Really excited to say, I've finally gotten around to doing a boiled recurve! I'm still a little nervous about the width of the hickory board I'm working with (1.5"), but I'm looking forward to continuing through this project. I've never used hickory, I've never made a bow of these dimensions before, I've never done a boiled recurve (or any kind of recurve successfully, though I did fail at dry heat a couple times), and I've never done a working handle before,* so this is a very experimental project, and I'm already having a bunch of fun with it!
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If all goes well, this is going to be the first half of a matched Christmas gift set for my sister and her ladyfriend - an absurdly great couple who will be yet more badass if they can go shooting together.
*I've got a cool idea for the working handle that I'm pretty excited about, but I'll post about that again when I get there.