Making a Yew Yumi - Full draw? what arrow? which archer?

[@ChrisEdwards-mx9ge]

Fantastic work. Really enjoying your vids and journey into bow making Seth

[@sweetchariotengland]

@@ChrisEdwards-mx9ge my man

[@ianbruce6515]

You are nocking the arrows really low which would certainly account for the damage to your knuckle. If you shave the front of the feathers to a taper and then seal it with duco cement and nock the arrow a bit above level--you should be able to shoot off your knuckle indefinitely without any issues.

[@sweetchariotengland]

@@ianbruce6515 nice mate. Constructive info is good thank you.
I have also noticed that hand protection is part of the traditional garb in Kyudo

[@panzerlieb]

Is there a glove they wear on the holding hand when shooting?
No there isn’t 😂😂😂
You are supposed to allow the bow to rotate with the string follow through. The rotation will prevent the string from slapping against your hand…. In theory.
But that’s a tradition Yumi. Not sure if this self bow version has more string follow through or not, but using some of the traditional shooting techniques might not be a bad idea.
In addition your brace height might be a tad low. You might need to use a slightly shorter string. And last but not least (and I know I’ve said this to you before) you need to recurve the tips. Just a little not a lot. the recurving may cut down on the string follow through .
But no they definitely don’t wear a glove on the holding hand.
All that said, it’s a pretty cool looking and functioning bow

[@sweetchariotengland]

@@panzerlieb it was the fletchings hitting my hand, not the string.
The bow is working lovely
It's had a bit more work since then and it's drawing to a point where I need a longer arrow