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JW_Halverson:
I have this stave that isn't terribly deep and has some bad checking between growth rings on both ends, but the middle is good (?). The checking is near the outer side and if I eliminate the mass down to one growth ring I will have very little left. 

BUT if I turn the stave inside out and use the inner part of the stave as the back, I can get a deep handle and remove the checked material on both ends. This way the back of the bow will be a bit concave, but not extremely so.

Has anyone ever made a bow using the inside of the tree as the back of the bow like this?

SLIMBOB:
I have not, but I have thought about doing it. I will be curious the results if you do it.

Selfbowman:
Sounds like a good fix to me.

Hamish:
 I agree. I can't see any issues as long as the wood is sound. It gets done quite often with board bows, using the same orientation of growth rings.

I vaguely remember someone having tried it successfully, maybe by accident on an old darkened osage stave that didn't show any curvature, in the rings.

Kidder:
Take a look at Simsons webpage - he has a bow that has a concave back but I don’t recall it being a reverse build. Either way you’ll want to think carefully about the mechanics - as you draw the back is going to flatten which will mean the belly will have competing forces. Might be best on very low crown or a narrow design. Either way sounds fun.

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