Stickboy's first stickbow

[Stickboy]

Oh, I feel pretty well hooked on this, so I'll definitely keep it up!  But, I'm stubborn enough that I'm not giving up on this first one just yet: I'm determined to shoot it.  If it explodes on draw, so be it -- the arrow will fall a few inches, at least.  More bows will be made (many I hope), but this one will release one arrow before being retired to the wall.  I want to see how far I can push this, and how much I can manage to fix.  It's been a great learning experience so far; let's see what else I can learn from it.  I hope to go to my uncle's farm in a couple weeks to cut a few hedgeapple staves, and maybe a walnut and sycamore or two.

Here's the progress on my pine bow repair, so far:

[Stickboy]

Well, it's been a while, so I figured I should update this.  Finished the "bow", and did fire one arrow from it like I wanted.  Flew all of three feet.  Despite my best efforts, that break remains too weak to make a formidable bow.  But, I think I learned a lot from it, and it will sit on top of the book case until I need some kindling.  Moving on to another bow made from red maple now.