Primitive Archer

Nice collection of hatchets and axes, Clint. Aren't most of those carpenters and roofer's hatchets?

Yes they are Pat.  I like the small camping style hatchets better.   I’ve got a lot more in the garage.  Maybe when I retire I can start restoring them all.

Great workmanship.

Very pretty bow
Gotta love a bit of Yew...
All together now...
"All I want for Christmas is Yew" 
Del

I think the biggest mistake is having too much reflex (tips bent too far behind the back). The second mistake is not using the VirtualBow program to model the bow and find the correct taper rate for a specific front profile.

In my opinion, and what I prefer to do, is keep the reflex at about 0–50 mm—no more in normal bow. If I want to make a flight bow or a bow just for speed, and I can trust my materials, then more.

I always make deflex–reflex bows as laminates, because then the correct taper rate for evenly distributed stress is easy to achieve. Usually, a taper of 0.006 or 0.008 works well. I have a good taper sled, so the tiller is almost always spot on. If the tiller needs correction, a scraper works well and is almost the only tool I use.

Tuomo I really dig your D/R design. Would you be willing to share the parameters here?

Here is VirtualBow model file, and measurements of the bow number 6.