I've been researching how to make a bow for my wife to use with her viola da gamba, which I am making.  Musicians hold the viols bow completely differently than is common now.  Modern technique has the bow held overhand, the bow is constructed differently, and as a result, the character of how the music is played is very different.

The Baroque bow is shorter, lighter, is held underhand allowing the musician to adjust the tension with their fingers, and it has a clip in frog.  If you were ever thinking that there is little information about building a viol you would be very correct.  There is almost nothing available compared to making, say, a violin!  There is even less available about making a Baroque bow!

This is my first exploration of the clip in frog.  This is NOT how they are actually done...I have since learned. I'll show more of that once I return to the effort.