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Good Evening; Gentlemen, thank you for those kind words, I do thoroughly enjoy archery in its many forms, but there are many that far exceed my abilities when it comes to crafting a wood bow, but again I thank you for your graciousness.

Fedora, welcome to the Hobbit Hole, from your posts, I gather your interests are quite varied, permit me to chat a bit about the virtues of the feathered shaft.

You say you have a compound bow, an excellent choice as probably 90 percent of the archers use them. I'm from the traditional side of the camp, recurves and longbows both laminated and wood bows. It is, however, a big tent, with room for all who share the fling the arrow. I make most all of my own archery gear, bows, arrows, and quivers. The largerst gathering of wood bow afficiandos and crafters is in Marshall MO in mid July. G'nad and the family attended last year as well.

Thanks for the welcome; and nice to meet you! Yes, I am starting with a compound, but I'd like to try longbow later. I'm also interested in making my own archery gear, so I'm pleased to hear you do that. That gathering sounds like a wonderful event, though I'm afraid I'm a bit far from MO (Wisconsin) and won't be able to make this July, at least. Where I am we have a Northern White Cedar forest in the backyard; I've been wondering if that's good wood to make a bow from. What is your opinion on that; and is there a good book on bowmaking you'd recommend for a beginner?