Yew ELB with feature knot

[Del the cat]

I haven't posted for a while, here's my latest. A challenging stave with a lot of deflex in one limb and a hint of relex at each end (see before and after side by side pic).
It took a fair bit of steaming and some heat treating to get it vaguely symmetrical. Now when it sits on the floor belly down I can just get one finger between floor and grip (it was about 4 fingers originally!)
The sapwood is a rather dissappointing grubby colour, a bit gray in parts but it seemed to be sound
It's pulling about 77# @ 29" in the full draw pic.
The knot was a bit of a challenge at that draw weight, so I kept the bow long, 77.5" ntn. I allowed a little extra width at the knot but no extra on the belly.
Del

[superdav95]

That’s  a serious knot.  Looks like you sorted it out just fine.    Bow looks great too. 

[Stixnstones]

Fine lookin stick ya got there

[medicinewheel]

Nice bow, scary knot...

[Marc St Louis]

Turned out nice Dell

[Pappy]

Nice job Del, the know is pretty cool also.
 Pappy

[bambule]

Hey Del,

It looks like the upper limb (left side) could bend a little more towards the tips.
Or is it on purpose?

Greetz
Cord

[Del the cat]

Hey Del,

It looks like the upper limb (left side) could bend a little more towards the tips.
Or is it on purpose?

Greetz
Cord

I always have e'm on the tiller upper to the right... Lower=Left geddit 
So hopefully that makes more sense now 
Del

[bambule]

Yeah, makes sense - I looked at the string and the serving in the middle looks like the left side was the upper limb.

Greetz
Cord

[Del the cat]

Yeah, makes sense - I looked at the string and the serving in the middle looks like the left side was the upper limb.

Greetz
Cord

That's my magic adjustable string  ... (long string adjusted by threading it through a metal loop)
Del

[backtowood B2W]

Very nice ELB - like the D/R in it!

[Pinaka longbows]

Love them knots in a bow, i know some find them intimidating but for me its all about fun in building and character of the bow

[rps3]

Nice one Del.

[mullet]

Wow, that looks like like a challenging piece of wood. Looks good, also.

[Aksel]

nice job on that.

How´d it look at brace hight?

I´m curious cause my recent stickbow had a bit deflexed lower limb and tiny reflexed upper limb which gave it a slight negative tiller at brace hight but good symmetry at full draw (and low set). I am always in doubt how to negotiate unbraced/set, braced and full draw with more challenging sticks. But I tend to go for good symmetry at full draw and a feel of a smooth/balanced draw rather than chasing symmetrical or positive tiller at brace hight. Hope it makes sense.