Selfbows

Recurving hickory. I usually use osage and I am used to easily bending it with dry heat. Hickory is not that easy to form. This was a belly split off a stave I got from DCM who got it from Hickory Flat Mississippi. I made my nephew a bow from the outer split. This one is narrow and it will be a lighter weight bow. I am also trying to straighten the limb and take out twist at the same time. This is the shorter lower limb.
recurving
straightening