Now, this is a project I'm working on. A longer (than my usual) recurve with deflexed fades. I will go for a fuming process, but with a (hopefully) faded two tone surface. In other words I will tape the tips and fades and remove portions of the tape while the fuming process. We will see what comes out.
Below is a pic with the wrapped tips. My plan is to remove tape ring Nr. 5 after the first day, Nr. 4 after the second and so on. I know that the fuming damps vaporize somewhat under the the tape, so I suspect not a ring like (from dark to bright), but a gentle faded color. Hope you understand what I mean.
A knot hole at handle is filled with tin and sanded smooth.
Tips are strengthened with a horn wedge insert.
Arrow pass is a inlayed and in shape sanded predators tooth. I found the jaw in the woods, it's probably from a dog.
More pics in about a week.