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AH:
Nabbed this stave off of ebay for 40 bucks, thought it was a steal. Looks like pretty much an almost flawless stave, except for some drying checks in the side that are a little disconcerting (third pic). Anyway, Im gonna try to make another warbow from it. Pacific yew, 77", completely straight. The grain is nice and tight, around 40 rings to the inch  ;D  Shooting for pretty much any weight between 100-120 pounds.
I'll probably do a build-along (help along?) as I don't wan't to screw up such a nice stave...

AH:
removing the bark

AH:
working around one of the few pins

AH:
finished debarking it. Laying out the bow's front profile. I'm going with 1.5" wide in the middle which continues in uniform width for about 10 inches as the handle, then starts tapering down to an inch 15" away from the tips. From that point they taper to 1/2" at the tips.

AH:
the stave with one of my previous warbows

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