Hmm, I only have this not-so-great webcam to take pics with. It's so dark in this room that everything shows up as black and white, I'll take some more pics tomorrow.
Anyway, I found an old knife that I started using as a drawknife. I got a little crazy, pushed too hard and ended up cutting out a large-ish section by the handle, that's now the thinnest part, about 1 3/4'' wide, the rest of the bow is about 2 inches wide (not the 3 or 4 I thought).
Because this thing is so long I cut out some knocks in the tips and put some thin boat rope on it. I gave it a few pulls it to see where it does or does not bend and did a wee bit of tillering. I figured if I messed up I could still cut off the tips a few inches and still have plenty of bow left. Being 6'1'' or 6'2'' I'll probably have to cut it anyway.
While pulling it I heard a snap and looked at the belly and this "sap wood" section of it broke, I guess now I'll have to strip it down to the "heart wood" tomorrow.
I figure this thing will break at some point soon, if it does I'm going to cut it off above the thinnest part above the handle then thin out the handle to match the rest of it and have a 50 inch-ish bow.
side note: I feel like I found a new hobby, I'm an exceptional guitar player so I'm relating this guitar. I suck now but years from now I'll be "pro."
edit: sorry, it didn't "break" but a little chip came out of it, this is why I'm going to take off that layer tomorrow.
edit 2: not the belly, I mean the back.