u/EconomistAdorable188

Any thoughts on how to deal with this knot in a yew stave? It sits at about 2/3 out from the middle of a 73“ stave - it‘s only about 1.1“ wide in the middle so i think it‘d be a fairly low weight elb style bow. I thought about maybe trying to drill it out considering there is some wood on either side of the knot and have it be a non-bending part in the finished bow? However the back is also fairly heavily damaged i this part so i don‘t know if it‘s even usable…. ( the knot itself is about 1“ wide and ig goes through the stave fairly straight.)