Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”

[druid]

Special feeling when you, simson, recognize it as good bow. 😌💪🏾
Here is link of testing bow:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h7dMxrBr6RI&fbclid=IwAR2AJK6ws6C3MJNpyY3vu6BDBKsRgj4Mp-RtY3MGzFeiNfZssOWmAFwNlAc

[leonwood]

Well done getting that thing to shoot! Finding a stave like that is pretty awesome too!

[ohma2]

Never cared about bow of the month thing much BUTthat bow deserves all the praise that comes its way.
good that wood found you cause you did it proud.

[DC]

Thank you all, my friends, I am glad you liked it. I will try to continue with bows like this. 😌💪🏾
DC, yes, I had to use irregular limb cross section to stop twisting but it was not very complicated. Some kind a straight longbows sometimes made bigger twisting problem than this bow. Slightly change of limb thickness lead to good balance. Limbs are not equal length so it made it more interesting.

Did you make the limb thicker on the inside or the outside of the curve? This may help me understand twisting.

[PaSteve]

Neat looking. Great job getting a bow out of that piece of wood.

[simson]

Thanks for the vid, bro! Looks like it's hitting hard for that drawweight 

Another question: are you sure about cornus mas or maybe cornus sanguinea?

[bjrogg]

You did well Druid. You made that stave happy and proud.
Bjrogg

[simk]

for sure a unique bow - perfectly executed

[Hawkdancer]

Very unique!  And nicely done! 
Hawkdancer

[bowster]

congratulation for seeing this extraordinary bow in the wood!

[Chief RID]

I would have loved to see the stave. Bravo!! It is just astounding that you pulled that off.

[Bayou Ben]

A++ for creativity and execution 

[Sticks]

That is a WILD looking bow.

[Hans H]

great!
Hans

[druid]

DC when you work staves like this you have to balance them to do not twist. In this case they are prone to twist on string side. You stop that by leaving string side of the limb thicker and opposite little bit thiner. And thats the rule. 😌 Please feel free to ask anything more, my explanations are not always good, english is not my language. On my seminars a lot of students are most interested in these kind a bows.
Simson, yes, I am sure this is mass. I never mix them. Mass has more mass (maybe its name is for that 😬) than sanguinea and less tension strength. But, it seems mass has better compression abilities.P.S. It is 10 gpp arrow on video.