Steam bending bamboo recurve?

[nabiul]

This is the latest iteration of the horse bow with the outside of the bamboo as the back....

I would make the front profile look like a pyramid or even Eiffel tower. You might have to back the belly with bamboo or wood.

That's what I did with the first bow and if it comes to that I'll do it again, but for now I'm interested in seeing how the behaviour of the bow changes with less drastic changes like just tapering the tips into a pyramid or shaving the siyahs to reduce weight. What would happen if I cut new string grooves lower down on the siyahs? Would it bring up the draw weight? Then maybe I could shave the limb width.

[DC]

I read over this thread and couldn't find how long the bow is. What length are you looking for?

[nabiul]

It's about 5ft overall with the bendy parts of the limbs between 18-19" each. I don't care about the length, only the performance so I made it long enough to be what I thought was safe.