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Backing starting to fracture on warbow

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Marc St Louis:
Did you round the back on the bow? If not then you could glue the splinter down and then work the backing round to get rid of as much of the splinter as possible

D. Tiller:
Thanks for the sugestion Mark. Unfortunatly the backing is too thin to try that. Next bow I'm going to try is going to use two laminate backings of Hickory and probably one 1/2 inch belly of Elm. I will round the back a bit first and then add a silk backing to the bow to make sure it does not lift up. Then start work on the belly of the bow and tillering it. I think I will go for a more rounded belly instead of the High crowned D style I used on this one. I have a fealing it will fit the hand a bit better too. This one had too sharp of and edge on the back and kept bruising the hand if held too tightly. Was getting a pretty good toss on the arrows though.


David T

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