Not a dumb question at all Anasazi. I could be a know it all and give you my opinion as fact but this would take some experiments. The memory of these horns are pretty strong unless you boil them into brittle submission. Applying the sinew at an angle may help a little?? You can reduce horn from one side then use heat to untwist it a little but you don't want an uneven limb, or one side of the bow sinew heavy. This is uneven stress. I just take the strips out of the form and wait a few weeks to splice the handle and sinew. This way you are lining up the string in the center of the handle. We like character wood bows. Why not horn bows as long as they stable and good shooters?
