Primitive Archer

I have ONE snow pea pod about an inch and a half long, and two clusters of cherry tomatoes the size of small marbles. Eric killing off his pole beans because he's done picking and processing grinds my corn! GRRRRR!

Yeah, we are a little behind ya'll with our growing season here in the frozen north.

Eric, that description of fried squash sounds pretty danged good! I wonder if it would translate to grilled squash? Some hickory shavings to add smoke might go well with the squash and balsamic vinegar. Thanks for the tip, much appreciated, sir.

Nice. Any deflex at rest?

Thanks ALL the fellows 
I have always been ambitous in my bowmaking. And wanted to proove them woidies as equal even in the modern world. With the help of my archers. Thanks to them we have multiple national longbow championships with all natural bows by now. All wood and bamboo wood horn composite. Feels like great reward!
Edit: And the problem here is not to make a competitive bow - we all know its possible. the problem is to convince the modern archer to go with a wooden bow....
....they will at least need a arrowrest 

However, this bow goes to a retired horse smith, shooting 200 arrows a day. A real test for my work. I really wonder about stringfollow and long term behaviour here. Maybe I should better advise to to just shoot her on sundays 🤣
This bow just arrived in madrid, spain

Around here we have Siberian elm. It is a favorite of mine. Beautiful color and smells great. Some people around here call it Chinese elm, but it’s not. I think I asked Steve about this and he is correct about the Chinese elm identification. Chinese elm has more pale, sycamore like bar, Siberian bark is darker and more fissured in mature trees. Hickory works great in my dry climate. My favorites are still sinew/juniper though with sinew/incense cedar following. I will say the best/fastest self bow I have ever made was hickory. I’ve been trying with osage, but haven’t matched it yet.

Very nice bow. If that doesn’t show him the light, it might be hopeless.

Love the bend.

Bjrogg