the grip:
bow details: This bow does not have a narrowed handle. The handle and the widest area of the limbs are both 1" wide. A half inch from the handle fades, the limbs taper in width to just under .5 at the nocks. The middle The handle is 3.5" long, 1.25" deep. Bow length is 62".
The bow is clean and straight, and pretty much tillered itself. The limbs gradually taper in their width, and this usually makes for easier tillering; an advantage of using this design. The limb still has to taper in thickness, but not so much as a limb without a width taper. This modified pyramid design of a gradual width taper has served me well. It makes for a fast bow, and easier tillering.
The bow took a tad more set (string follow) than anticipated. The set increased as the bow broke itself in. It was never stressed over its intended draw weight during tillering, and has a low draw weight to begin with. Theoretically, wider limbs would have prevented string follow, but wide limbs would have made made the limb thickness very thin. Very thin limbs can go out of tiller, and twist easily. This is why youth and ladies' bows have a reputation of being hard to make. A very thin limb might have given me lower string follow, but it would have been at a sacrifice. I opted for limb stability and endurance over raw performance. Bowyery is about compromise.
