Your finish work is always extraordinary Gordon!!! When you're building , do you take care to not leave tooling marks that will require a lot of sanding ?? Is there a lot of hand sanding involved to get your smooth surfaces ?? I always seem to have a few marks left in my finished product. That is the same leather dye that I used on a Maple longbow, and it really made the grain "pop".
As with all of your bows, the craftsmanship is Top Notch !!!