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Marc St Louis:
I wouldn't trust it either.

SimonUK:
Too late!  The stave is now cut to size and I have to use that grey end.  So I guess I'm about to find out if it's true spalting or not.

D. Tiller:
I believe you have a 50/50 chance of getting  bow out of that stave. And I believe we may here the often lamented howl of the distraught bowyer in the near future!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!! NO DEAR GOD NOOOOOOO!!!!!  ;D

stevesjem:
There is quite a lot of difference between European Yew and American Yew, I have made a number of European yew warbows with this discolouration and none have suffered as a result from it.

SimonUK:
So far that grey end is holding up fine and I have a nice gentle tiller to it.

But the wavy/deflexed end is a problem. The whole limb is bending quite a lot despite being deeper than the other limb  ??? AND the bow is twisting as I draw it because the reflex is making the tip off centre. I cut the last 12 inches too narrow so I don't have any wood to play with...

I'm thinking of shortening the refexed end more. I would normally do this after tillering is complete, but it might bring the tip back in line a little and save the bow.

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