This bow turned out ok despite it being a fairly twisted wonky piece of wood. I did my best to clamp out most of the prop twist and bends. There were some knots on the belly side that still remained to some degree. Tillering was interesting to say the least. I was initially concerned if this bow would explode with the remaining knots. The heat treatment was done at the same time as other bows as well at same time. It was heat treated for about 3 hours over a bed of hot coals. It was floor tillered mostly and was thinner then the others being baked and it seemed to be cooked a little darker of a cook. It held this form shape and I was worried about the reflex shape to start with but it retained most of it in the end and didn’t blow up either. The string alignment is ok. The string didn’t end up center of handle which would have been ideal. I cut the shelf pretty deep too but the string did end up favouring the shelf side more then I liked. As a result it shoots like a center shot bow. The tip alignment was good but the snaky shape of the limbs and the bend at the handle pushing the string over to the shelf side. This bow came in at around 48lbs at 28”. It’s speed was 185fps at 9.58gpp. I kept on eye on this one as you could imagine as the roast on this one ended up very dark as can be seen in pics. It holds it reflex and didn’t show any signs of Chrystalling or fracture signs. So far so good. It’s got about 200 arrows thru it. The stain on the back was kind of an accident actually. I was initially going for something different but ended up with this tiger pattern. I decided to keep it and sealed it up anyway. I tried a leather lace wrap handle on this bow. It turned out ok I think. I will likley keep this one and not send it out. I’ll just enjoy it I guess and keep shooting it and keep an eye on. Thanks for looking. Sorry I forgot to have a full draw pic done. My wife is out and will post one when she gets back. Cheers.
