From: DPM
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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Any help identifying this 62” static Osage bow would be appreciated. The handle is stamped 54 and 4584. It is backed with a thin fiber or wood which is delaminating. Thanks.
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From: The Whittler
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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The ones who will know will want to see more pics. Like the tips, and the whole bow. Good luck.
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From: DPM
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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Here are a few more. Thanks
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From: DPM
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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Back
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From: DPM
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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Tips
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From: PEARL DRUMS
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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Grumley style brush nocks, but several made them just like him. Hard to say if its real or a knock off. I don't know anything about serial numbers. I will say its probably 65-70 years old.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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Doesn't look like Grumley tips, and I don't ever recall he impressed any numbers into the handle either. Looks pretty well done and likely as a little age to it. Not saying it's a 30 or 40's bow however, could be much newer. What kind of wood is used for backing. Your photo doesn't really show anything. Hickory?
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From: Knifeguy
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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Nice bow, can you save it where it's delaminating? Could be that the 4584 could mean April 5,1984. Only the bowyer knows though. I would say the 54 is the draw wt. Let's see a photo of the delamination and I bet Pearlie can weigh in on a repair or not. Lance
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From: PEARL DRUMS
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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I wouldn't repair it. That limb to the left has a hinge in it just off the fade, that wood is already tired. I would hang it up and appreciate the effort somebody put into it. No doubt a mimic of Nels' brush tips.
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From: Eric Krewson
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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Looks like it is rawhide backed, it probably doesn't have one ring chased on the back.
I don't think it is a shooter but is a very nicely made bow.
I would guess late 40s or early 50s for its manufacture.
It could probably be revived with new rawhide and some TLC. As a bowmaker I would bring it back but that is because I don't keep wall hangers in my house
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From: DPM
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Date: 20-Mar-18 |
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Thanks for the advice gentleman, this is my first ever posting and appreciate the knowledge shared. This bow looks to be very well made even though I don’t know why it was stamped, the back appears to be very flat and not following a ring I had a Grumley once and sold it due to the fact that most experienced bowyers I spoke to didn’t advise shooting it. It is definitely Osage and the backing seems to be some type of fiber. Eric I think i’ll try to revive it.
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From: PEARL DRUMS
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Date: 21-Mar-18 |
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That back could very well be baleen. It was popular before fiberglass was used on bows.
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From: PEARL DRUMS
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Date: 21-Mar-18 |
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That's what I meant, thanks Mike. Baleen isn't nearly as practical, or legal :)
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From: badger
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Date: 21-Mar-18 |
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I wish we had a close-up of the back, my first guess would be either sinew or fortisan which was used before fiberglass. The old flight bow looked a lot like this bow without the Grumley tips.
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