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mikekeswick:
Yep these videos tend to raise more questions than they answer!
you are correct in that the first pass with axe or adze is to make 'breaker' chips to limit the depth of any cut. Then go over and remove down to the depth of these chips. The core of a hornbow has to be shaped very precisely or else you will end up with twist that is very hard to correct (different thcknesses of materials in the cross section). I guarantee that they smooth out the core with a rasp then a file then probably a scraper.
The back of the core should be curved and the finished sinew layer dead flat across the whole width of the back.

stuckinthemud:
Thanks Mike.  I put my money where my mouth is and went onto that auction site after I posted yesterdayand bought myself an old hatchet for a tenner that I intend re-profiling for carving as soon as it arrives ;D

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