[Ansteorra-archery] Period Long bow

[Patrick R]

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
 

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 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 
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>$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
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>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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