers, take a look.

           http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=1510155&ecid=Email-f337w&em_id=nashoba@juno.com&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email-flash&utm_campaign=f337w
          is the hotlink. Or you can g to http://www.sportsmansguide.com/ and look up
          item F337W-293642

          Just promoting period archery, not the store. Good luck.

          Ld. Francois de Lions
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