Just finished up my most recent project and, I think its fair to say, my personal best bow so far. This yew tree came from my friends property in eastern Oregon, and spent a bit of time around campfire as I figured out what to do with it. Combined with the charcoal stain job (thanks Pat B for the idea!) and I figured Smoke fit the bow well. This tree had thick sapwood, 3/8 or so, and I was afraid Id run out of heartwood before I got down to my weight, hence the ALB style.Used some muley antler I found in Montana for the overlays  good juju? Its not exactly light in the hand with its length and the metal in the handle, but its smooth as can be and hits where I look. Puts a field point through 3/8" fiberboard too - looks like I need a new target backdrop!This was my first takedown bow, I used brass/steel sleeves from Carson (thanks!) and they worked great once I'd wrestled them on and sanded them smooth. Speaking of wrestling, the billets were a bit of a pain to get matched tiller on, with the lower limb having a reflexed kink right out of the fades. Its not perfect now, but Im ok with it. The limbs had some pretty good propeller twist, which I heated out, and I also needed several heating sessions to get limb alignment down. The bow doesnt look straight unstrung, but when braced the string tracks just barely left of center. Ill take it. All in all, a challenging but satisfying build for me and one that I hope will pay off with my first deer this fall. Im already more accurate with this bow that any of my previous ones, and after getting a good set of arrows together and a summer of shooting them, I think I ought to be dead center on anything inside 20 yards!Thanks for looking, and I hope spring reaches you all soon!Specs:50# at 26"66" ntn, 1 3/8" wide at the fades tapering to 1/2" at the tips27 oz total weight - 9.5 for sleeves, epoxy and handle wrap = 17.5 oz17oz should be ideal according to the TBB v4 mass formula. I didn't weigh the bow at all until I finished it - pretty cool it ended up so close! This was fairly low density yew (growing in a primo spot with good soil by a creek), so I think that contributed to the fairly low weight, although possibly to the set as well.Immediately unstrung, top limb has just under 1 of set. Bottom has maybe 1 ¼Money shot up front (excuse the random debris everywhere):Billets:Strung Profile:Unstrung:Really liking the charcoal stain. Just used rubbing alcohol and some charcoal from the fireplace.Left some extra wood around this bad boyFirst time signing a bow, I used Misslemaster's 'scrimshaw' technique for everything except the 'B' - worked great!Final, slightly blurry full draw profile shot: