Welll, first off, I'd like to say thank you to everyone here on Primitive Archer; you guys have created a wealth of bowyering knowledge beyond comparison. I didn't even have to post any questions, the search function answered everything. It's like having a master bowyer nearby all the time. Well, in a way it is indeed so.
Anyhow here is the crudely made, obscene amount of deflex featuring, yew longbow of mine. I'll post some close up pictures too.
172 cm tip to tip, 60 pounds at 28 inches, a whole lot of deflex (it's super easy to string this thing). The tiller is far from perfect, its looks exaggerated slightly by the distinct nature of the piece used. One limb had 4 cm natural delfex concentrated in a bend some 30 cm from the tip (that's the lower limb). The upper limb had 3 cm natural reflex. The whole thing was twisted to such and extent that I had to lay out the bow diagonally across the grain and still it just barely fit in. That's why the sapwood seems to extend to the belly of one tip and hardwood almost reaches the back on the other tip. A whole lot of heat bending had to be done to get the string alignment done.
The next bow shall have no deflex and perfect tiller. I swear!
