Osage Flatbow

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I thought I'd try my hand at an American style flat bow made from osage orange billets which were " Z " spliced together

68" long and 50# @ 28", the grip is a piece of claret coloured suede stitched down the back and the arrow shelf is built up out of laminations of the same material

osagegrip.jpg (13933 bytes)  Riser with suede grip
osagebraced.jpg (10128 bytes)  Braced
osagedrawn.jpg (14706 bytes)  Part drawn to 22"
osageend.jpg (29460 bytes)  Close up of the top limb