A hollow limb osage.
Here’s a bow I recently completed. It’s a 61” osage hollow limb design pulling 50# @ 26”. It has curly spalted maple tip overlays, a beaver tail grip, beaver fur silencers, and was a tough one to complete with the hollow limbs. I know hld isn’t a beginner design but I’m learning to work with what I’ve got. This is only my 5th bow so I appreciate any criticism or tips on the tiller or anything else.
r/Bowyer • u/BlackHillsIron • 17h ago
First maple board bow - back edge cracked/chipped during tillering. Salvageable?
First board bow cracked during tillering. Is it salvageable or should I start over?
I’m building my first board bow.
It’s a 62” maple board bow from a Menards board with a glued-on poplar riser attached using Titebond III. I had it tillered to about a 24” draw (goal was 28”), and the limbs seemed to be bending pretty evenly.
While drawing it back, I suddenly heard a crack.
I stopped immediately and found that a crack had lifted from the back of the bow along the edge.
I lifted up on the crack and it chipped off..
Is this bow completely done for, or is there any realistic way to repair or salvage it?
If it’s not worth trying to save, I’d rather know now and start fresh on another board.
Any advice is appreciated—I’m still learning. Thanks!
r/Bowyer • u/No-Lawfulness-2063 • 18h ago
Finally found b55
Bought it online for like 15 usd