I lack a heated garage and my wife is opposed to the mess in her house so I have to wait for spring to get building but here are my plans. Last year I made a few oak board bows and one tamarack bow from a stave. The tamarack was tough and flexible but lacked power, I am going to try another using sinew. I know tamarack will likely never amount to a bow good enough for hunting but it is nice & easy to practice on and will make a good "give-away" for kids.
I also have a yellow birch stave to try with sinew and will make as a re-curve.
I have two crazy looking saskatoon saplings 1"-1.5" to experiment with.
For board bows I will try :
a bamboo/ipe (high hopes for this one)
A maple/rawhide
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