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Here is my first attempt at a holmegaard bow.  I was inspired to try it for two reasons: 

1.  bought a lousy yew stave off ebay for $45...it was disgusting and full of knots...had to make it a thin flatbow to get rid of the knots.

2.  saw adb 3112's holmegaard how-to and was inspired.

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trimming the stave to eliminate a huge knot in center



You saw how thick the sapwood was...here I marked it down about a  quarter inch for thinning



These are my tools for treating with the bark (drawknife) and sapwood (belt sander with 36 grit, orbital sander---great tool---with 80 grit)

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Here's the sapwood after beltsanding and smooth sanding...perfect surface for laying out the bow!





Here is the outline of the tip



some knots i had to deal with

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here is an outline of the handle...notice the knots...one is the arrow pass in the completed bow



first pull on the tiller stick



next try after a little more work

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