A challenging piece of wood,and a question.(More picsFinished for now)

[dbb]

Ok,i realesed the stave today and it behaved surprisingly good.
It flexed back a bit but less than expected.
Now its just a question what to make of it... well heres a pic or two.(the one beside it is a mantra style i roughed out today,was inspired by ryoon4690s red oak..but mine is only 70")



/Mikael

[mikekeswick]

Well it's certainly a lot straighter than it was!
From what I can see the handle area is looking pretty thin? If it's less than 1 1/4 inch i'd probably go for a bendy handle design.

[soy]

Keep fighting the good fight, you are gaining ground. I am already impressed!!! 

[Gus]

Yes Sir, Looking Good.

Starting to look like a nice bendy-snakey stave.

-gus

[dbb]

Guess it was time to wrestle with the helix again 
I have shaped it a bit oversize to have some margin to adjust it later,it starts to bend nice and straigt so far.
Its a bit weird as the snakey limb is straight and the straight one is deflexed
I really hope i get a shooter out of this now,would be kinda anticlimactic to break it in the finetillering...
Latest pics.



/Mikael

[Gus]

Looking Good!!!

Keep up the Good Work! 

-gus

[dbb]

I actually got this corkscrew to shoot today and better than i hoped,its a bit weird how it bends but it "feels "straight strangely enough.
Its 66" ntn 42#@28" 2" at the fades and 1/2" at the tips,it have a bit of handshock but not really bad,and its a bit too stiff in the lower limb.
I will fix her up later ,but the primary goal is met as i put 50 arrows in the target today "Yay!"and i got two more bows in the making that needs my time atm.
Here are the pics




/Mikael