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OldBow:
Wow - This combo must be for a very fast bow.  Great entry for June Backed Bow of the Month.

Gordon:
I like the contrast between the osage and hickory. Beautiful tiller too. What did you use for the handle wrap?

tom sawyer:
Steve, why would that be?  I thought it would be the opposite.

Badger:
Tom, not sure why but a lot of fibers get stronger in tension when mc goes up, hickory is both exremes, the belly gets like a noode and the back gets stronger. Probably in the small mc changes we are dealing with it wont make a big difference as it does with hickory in the belly wood. Steve

huntersim:
Thanks for the complements guys, much appreciated.

Dave,
 Thanks for the input, I agree that the early to late wood ratio was low.

adb3112,
 I agree that hickory is easy to work with. I'm used to using bamboo and it was nice to use a piece of hickory for a change.

Gordon,
 the handle wrap was some brown dacron wrapped the length of the grip, the I went over it with some fake sinew. I wasnt sure how it would look but it turned out halfway decent looking.

Interesting comment Badger. I've been keeping it in the hot box while I've worked on the tiller. I wonder how it will change buy the end of the month.

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