Bowmaking ups and downs:

Not good: sliced my thumb open doing something stupid last night

Good: have solved my "what should I even use as a model for a really nice violin bow" problem, and am going to get to inspect/3D scan some very nice bows.

Also good: mention "I'm trying to learn to rehair bows as well" at a coffee gathering of fiddlers, and you get more offers for cheap bows to practice on than you know what to do with