Any chance you can describe some more details about how these are done, I happen to have access to plenty of rattan and think this would be fun to make a few beater/loaner bows. You say you split it in half, rough out the handle, hack in some pin nocks, what else? Do you round off the flat side where it was split, is there a particular cross section shape to go for? I see you said you tillered it with a belt sander so am I right in assuming the tillering on these is more or less about sanding the thickness taper so it bends right? I've never made a bow before but this sounds like it would be kinda easy especially considering the lower expectations of the finished product as opposed to trying to make a "real" finished selfbow, if you know what I mean.
