Well, I’m on to Plan C also. Plan B is a yew backed with rawhide. I lifted a splinter on the belly during heat-bending, and tillering out the resulting hinge made it underweight. I’ll finish it later for somebody else.
Plan C is a hickory self bow from a recent harvest. Since it was quite green, I reduced the stave and dried it in the attic. With this heat wave, it stopped losing weight after 2 weeks. In the meantime, I found a use for the hickory bark from the same tree, and made my recipient a quiver. Got my bow shaped, straightened, untwisted, and flipped the tips. So far it looks promising.
