Thanks fellas.
Morgan, looking forward to seeing that gar skin on hackberry
TorstenT, origionaly I bought a small piece of tulip wood to try as footing on arrow shafts and never got around to it. Thought of the combination as soon as I starting working on this stave. Glad you like!
Don, did a small test piece of that bark with one coat of true oil tonight. Think its going to look real nice. want to test some other finishes still . Sizing and glue up may be a different story lol
Kyle I'm thinking that ERC is going to look sweet all finished up. Cant wait to see.
Safe travels JW. Hope I can get out that way some day.
Mike