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Advice on hickory/tigerwood warbow tiller

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ScottRoush:
Will...  Yeah Tiodhlac is my favorite that I've made.  I like to keep my 'fantasy' as close to reality as possible. Sticking to historical proportion, geometry, etc.. but playing with textures and materials.  But I've been itching to do some sort of replica soon... I think that it's good to go back to that every once in a while to stay grounded.  I want to make just a nice, clean bastard sword using some of Peter Johnsson's medieval design theory.

Thanks for showing that trophy. That is just the sort of thing I've been wanting to get ideas on.  I have a lot of old 18th century wrought iron cut nails.. I'd like to hammer those into a beautiful, old piece of wood and use to mount the arrow.  But I like the idea of mounting one beautiful, complete arrow and then several bodkin examples mixed about like that trophy.

Well I took a shot at hanging a 100 pounds from my tiller string. A. I need a more robust string. B. I'm getting old.

Goose Fletch:
In this case, would Scott's bow require trapping on the back? From what I've read (unfortunately i don't have any hands on experience) isn't 1/4" hickory a bit thick? Would 1/8 be a bit more suitable and require no trapping? Im actually just starting the same exact type of bow in April =)

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