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GULP! New HBC R/D

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mamba:
Is this bow hickory backed cedar?

Pat B:
Ray, It is hickory backed black cherry.    Pat

Minuteman:
I think to be safe I'll start scraping on the inner most non-deflexed part.Inner mid limb.Then see what it tells me.
 The deflex  has plenty of movement in it still and the way the tips acted on the last bow and how quickly the upper limb developed that hinge I'm thinking the cherry is kinda running on the edge of giving up just about all the time.
 I've got the reflexed part bending some and it feels like it'll hinge pretty easy if I try to get too much more bend in it too soon.
 I dunno, I'm gonna err on the side of caution if at all possible. I sure do want this pece of wood to become a bow somethin' fierce!
 Thanks for the help so far folks, more pics to come!
 Chris

tom sawyer:
Your long string is too long.  You want it just as long as the bow, no longer.  Adn even then, a long string makes the outer tips look stiffer than they really are.  So you really want to work that mid-limb.  As soon as you get a reasonably smooth bend to the equivalent of brace height, I would string it briefly and see what it really looks like.

Minuteman:
First pic is about 3 1/2" or 4" brace height.
 Second one is  drawn to 13" and 28#.
 Right limb (upper) stiff in the inner third?
 They both seem a little stiff on the inside to me.
 Whattya all think?
  I dunno what it is but taking a picture of it and seeing it on the computer sure seems to make it easier to spot problems.

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