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Hickory stave or fire wood
Lost Oki:
Thanks. Will continue with draw knife and rasp.
Kidder:
This may be info that you don’t need, but given where I’m seeing you working on right now I’m going to say it anyways.
Flip your stave over so what was the bark side is now up. That’s the back of your bow - the side that faces away from you when you hold it.
Draw your front profile on there - your handle, width fades, taper to the tip. Remove the wood outside that however you choose, making sure the edge remains square. Then turn it on its side, and draw your side profile with the thickness taper - handle, fades into the limb, and a taper to the tip and then remove the wood outside that.
Apologies in advance if that seems like an unnecessary over simplification, but I’m with Pat in that it looks to me that you are moving wood essentially from the wrong spot or in the wrong order.
bjrogg:
Yup what kidder said. That’s exactly what I was trying to say
Bjrogg
superdav95:
Good advise here. Also don’t worry too much if you end up that you don’t have enough wood to do a handle with fades and such. You could still make a good bow and just glue on a handle section separately. Best of luck.
M2A:
Measure the thickness of the stave at the lowest point in that "pocket" where that ring tore out. if you have 3/4 of an inch or more, that would be plenty to do about any design. Even less but I'm being conservative. From what i see, I don't see any reason not to continue with that stave. Follow the linear grain best you can looks like a bit of snake to it but thats ok. Maybe some heat corrections later in the build to get the string lined up, maybe not. Mike
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