My Osage Orange primitive longbow build

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  1. Mountainmistwanderer

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    This is just Part 1 and Part 2 will be in March 2017

     
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    Awesome. Can't wait until March....unless that is your 9 month mark.
     
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    March is when I can safely start to tiller it.
     
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    Can't wait to see the end results. I have a primitive longbow that I found for cheap at a flea market that was apparently made by the Macy's company out of New York.
     
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    Good luck sir! Looks cool!
     
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    "... hit what you want to hit."

    I'm in. Nice project for sure.
     
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    Didnt notice your accent as much. Whats up with that?
     
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    Should that have been, "Wus up wid'dat"?
     
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    Right on man. Looking forward to seeing how that ends up.
     
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    Building up to marriage. Many things can change.
     
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    Makes me happy youre happy.
     
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    Lol....I wasn't going to call him out on that one. But since you already did it's obvious he's been californicated!
     
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    I reserve the right to read your posts in a new york accent though.
     
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    Cool project! Im taking a longbow building class in April and am looking forward to it. Have you built a longbow before or are you researching everything on your own?
     
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    I have only built one longbow besides this one. Also Osage. No class but I did follow this guys words.....


    I will say that my first bow was with a premium piece of Osage. I would love to take a class because there is probably so much info and tidbits I'm missing out on.
    Good luck with your class. I'm sure it'll be great.
     
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    That is a good video, I'll have to check out some more of his stuff. Now I see why you commented on still having a knot on your stave in your video. Do you make your own arrows too?
     
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    Not yet but when I do it'll be with pre-made shafts. I'll do the fletching, staining and all that but not the shafts at first. There isn't goid materials to harvest out here for that.
     
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