Help me build this narrow hickory bow

[Auggie]

heres a hickory thats 58 tip to tip and is 65@27,and the limbs are 1 1/8 tapering to 3/8 at the tip and is bendy handle

[Danzn Bar]

Auggie,
Looks to me like that handle isn't bending much unless you have a lot of reflex in the un braced state. Although good example ....that Puck has plenty of hickory to do what ever he wants......
DBar

[Auggie]

not much bend in the handle,lol just enough to feel

[Danzn Bar]

Puck,
Get it bending some and post some pics....I'm sure you'll get plenty of help.....
DBar

[Puckaway]

I did a little looking and I think I'm going to attempt a Sudbury style bow with this one. Wish me luck. I'll update as it progresses.

[Puckaway]

Update: As I was reducing the limbs today I noticed a crack on the belly side of the stave ran all the way through to the back. I already had one limb tapered from mid limb to tip. So I lopped the thing off at 52" which was as long as I could get away with to avoid the crack. I wanted to just make a short bendy handle bow, but I already tapered one limb. I made the other limb match. The taper now starts 11" from the center to 1/2" nocks. I guess all I have left for this stave is a kids bow. Unless anyone has other ideas for this one. I can't believe I didn't nothice the crack sooner. Pics to follow.

[duke3192]

set happens, and then you do the best you can.

[kid bow]

Could always recurve and back it. Make it a sappy little shooter

[Chief RID]

To bad on the crack. I was really wanting to see this one work for ya. Hope you have another to start. I am watching because I am kinda at the same place you are in bow making, I think. Keep on Keep'in on.

[Puckaway]

here is its current status:

[Puckaway]

Please ignore the old layout lines mixed with new. I have a bunch of deer leg sinew I could try on this project.. I'm planning on flipping the tips a bit and heat treating the belly. This will end up as a secondary project. I'm going to start an ash bow I think.

[Chief RID]

OOPs! My mistake Puck. As soon as I saw the "flipping the tips and heat treating the belly" I you were light years ahead of me. Good luck with the ash bow.

[Puckaway]

I'm not Chief. Still really green. I've been dabbling with bowmaking since I was a little kid. I've just recently began to get a little more serious. I love traditional archery, so this gives me another level of enjoyment. I now have a decent little supply of hickory, some black locust and ash squirreled away in the basement where I can screw up for a bit before I run out. I plan on cutting some elm and more hickory this spring. No osage here so I need to maintain a supply of wood to butcher.