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Anyone have experience with Hollow Back Bows?

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RedSpectre:
Hey, Pappy.

Pics will be coming soon.  Only thing is, I've begun to hollow out the stave as if I'm making a hollow belly bow.  The crown is already high so the back (which would now be the belly) is relatively untouched.

Would I concentrate on working the rounded belly (currently the back) down at this point or do it like I would a hollow belly then just bend it the other way?

RedSpectre:
https://imgur.com/a/LOc3led

These are the ones I'm working with

Pappy:
Sorry for the slow response but been kind of out of it the last few day, after looking at the pictures and what you are saying I am mixed up, not sure if your back is concave or it is the belly and you are wanting to build a backwards bow, turning it over making the belly the back ???
 Pappy

Aksel:
Hello. When I hear Scottish bow and hollowed back I suspect you are referring to the neolithic peat bog bow from "Rotten Bottom" in Scotland. Because the yew bow with deep rounded bellies and flat-ish back became so dominant in the anglosphere, the Rotten Bottom bow was also mistakenly interpreted as such. But it was infact made from a smaller diameter tree with rounded back and hollow out belly. Like all older bows before middle ages and the concave belly was infact a fairly common feature among neolithic yew bows in Europe.

 See my old post : http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,71621.msg1004096.html#msg1004096

RedSpectre:

--- Quote from: Pappy on February 13, 2023, 08:09:48 am ---Sorry for the slow response but been kind of out of it the last few day, after looking at the pictures and what you are saying I am mixed up, not sure if your back is concave or it is the belly and you are wanting to build a backwards bow, turning it over making the belly the back ???
 Pappy

--- End quote ---

It's okay. 

Life happens.


The latter.  I was on my way to doing a hollow belly bow, then I realized the design I'm doing may work better if I flipped it and made it a hollow back instead.  However I want to make sure this is a feasible thing before I risk breaking the thing and even how to do it.

Even if I don't end up doing it on this one due to coming to my senses, the information on how they work, how to tiller them (especially from a high crown stave) and examples/anecdotes would be invaluable.

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