I am going to start a yew longbow soon. I am thinking I want it to be 67-70" 55lbs@ 29". Does anyone have a layout that would be safe and not worry so much about breaking for a relative newbie. I have build on osage bow. I know yew is a different beast. I want dimensions like fades, and shape from the fades to the tips, tip widths, approx safe thickness for limbs from fades to ends.
I see the trad bowyers bible vol 1 has a design in there. Not sure, what everyone thought about it.