Thank you, everyone for the kind words. It's cool to play around with designs that don't get a lot of attention.
Hedeby bows look always cool although I find them a bit weird at the same time because of these tips. They surely must have had some practical application like you said, otherwise they wouldn't make sense. I see that you put side nocks. How do you make them, at what angle you cut them, how wide and deep are they?
I heard the bracing handle idea from Will Sherman. It made sense to me. as for the side nocks, I basically made them like a self nock but only on one side. a little deeper than a normal groove. You put one on the right side and the other on the left and they pull against each other to maintain balance. I didn't think to hard about them. They are pretty simple and hassle free.
That's a unique one, tips look as if stringing them at heavier weights could be easier, maybe even safer. On a side note, better watch how you use up that precious yew supply. Once you're a full fledged Carolinian you wont have anything but crappy ol' osage from Clint to use.
I know! People keep asking for yew bows. I'm going to try and get out for one last haul on yew wood before I go. Then I'll have to settle for that osage garbage.
Does it have a round belly, like the ELB? Should we stop giving the English credit for inventing that idea?
Beautiful work as always!
The belly is rounded but the cross section is more like a squashed oval than a deep D. It's a wider and flatter than a typical English longbow.
Here's a picture of the original bow.
