71&1/4" ntn Italian Yew ELB, 75lbs@30", opinions on tiller?

[Ruddy Darter]

Hi, I revisited a bow I started back in 2020, it's twisty and has a fair amount of natural deflex smack in the centre, and I missed the drawweight I was after, it also had some punky sapwood with quite a few checks, which are filled with thin C.A. glue. It's quite a heavy and dense piece of wood too.
 I decided to try and finish it a couple of weeks ago and ended up currently with 75lbs@30" draw. The bow is 71&1/4" ntn. I am trying to keep as much draw weight as possible.
I was hoping for some opinions on the tiller before I finish up. The top limb tip is a little stiff for my liking due to a run through knot 3"down from the tip, I think I got it as good as I can, I don't really want to chance taking more off, unless advised.
 (The tiller looks better when viewed with the bow in the right hand side in video I reckon).
 Thanks for any help,
 R.D.
https://youtu.be/d64OVcs5ys4?si=ucrJc7N835xlVAPK

[Pat B]

RD, just below and above your hand looks a bit stiff and the tips could come around a little more but overall the tiller looks ok.

[Ruddy Darter]

Thank you Pat B, I'll work those areas a some more 
 R.D.

[Ruddy Darter]

... I hope this looks a bit of an improvement, the top limb has been a pain to get moving and I really would like closure now with this bow, it feels good to draw. Thanks for any viewpoints.
On a bonus level I discovered I've been weighing all my bows an inch short on my tiller tree, so this is still around the 75lbs@30" draw.  .
R.D.

[Pat B]

Looking much better, RD. Go shoot it a bunch and see how it looks but I think you are real close if not there. 

[Ruddy Darter]

Thank you very much Pat B, that sounds like a plan 

 R.D.

[Muskyman]

Looks good to me RD. Looks like you’ve got another nice one there. I’m guessing the arrows I saw posted are for the new bows you been cranking out. Good looking arrows too.

[Ruddy Darter]

Thanks Muskyman, this is actually an old bow attempt from 2020 revisited, I missed the draw weight I was after so it got shelved. My friend at the club was the bow that had the sapwood split I posted, so I went back to this bow and hopefully finished it, I'll let him shoot it for a couple of weeks and if he likes it we can sort something out. He wanted to step up a bit in draw weight too so it seems to of worked out.
Thanks , the arrows are trying different woods and I wanted to make some more accurately spined, the red and gold are for the closer distances and hopefully easier to find in the grass when it gets a little overgrown.
R.D.

[Del the cat]

Tiller looks good. Maybe you are gripping it a tad high?
Del

[superdav95]

looking great Ruddy! 

[Ruddy Darter]

Possibly on the string Del, I got no serving or nock points on yet so just doing it by eye, and there is a little snake to the bow that may affect how it looks hand placement. I've just put a coat of danish oil on and will show the bow properly to get a better picture when done.

superdav95, thank you very much.

 R.D.

[Ruddy Darter]

I thought I'd end with a few pics of the finished bow. (Hopefully try some arrows later in the week..).
(My friend is a fan of the 'Vikings' series and  wanted to name the bow after 'Lagartha', so I wrote her name in Viking runes with gold leaf with Odin's ravens and her round shield on the back of the bow.  )
 R.D.

[Muskyman]

Great bow. Great show. And as far as Katheryn Winnick goes, well.

[superdav95]

Very cool and love the details!   

[Ruddy Darter]

Great bow. Great show. And as far as Katheryn Winnick goes, well.

Thank you Muskyman,
 Yep, Kathryn Winnick is great
 Thank you supadav95,
  this bow got me revisiting previous projects that I shelved, I'm currently working down my first yew attempt from a few years back, I just resquared it to new dimensions keeping as much wood as possible while losing my mistakes and previous and questionable measurements. I've ended up with 29mm x 26mm at the centre, and about 69" in length. I have no idea what weight I could hope for but hopefully a nice little bow with a 28"ish draw for the indoor season. I'm just tactically straightening out in a few places with heat to hopefully avoid any side torque, and a couple of punky knots I missed on the first outing. It has a little natural deflex so I may have a go at gently recurving the tips after most of the tillering. It's a tight grained and dense piece of Pacific yew. A nice little project before I attempt a major heavier draw weight bow project for myself.
 R.D.