Saint Judes Team Osage

Guru · January 18, 2006, 10:01:00 AM

Mickey, Thanks for taking the time post all those pix,I know what a pain that can be.

Looking forward to more

Shaun · January 18, 2006, 10:44:00 AM

Big brown truck should be calling at the Lotz residence today with yeller wood. Sure am looking forward to watching this piece of osage get worked on by such a team. I think this one has a bow hidden in it, but only time and tools will tell.

'46 · January 18, 2006, 02:57:00 PM

Shaun....keeping us in suspense huh? shoulda snapped a pic before you shipped her.

the Ferret · January 18, 2006, 03:59:00 PM

Shaun was right..waiting on the porch for me when I got off the road...bring brown box.

A quick look over tells me this is a heck of a piece of sage, won't know for sure until I get the bark and sapwood off. Should be easy to get into 1 ring too. Quick count on the rings shows 8 to the inch. Doesn't get any better than that IMO.

Thanks for the donation Shaun.Looking forward to carving on this piece.

'46 · January 18, 2006, 04:35:00 PM

Ferret, you got a quart of oil handy ta keep that draw knife from overheating tonight? :eek:

Dano · January 18, 2006, 05:46:00 PM

Gonna be some sore shoulders tonight huh George :D

the Ferret · January 18, 2006, 07:41:00 PM

Here's a couple preliminary pics of the stave Shaun sent

Nice huh?

'46 · January 18, 2006, 07:54:00 PM

Very nice.

Dano · January 18, 2006, 08:10:00 PM

Now that is a primo piece of osage.

AZStickman · January 18, 2006, 09:04:00 PM

Very nice indeed.....Do both ends look that nice? Terry

the Ferret · January 18, 2006, 09:22:00 PM

WHERE'S THE BEN GAY?

Bark off

Dry check in 1 end of the satve

the Ferret · January 18, 2006, 09:24:00 PM

Dry checks in other end of the stave (luckily these were only in the sapwood and not the heart wood)

working our way down the stave in a single growth ring

the Ferret · January 18, 2006, 09:25:00 PM

getting close

1 growth ring end to end

the Ferret · January 18, 2006, 09:27:00 PM

the dry check in the first photo goes into the heartwood...we are going to lose 3 - 3 1/2" off the end of this stave

luckily it's 67 " long so we are going to get mayybe 63" of good wood out of it...enough for a rigid handled bow.

fletcharrows · January 18, 2006, 09:33:00 PM

Very nice indeed

Luke Vander Vennen · January 18, 2006, 10:56:00 PM

Mickey you working out in your shop or somethin?

Looks like the stave is on it's way to greatness

Tom Leemans · January 19, 2006, 09:12:00 AM

Nice early/late ratio! Wow, I hope you can follow the grain o.k.

Doug Campbell · January 19, 2006, 11:50:00 AM

Hey these St Jude bows and accessaries are fantastic and couldn't ask for a better bunch of Pro's to bring em around!! Thanks and looking forward to the finished products!!

tuselton · January 19, 2006, 01:07:00 PM

Doug great to see you posting! Must be feeling better.

the Ferret · January 20, 2006, 05:17:00 PM

Hey good to see you Doug. Hope you are feeling better.

Ok Bro Randy came over and confered with me on the stave. We can't tell how deep the dry check on the one end goes(it may only be thru one ring) but we decided to layout the bow on the entire stave as we can always shorten it later

I got to tell you the floppy "Bowyer's Rule" is one of the best things I have ever come up with. Makes layout SOOOO easy.

Here you can see the handle box laid out..handle 4" long. 1" wide with 1 1/2" long fades. Limbs are 1 1/2" wide at the fades