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Ash backed yew

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Bishop:
Peter
nice work, you have made those knots look like natural decorations. beautiful Bow.
Bishop

Marc St Louis:
Yes with the Ash backing you could have taken the knots down and left the area just slightly stiff. Very nice though

Yeomanbowman:
Yes Broadhead, Simon's right about backed Tudor bows.  I think they were of the recreational variety though as you could avoid inclement weather because the glue may have been a problem.
Just to add to the boys comments about the knot, I'd be inclined too fill the cracks with beeswax or fat after the the super glue to keep the water out.
A great job, what' the performace like?   

broad_head:
Thanks for all you comments,
                                           You have made me feel a bit better about the cracks, I thought that they could be terminal, but as suggested I will fill them with super glue and beeswax.
     Kviljo the original reflex was about 2 inches, but this seemed to increase as I removed wood from the belly. I think it is now at about 1/2.
Yemanbowman the performance is not bad but I don't think it's going to be a record breaker at this length, should be good for the heavy arrows though.
                      Peter (UK)

nelly:
Nice bow, as always.

The junior bow you made is still chucking them out at approaching 120fps. Do you fancy having a go at a specialist flight bow?  Let us know if the knots hold up on the latest masterpiece. 

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