62" Osage Orange longbow

[razorsharptokill]

Near completion. Pulling 60 lbs @ 26" right now. Should shoot in to about 58 lbs @27" my draw length.

 

[Kevin Dill]

Very nice work so far. That should be a good quick bow with the reflexed limbs.

I shot a selfbow many years ago and killed several deer with it. The bug didn't bite me like it does some guys, and I moved on from it.

 

[Beendare]

Thats a beauty....nice work.

The good news is you can always reduce the poundage if need be.....just more scraping!

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[razorsharptokill]

I hope to get it completely finished and hunt with it this year. Trying to spine test which arrow it likes best. It seems to like a 50-55 cedar 29.5" best. That is with a 125 grain tip though. My broadheads are heavier so I ordered a glue on field tip set from 3 Rivers.

 

[LostArra]

I have found it's good to have a wide selection of wood arrows in various spines because getting the correct shaft for a selfbow can be a little mysterious especially with varying rest/arrow pass designs. I never cut a shelf in my selfbows probably because I don't trust my bowmaking skills.

 

[razorsharptokill]

So far so good on this one. I'd ordered some bamboo shafts from Khan's Arrows out of San Antonio, supposed to be a lot better than the stuff available from Amazon. He weighs and spine tests then sorts each shaft.