Thanks for all your kind comments.
Parspektiv – The bow shoots quite well with no hand shock but it seems to be quite fussy about arrow spine
Ky – The strike plate on this bow was made from cow horn
Leon – I make all my hawthorn bows from small branches, this one was about 2 ¼ inches in section. I try to select wood that has grown in an oval section, which hawthorn seems to do, and bandsaw the stave to near size. As you say this wood does warp and split badly, especially if you de-bark and keep in full section, knots are especially bad,
Peter (UK)
