Hey everyone, I'm new here in the forum and would love some advice! I've visited this site a good bit in the past when making my Cherokee flatbows but I recently bought a beautiful yew stave and I'm in the process of shaping her into a bow I can use to hunt with traditionally. I have had a hard time finding a good book at the library about making specifically yew bows, and was wondering if any of you had any suggestions? I saw on here that the bowyers bible volume 1 had a good section on yew bows, but does anyone have any additional resources in mind?
Also, I would love to know what tools you guys are using. So far I've used a drawknife and a hand planer, and I'm about to get down to a spokeshave and finally a hand rasp. I saw a cool video in French on YouTube of a guy making a bow with traditional tools and he had this small, thin, square piece of metal that he was using to make very precise shavings, anybody know what this is? Thanks for all the help, I look forward to hearing back.
