Here's a bow I'm working on for a trade on another site. It's a pyramid bow, 68" tip to tip with 2" of reflex heated into it. Here's a few pictures of the process so far.
I harvested a big osage about 2 1/2 years ago that so far has yielded 8 bows. Here's a few of the staves:
![](http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/Justins%20Custom%20Osage%20Siyahed%20Static%20Recurve/HPIM3841.jpg)
This is the one I chose for this particular bow:
![](http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/Justins%20Custom%20Osage%20Siyahed%20Static%20Recurve/HPIM3835.jpg)
Here it is roughed out:
![](http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/2011%20TG%20Trade%20Bow/HPIM4758.jpg)
![](http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/2011%20TG%20Trade%20Bow/HPIM4757.jpg)
After a bit of heating on the caul, it yielded this. I've since heated it two more times to tweak the alignment.
![](http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/2011%20TG%20Trade%20Bow/HPIM4761.jpg)
![](http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/2011%20TG%20Trade%20Bow/HPIM4762.jpg)
It's now on the short string (4" brace height) and tillered to 20"
![](http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/2011%20TG%20Trade%20Bow/HPIM4790.jpg)
![](http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/2011%20TG%20Trade%20Bow/HPIM4791.jpg)
It's holding 1 3/4" of reflex when relaxed and 7/8" just unstrung. My camera curves the image, so the bow actually looks flat in the next picture, which was take immediately after unstringing. However, there's really 7/8" of reflex in the limbs.
![](http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/2011%20TG%20Trade%20Bow/HPIM4792.jpg)