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Osage recurve bow 46#@28". Leather thong handle wrap and Brazilian cherry tip overlays.

Blueboi made from Green Ash (fraxinus pennsylvanica) with full draw specs of about 40# @ 27". A gentle deflex/recurve profile, centerline at the top of the handle (asym and a bit of positive tiller), a heat treated belly, a whipped hemp cordage handle, some blue paint on the back, black ram horn tips wrapped with sinew, and walnut oil/beeswax sealant. . . . . . . #bushcraft #wildernessskills #primitiveskills #traditionalskills #selfreliance #selftaught #artisan #woodworking #handmade #handcrafted #handtools #woodcraft #naturalmaterials #bowmaking #bowmaker #bowyer #archery #traditionalarchery #traditionalbowyer #primitivearchery #primitivebowyer #bowsnarrows #longbow #selfbow #recurvebow #custombow #woodenbow #handmadebow #woodenarrows #handmadearrows https://www.instagram.com/p/B85CjPSD9AO/?igshid=bszj6z5mbwz1

Cherokee bowmaker Richard Fields from OsiyoTV

The new shaving/draw horse for woodworking. We made it primarily for bowyer work but it’s also useful for furniture making and other crafts.

A hedge apple, the fruit of an osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). It's structured sort of like a giant mulberry fruit, and is more closely related to mulberry and figs than it is to hackberry and hemp, though they have at times all been reckoned part of one family. . . . I have heard of people using the fruit (which contains sap rich in alkaloids, making it unpleasant to eat, maybe even a little poisonous), either to repel insects or to fight cancer. The only part of the plant i have used medicinally is the papery bark of the roots, which is blaze orange and can be decocted and filtered to make a wash for irritated and infected eyes. . . . The yellow-orange wood is really weather resistant, people use it for fenceposts (and use the tree itself to form a shrubby windbreak hedge along fencerows). It also has a high tensilt strength and coefficient of distortion, making it suitable for bowmaking. Bois d'arc (bow wood) is a name it shares with a few other plants used for this purpose. . . . #hedgeapple #maclura #weedtree #windbreak #bowmaking #herbalmedicine

Last weekend I went on a bow-making course with the Woodcraft School near Liphook. Came away with a sweet piece of wood and too much info on dysentery at the Battle of Agincourt. Would recommend! #illustration #watercolor #watercolorpainting #art #painting #bowandarrow #longbow #cartoon #woodcraft #woodcraftschool #bowyer #bowmaking (at London, United Kingdom)

Got em! #augcraft17 #irishblacksmith #hotmilkforge #bowcrafty #bowmaker #bowmaking #medievalbow #zombieapocalypse #zombieapocalypse (at Hot Milk Forge)

Zach and I built a Shave Horse/Bow Makers Bench for him to use in making his bows. It breaks down by removing 5 bolts for easier transport. He kinda looks like Roy Underhill. #woodworking #wood #amazing #cool #awesome #nice #look #loveit #tree #perfect #design #downtowncorvallis #timbertrappings #handmade #useful #follow #beautiful #like #dowoodworking #shavehorse #bowmaker #bowmaking (at Corvallis, Oregon)