Morphy wrote on Mar 15
th, 2022 at 9:15am:
are you planning on making horn bows?
I wish I had the time, for the next couple of years I'm pretty sure I won't have the time to make bows.
I have left a lot of projects unfinished, more than 3bows, 2 steel crossbows and others. To tell you the truth I'm more drawn to make ballistas and onagers now

In the pictures a siyah glued on an unknown wood it was a very dense shovel handle. It has been waiting more than 3 years for a backing.
StaffSlinger wrote on Mar 15
th, 2022 at 8:39am:
following traditional bow builders around the world is that flax, not hemp
that's interesting observation. they sell hemp as flax/plumbers flax here so I might have never come into contact with linen flax.
StaffSlinger wrote on Mar 15
th, 2022 at 8:39am:
Here are a couple all-wood 40# draw bows I built over the years.
Cool bows. the only bow I finished with siyahs was 22# all wood, beech and siyahs from some kind of bush, sold for 35eur to a friend, cool experience.
I prefer to glue the siyahs flat on the back of the bow. I wonder why they do V-splice traditionally. From the photos I guess you glue the siyahs on the back too?