Well, there was a little vote on archertalk's young archer's forum on the young archer of the year. Long story short, I'm sending a new selfbow to a compounder with an interest in selfbows
. So I made him this one- The Ugly Stick.
It's hickory, 68" long, 65# at 28". It's a bend trhough the handle D bow, but I decided to wrap a block or wood on to give him something to hold onto. I attempted to flip the tips, but the belly had become rounded and pulled one the bottom limb- so I wrapped and glued both limbs to make it look even. It lacks cast at a distance, but is is an excellent up-close hunting weapon- like all of my bows. It is very smooth, I hope he likes it
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