The Back of the Bow, 6 Ways

Six ways to make sure your bow has a strong back: chasing growth rings, a natural back, decrowning, backing, a carefully violated back, and a well selected board stave.
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There's plenty of information out there about each of these topics but today's video unites them all: these are all ways to make sure the back of the bow is made of an unbroken layer of fibers, as much as possible. For a detailed decision tree that explains what to do with whatever stave you might have, see the final chapter.

Also check out the in depth companion article on my blog, where you can find PDFs of all the diagrams found in this video.


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