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Lost Arra:
Does a handle with a z-splice have to remain rigid or can you still put a little (very little) bend in the handle area?
This is yew and it's 71" long.

markinengland:
My friend Peter made an ash backed yew with a simple scarf butt joint in both the yew and ash, with a bend in handle warbow. It works.
A good glue joint is stronger than the wood.
Mark in England

adb:
I think it would be OK, but I would back it, just to be safe. John Strunk makes beautiful rawhide backed yew selfbows. A well done glue joint is plenty strong, but a spliced joint must have a good fit BEFORE it's glued to be useful. If you eliminate "gap filling glues" from your vocabulary, your life will be better.

Badger:
it won't be a self bow if he backs it, yew elbs are made all the time from billets. Steve

adb:
Sorry, Steve... you are right. Rawhide backed is not a selfbow.
I just don't recall the original question being about making a yew selfbow. I thought it was about splicing a handle. Whenever I splice a handle, I back the bow... with something. Just my opinion. I guess maybe I should stop being a chicken@#$*!!! No offense intended.

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