Thanks again, guys.
I'm glad you like that stick.
There are nice and working bows, then there are great, beautiful and very well bows and then there are Simson's bows...
How many hours it takes to make that kind of character bow? And, how many of your character bows fails at the end of tillering...? It seems that you can make a bow from whatever stave?
Can't say how long I've worked on that special stick. Working on several bow at the same time I'm coming back to an individual stick now and then.The time for making a bow is probably shorter than the documentatory stuff, making pics, texting not in my mother tongue, computing, posting, etc. ... . I really enjoy the building part, but I dislike the computer work.
And yes I also have fails now and then, rarely - but I have.
Beautiful one simson, very well done with all that character. I made a similar one of the same wood species but with alot less character, and it took a bunch of set, and my conclusion was this species of juniper would make shit bows unless backed with sinew, until i saw this. Guess it was me and not the wood 
I think the problem was tillering removed most of the hearthwood leaving me with just about 5 % heartwood, and the sapwood rings were to tight to thin the sap. What is the sap/heartwood ratio in this one aprox? Did you heat in any reflex?
This post made we want to try another one, smells good and is super easy to work. Dings easily though
Probably the same ratio here on my bow. I cannot see a significant difference in the sap / heartwood quality. IMO the heat treatment is the thing that matters (I did a light ht here). I'm surprised how that bow hold the profiles after shooting. If you have some staves, try the heat treating - I'm curious what you get!
