Well the wood sucked ... it broke .... and i went to thT link and na its not that tree . Ssorry . I cNt find what tree it is .. but it is no good
even with sinew after drying it for over a week it broke while i was just scrapping on it . Ohwell i get my sinew for free so . No biggie . And i will be posting the cypress flat bow soon . And not really thT long ... i been building bows for about two years i guess . I started out with sinew backing . Then moved to self bows . And now im messing with sinew again . And finally . Yes its one layer . It looks narley in the pics but it wasent that much when it dryed it was actually only like an eighth inch thick across the back . I usually seperat the strands and make little bunddles like a half inch wide and six inches long or so and wet them ... then glue them and lay them brick and morter style sometimes i go back and do a second coat sometimes i dont . With sinew i go for stregth and function . Not looks . And for that matter i think ruff sinew on a bow kinda looks cool
thanks for checking out my bows and i hope i answered all questions well .
