The bow has been tweaked and fettled, it's smoother and about 47# now. I've cut about 1/4" off the upper handle to improve the proportions. You can see the bit I removed in the top nock pic which also shows how the string sits on the knot/peg when the bow is unstrung.
Here are some pics:-
The first shows the small filled knot on the side which corresponds to the arrow pass, I may fill it with a round dot of black water-buffalo horn.Top right shows the waggle in the upper limb and the handle bent towards the belly, shows off the heart/sap wood nicely too.
The picture of the top nock has somehow loaded rotated 90 degrees!
The lower left pic shows the deflex/set in the bow but it's somewhat exaggerated due to the foreshortening.
Bottom right pic shows the sapwood back with a nice feature knot.It really has the look of a stick bow from a small diameter limb just like the real thing.
nice tiller, but to long tips, and deflex would slow the bow down, but might be easier to shoot. nice job on that one
ReplyDeletehow do I make sure that the bent reflex and the bow in general do not catch the set?
DeleteThat's how the Hedeby bow looks, so that's how I've made it.
Deletehow do I make sure that the bent reflex and the bow in general do not catch the set?
ReplyDeleteCareful tillering will prevent set, or at least ensure it is evenly spread along the whole bow.
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