made 4 sudbury bows one winter with the growth rings running vertically the length of the bow limbs.i think it is called edge grain. they were hickory ,and came out ok have any of you made a bow this way.

I actually don't prefer quarter sawn boards. The grain structure ha to be straight on the edge and run tip to tip.

I am glad your bows came out well.

Jawge

ok jawge they do not seem to shoot any better,just did it as an experiment.only bows i have ever made that way.quarter sawn is the right word could not think of it,but you knew what i was saying.i still shoot them with no problems so far so i will be happy with that.thanks for your reply.

He is talking staves. I haven't, but want to try a reverse stave bow and an edge grain stave bow. They wont be any better, bet at least I can check them off my list.

pearl drums these were made from hickory from the amish.it is what they use to make there wagon wheels.i just layed them out the quarter sawn way.i have shot them alot and they are still hanging in there.reverse stave bow it that when the growth rings curve away from the shooter and not towards him.if so like a fool one time i sinew backed an osage bow that way by mistake,Da.not knowning i put it on the tiller tree pulled it 25 inches and bang,blew it up, but i do not know for sure what you mean by reverse stave.

Exactly, the belly is the back and the back is the belly. Its been done many times, but not by myself. Gary made an edge grain stave bow. That's another Id like to try.

with your knowledge as a bowyer i have no doubt you could do any of the above,as for me ,not so much.i would not know how to go about building a reverse stave bow.if i would have put that sinew on the way i wanted to i would be still shooting that bow today.go for the builds,you da man.

I know DC. On the PA site did one but if I remember correctly it was backed with boo or maple. I've got three staves Clint gave me before he left Marshall this year. Their really clean staves but have a steady sideways curve that I've been thinking since I picked em up would make highly reflexed edge grain profile staves. I've got a piece of bamboo from Frank. I might just give it a try. I've never made a boo backed bow or a edge grain. Might be able to nock two bows off my bucket list. I noticed one of Matt's blanks at Marshall was a reverse stave blank. I talked with him for awhile about it.

Bassman, you essentially are dealing with a board. Make sure the edge grain is straight with no deviations on 1/4 sawn stock.

On a board it does not seem to matter which is the back and which is the belly.

There is much more on my site.

http://traditionalarchery101.com

Jawge

Jawge,the edge grain was dead straight, and i fiberglass cloth backed them with tb3. I also down scaled the the original.The bows are 58 to62 inches long at 26 inch draw.I was getting 2 bows from 1 board, and added glue on handles.Interesting design.Because of the narrower fades did not tiller up the same as most of my other bows.I had fun making those bows,and still shoot them,45 to 50 lbs.They all have inch or so of set, but pleasant to shoot.When i built those i paid no attention as to what was the belly and what was the back,since the grain ran front to back,so i understand what you are saying.Thanks always for your input.

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