Uncharted Territory For Me

[Lombard]

This is my first attempt at a Mollegabet. It is just roughed in, and will lose a whole lot more mass before it is done.
That is as far as it will get for awhile, it is holding to much moisture to proceed.

Any advise on the finer points of doing one of these little gems of days gone by?

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[aznboi3644]

Is this from a board or split stave?.

[sailordad]

if i were you i would wait for Rich to chime in
he seems to understand this design better than most

[bubby]

Sailordad's right, Rich is the man on molle bows, helped me a ton on mine. Bub

[Justin Snyder]

Slow and easy like any other bow......  Get it tillered, then work the extra mass off the non bending parts.

[Justin Snyder]

One other thing, find a picture of a bow that you like the tiller on and keep it handy to look at while tillering. You can search under holmegaard or holmegard also. A lot of people have built bows of this style but under the name holmegaard. Here is a great thread. http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,3889.0.html You can see there is a difference in opinions on tiller so do what you think looks good. This one too. http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,5129.0.html

[Lombard]

Thank you Justin.

Azboi3644, this is a rift sawn Oak board.

[aznboi3644]

Ah nice...I am almost finished with an oak molly myself.

[Lombard]

Ah nice...I am almost finished with an oak molly myself.

Looking forward to photos of your completed project.

Justin, your advise led me to the Dennis La Varenne, article, and it is very helpful. The build along ADB did is awesome.

[Justin Snyder]

Justin, your advise led me to the Dennis La Varenne, article, and it is very helpful. The build along ADB did is awesome.

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