1. Getting all my S together

We just came back from a great target archery shoot. I moved "up" to a 30# at 28" recurve, which doesn't sound like much, it probably isn't, but it was hard work. Hard to believe?

Anyway, the Yew bow. I've got all I need now. I have gathered everything on the table and taken a picture.

Inventory:

1) two very nice and straight Pacific Yew billets, very kindly sent to me by Carson at Echo Archery in Oregon (www.echoarchery.com) whose professionalism and courtesy are outstanding.
2) two buffalo horns, and two fastflight strings (also from Echo). Dammit, i forgot rawhide, I'll have to find it here somehow. Good luck with that.
3) 2 part epoxy resin to glue the billets and maybe also the horn nocks.
4) Drawknife, spokeshave, stanley surform, files and rasps, cabinet scrapers, sandpaper, danish oil.
5) The Traditional Bowyer's Bible.

I guess that's it. The only thing I've decided as far as design is concerned is that it'll be a stiff handle longbow design, that being because it's not a single stave. That's about it. I'll let the wood guide me as to everything else. I'll aim for 40 pounds at 30 inches, which is just above my draw length.

Oh, by the way. Readers, if there are any. Should you have any suggestions, advice... It is more than welcome. It's probably what will make the difference between success and failure.

Have I forgotten anything?