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backgardenbowyer:
A friend of mine gave me an ash stave (thanks Peter!) from which I wanted to make a medieval style bow to get a bit more experience working with this material and style.  Here's the result - not a "warbow" in weight, but I think it belongs more in this forum than any other as it is very much a medieval bow in style..

73" nock to nock
55lbs#29"
2" set
profile - rectangle with rounded corners
English ash with black buffalo horn nocks, finished with Danish oil

I had trouble with the tiller on the right hand limb as you can see its got some natural reflex/deflex in it.  But looking at the pix the left hand limb looks much stiffer in the outer third than it appeared when I was tillering it - maybe I need to stand further back to look at the bow.  It could be the angle of the pic - things look different in photos!  2" set is a bit more than I anticipated and I was aiming for 60-65lbs at 29".

I tempered the belly twice - once at the start of tillering and again near the end.

Thanks for looking

Any thoughts?

Stan

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Josh:
Gotta love those character staves.  Good job on the tiller!    -josh

cracker:
I like it a little character always makes things interesting.Ronnie

Del the cat:
Fine work, I think that is as good as you will ever get from Ash.
Once you make a Yew one you will realise how dead the Ash is...my first was an Elm bow...I though it was the box deluxe until I made a Yew one.
Nice work, I love the wiggle.
Del

bobnewboy:
Looks great to me Stan.  The wiggle at the end is particularly nice, and could catch on.  What does it shoot like?

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