Fletchers-Corner

What a weight..... Excellent work. For my taste I would make last third of the limb more bendible (according to unbraced pics) but it is beautiful and strong anyway...Congratulation!!!

Haithaby, off course wood was properly dried before working. I will keep you informed with these tests.

Yes, belly colapse but seems caused first by knot colapsing. Rest of the belly (out of knots) is perfect, no sign of compression damage. 140 is for sure too much for this sapling but it's end was caused mostly by this reason, I think.
Almost non arrows- dozen.

Experiment is finaly done. Bow is broken, and some things are better visible now. To confirm as I said before: sanguinea is amazing wood, realy strong and tough. But it has one weakness: its knots. As I suspected, wood failed at that spots. What is reason for that? I do not know. This wood is realy ...

Nice bow. Probably soft to shoot. It should have little less set.

Good bow.

Good bow, realy good!! I personaly like smaller nocks but it is good and with them. Congratulation.

Blacksmith: how did you removed belly and placed new one (f it is not secret)?

Masterwork to made bow like this one but it is even harder to remake it!!! Great work...

Excellent bow!

Firestormmd , as we said- tiller would be more eyepleasant if it works more in the outer limbs but there are two things (if I am wrong let somebody correct me): it had some reflex on those places, that is visible in relaxed photo, unbraced. So it should be little stiffer on full draw in those zones....

This is not premium stave so it is not too precious, just working horse. And testing this bow will allow me to masterize dogwood. Better destroy one and make rest good than be worried about every new dogwood bow. I like to be completely sure.
PM sent Heiner...

Windmann, Ishi looks very unfocused, there was some celebrity, StGeorge's day, evening before and I was very well hydrated.
Agroman- yes, now I know that good stave of this wood could handle this draw weight, for sure.

Thank you friends very much for commenting... Blacksmith, you are right- it should bend more in the outter limbs. But I think retillering would be wasting time, this bow will be broken soon after some tests, to see how far it could handle. Now, when I know dogwood abilities I have some more knowledg...

Long time ago we talked about dogwood abilities. I had some average sapling and decided to try all its abilities. Off course, it had to be warbow. Sapling was a little snaky, twisted, with few bumps and few transverzal knots across the belly. Had almost 1" of reflex with two strange deflexed pl...