I started a new elm bow project and put the short one where im going to put on siyahs asside. This is a 55 inch stave and i want to make a recurve bow out of it, i know It is kind of short and maybe not the easyest to do for a rookie but i really like the looks of Them. One part of the bow is straight but the other part has deflex in the mid limb area and then the Outer third have some reflex in It (Both bends are naturaly grown)
How do i handle this? Is It possible to straighten the deflex part with dry heath and after that tiller a bit more and then boil the tips to recurve?