Why Didn't My First Bow Break? My Ash Longbow's Secret. Beginner Bowmaking. 

Why Didn't My First Bow Break? My Ash Longbow's Secret. Beginner Bowmaking. To my continued surprise, the first bow I made is still intact and working fine. It draws 30lb and shoots and arrow a good distance and reasonably accurately. Why has it survived so long? Surely a beginner's bow will break, sooner or later? It took an experienced bowyer - John Riggs - to point out to me why my bow survives to this day. It's because I made the bow - quite by good fortune - the correct shape for the wood I was using - ash. I am contacted by people who have tried to make a bow but their attempts failed. I try to explain one of the reasons why that happened - perhaps because the bow design - it's shape in profile as if cut in half - was wrong for the wood that was used.
I make my first bow: • Traditional Longbow. I...
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