Well this thread got my juices running. I've been thinking about a self bow for a few yrs. Another fellow at work is in the middle of a flat bow made from a locally cut birch stave. I got a cherry tree from an orchard in BC that has been seasoned for about 8 months and going to try my hand at a flat bow. I roughed in the stave today. I'm sending it with my daughter to plane down to A board at the shop she works at. I'm going to practice on this one and build a flat board bow, with laminated handle and tip overlays. I have access to some small pieces of oak and hickory (daughter works at a cabinet shop) would Hickory be good for that use?
Here are a few pics.
