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Lost Oki:
Built my first bow out of an oak board - still doing the final tillering.  Recently located a hickory log, approx 5.5" in dia at base and 3.5" at 75".  Initial split was terrible, so I tried a 2nd split and ended up with the follow stave, best of the 3.  Feedback?

superdav95:
Looks like you got lots of wood to work with there.  Is it still green or is this a dry log/stave?  Is the bark of it already?  I would seal the ends and the back if it’s green and let it dry a bit to get mc down to close to 10%.  If the back is clean and free from a lot of character it may be a candidate for heat treatment too. Show us a pic of the back.   Best of luck.  Welcome to the site btw! 

George Tsoukalas:
Looks like there are some violated rings on the back. If one is not careful removing the bark that will happen. It's a good idea to wait until spring before cutting whitewoods like oak and hickory. The bark will pop right off.

My site has info.

http://traditionalarchery101.com

Jawge

Lost Oki:
Thats actually the belly.  See attache pic of back and have 2 questions.
1.  2nd pic is of the back dead center where handle will be - is this going to be an issue?
2.  One limb had been cut off, how do I deal with this area (on back of bow)

superdav95:
The back needs some cleaning up a bit to see if the rings are intact.  It’s hard to tell from the pics but it appears like it may be close.  As far as the knot being there where the handle is should be ok.  You may be able to get that knot out and do a center shot.  I may move the center of bow to be right at the knot so as to not have the fades affected with the knot.

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