Primitive Archer

Very nice bow, looks like a shooter to me.
 Pappy

Very glad to hear that Clint  Here is the logo for out buttons this year, pretty cool I think. 
 Pappy

 
If I wanted to make a replica of one with very similar dimensions, the higher the poundage I make it the shorter the draw length will have to be to prevent it taking loads of set or snapping.

yes, at that width.

consider also that many NA bows were shot at what we would consider today,  a very short drawlength. Perhaps with a pinch  grip on the arrow.

if you want to shoot longer drawlengths, you need to go wider or longer. longer may be best as
wider would neccesitate a redesign of the handle to decrease the width at the arrow pass to something pratical.

Part of us got on the wood pile, almost got enough for the year now, all we need is some to spread around the camp ground for the Classic. Also putting a new floor in the shed beside my work shop, it was the first building we got,besides the cabin that was already there, it came off my great grandfathers home place, it was used for a corn crib, we jacked it up and moved it to my farm in 1990, it was original built about 1885 by my great grand father so to say it needed some floor repair is an understatement , needed some new floor Josie and new flooring in about half of it, and some more big rocks for support. The rest of the building is pretty solid. Lots of work but will be well worth it. 
 Pappy

I remember being told by a very knowledgeable builder that yew sapwood can be thinned down as little as 2mm and still being ok.  I would start with chasing a ring.  Equally, yew sapwood isn't all that fussy as long as breaks in the sapwood are faired out.  There are definitely bows in there, sort out the sapwood and go from there