Elm Pyramid Bow: The second bow I worked on today was this light weight “just because” bow. It’s not really for anyone, it was just to see what kind of bow a smaller size elm stave I had could make. I started by scraping off the final remnants of the cambium layer. Then I sanded the entire bow with: 60-100-150-220 until pretty smooth and looking fairly nice. This isn’t a show-bow, so I’m not particularly worried about the finish. This little bow draws 30# @24”. 35# @ 26”. 40# @ 28”. I suppose this is one advantage of the pyramid design; if done correctly it does not stack as draw length increases. This American Elm is also very bright white. So, I used the Walnut stain on it too. It came out great, with highlighted grain. I’ll take some more pictures in the sun tomorrow.