so i shaped up my shorty today , worked on the handle a bunch , and cleaned up the thickness a bit.
its pretty short , and pretty stiff. the handle is pretty thin. im thinking of doing a slight bend in the handle , but instead of sinewing it (cause i havent ever done this yet) , i was going to pick up some hickory tomorrow at the sawmill.
my question is how thick should i ask them to rip the slats? i figure if i ask em to rip a 3/4" board into 1/8 strips , i might get 2 or 3 if they use a table saw.
so the specs are :
shorty white oak pyramid
51" nock to nock (and they are on the very tips)
width : 2.5" at widest
thickness is around 15/32 , maybe even close to half inch.
im thinking if they have a bandsaw and an employee willing to give it a go , i might get 4 decent strips. but i just dont know if an eighth of an inch is too thick on something that im looking for around 45# or so ending up...
-hov