Got a couple billets from a California bowyer named Paul Rodgers. The red handled bow is the same one I was trying to troubleshoot the riser in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bowyer/comments/1up86mx/near_flawless_yewexcept_riser_issues/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1, i ended up regluing a yew riser and reshaping the faded a little and it has held so far.

Red handle is 45@28, 72” long with jatoba tip overlays and green is 43@28 and 71” long with cow horn tip overlays and a walnut handle overlay over the splice. Glued on cork arrow shelf.

The goal was to maximize comfort in shooting so i left them pretty long and flipped the tips a little, I really like the early draw weight smoothness and performance that comes from flipping the tips on a longish flatbow.

Both bows had a touch of natural deflex in one of the billets which I used as the top limb so it does look like I have a ton of positive tiller but it feels pretty balanced to draw to me. Finished with tru oil. The full draw pics are from pre-riser troubleshooting on the red bow hence different handle colors. Thanks for looking!

65” ash flat bow. the top limb is the one that’s ended up wider. prop twist in the handle.

when tapering the bow from top to the handle should I have width be mostly the same until 5 inches to the handle where I then begin sloping it to level or should I have a continuous slope?

How bad is this? I’ve maybe shot it 500-750 times. That layer of carbon runs all the way up the top limb.

I've been thinking about making my own arrows for my crossbow out of tree branches, if possible. But I don't know how doable this is, can you do the easily enough or do you need perfectly straight wooden dolls. Edit i'm aware that with a compound crossbow the arrow would break. but i'm using a Homemade recurve style Crossbow.

Im not sure about thickness of it as well (its rowan so im not even entirely sure it will do for a bow)

I'm in WA, and struggling to find a good wood for making a bow with, the best I can find is a 40mmx40mm spotted gum batten. Is this wide enough to make a beginner's bow with? Or should I look elsewhere for better material?