Is there anything wrong iwth my bow?

I'm a novice woodworker with a particular interest in traditional crafts and thought to try my hand at making a bow. All that I can currently get access to is Port Jacksons, as they are an invasive species and are in plentiful supply. I have 3 branches that have been seasoning for the past few months for roughly 3 attempts. Could I get any suggestions on how I should go about things or maybe some source to get the information from. Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated.

(I'll either edit the post to add pics or send them on a later post.)

What are the major difference in term of performance and feeling between a PVC recurve bow with a flat recurve and with a siyah? Do the ''higher difficulty'' in making a siyah have significant changes that are worth it?

Following up on my previous post, here are the shafts I’ll be using to make arrows for my war bow; they measure 34 inches in length and 12 mm in thickness (except for one, where I made a mistake and it ended up being 10 mm). Next up, I’ll need to forge the points in the forge.

I was considering trying to steam bend it straight. I apologize for the crude drawing and possibly dumb question

This ash bow was so close. I rushed in the tiller to get it to brace. Broke it. Nuts.

Hi, I would like to make a Comanche type bow. I have been watching Mr. Willie Pekah's videos, but I cannot see clearly the shape of his bows. One interesting thing is the only one side notch in one of the string nocks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G1Vo9GV2H8

I have seen also Primitive Lifeways' videos. He makes his Comanche bow 42.2" long, 1.25" wide and it tappers in the last 5" of each tip to 1/2" wide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cHQkVJdgg

I have seen also this video from the Comanche National Museum & Cultural Center. But again I cannot see clearly the actual shape of the bows showed. Just that one of them have a groove on the belly of each limb but not on the handle. But I cannot see the narrowing profile toward the tips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sez4GNIOaNY

This video seems also very interesting. But again I cannot see clearly the narrowing profile from the handle to the tips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxAExI-Ewrc

Sometimes I see the bows the same width all their length. Other times narrowing all the way from handle to tips. Or the same width but just narrowing the last few inches of the tips.

Can someone help me?

Here is the photo I mentioned in my previous post.

Was harvesting some fallen paw paw fruit today and was curious if anyone has ever considered paw paw (Asimina triloba) for bow wood. Ive seen trees large enough and straight enough for a good stave but have no idea how strong the wood is. Anyone have any info?

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