So, I am not new to selfbows but certainly not an expert either so I have a question that I hope I can explain well enough to be understood. I have a full grasp of ring violation, violation bad!!!!. But what about the layout of the bows length? I have always followed the grain along the stave and laid out a centerline, from that I have laid out the bows shape by measuring out from the centerline. So basically, the snakier the stave, the snakier the bow.
But I have also heard it said that, after chasing the ring, "you just lay your pattern down and trace it". How bad is it to do this?