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AH:
Thanks, Carson.
I did a bit more work today, reduced the knot a bit, and added jatoba tip overlays. I probably will replace the overlays with horn nocks some time in the future, but as of now I have no horn and the string was making dents in the back over the temporary grooves. Now the bottom limb is a bit too stiff.  :( This bow is not going to make a real war bow weight, I'm guessing probably around 70-80 ish @ 32". Well, I guess just live and learn, and be more careful on my next stave. Speaking of which, I got roughed out and floor tillered today. At least I'm happy with the unstrung profile. The original stave had about 0.75" of set, and it has about a smudge over an inch right now, which is actually very good, for me. last pic is the roughed out stave.
I do not know why my computer is turning these pics sideways...bear with me

mikekeswick:
Unless it's an optical illusion that knot is still way proud! Look to the handle side of it in the 2nd last photo - way thinner. Thickness taper (if the design calls for it) should always always be even. Instead of leaving knot thicker make them them wider....although obviously this is difficult not! The other way to deal with knots is the drill them out and plug the holes with clean wood.

adb:
Agreed. Thin the belly under that knot. For a warbow, it's also way too stiff in the handle.

AH:
Just a little heads up, I won't be working on this bow during the next week or so, I am currently out of town.
I have scraped the middle area and reduced the knot some more, but no pics right now. ::)

AH:
Alright, so I evened out that knot, now the tiller looks like a nice elliptical one to me. I think I will leave the handle area stiffer, or maybe just scrape a tiny bit more off. The bow is not actually as stiff in the center as it looks in the photo, but the camera took the picture at the wrong moment, I was still at about 28" draw. I have it at 31" now, pulling about 80 pounds.

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