... I left the bamboo to thick and it caused the bow to have a belly ache. [...] So far it has held up well. I put to much work into it to give up.
that's a fine bow anyway, but doesn't that experience make you wanna build anotherone with thinner bamboo this time.

- from the pics you posted you seem to be a good and creative craftsman!
you know they're all sort of crazy here: they wanna see what other's made, than they think wow i want to do that, too. than you'll see that and you'll think the same and so on...seems to be a good motor!
cheers, frank
ps: i for instance have this buckskin, that is to soft for a quiver...so i started wondering...