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I scored some strawberry guava a few years back, and made my current hunting bow from it. Like many have said, just remove the outer bark to get your back. It’s a very dense wood, maybe even moreso than Osage. It responds fairly well to heat bending. It’s strong in tension - I was able to get 75# at 26” and it has held up just fine. I stained this one walnut-colored, but it started out pretty white. Makes for an excellent shooter!
needed a good laugh this evening WB. 
but it matters with my arrow. of course you can make them longer or shorter or add and take away weight but that all changes the spine. I have read his book and it has some good info, and his finish work was awesome, I think he was a high end cabinet maker ,I just prefer flat belly so really don't follow much of what he says.The only real problem I every had with Dean's writings ( rest his soul ) was he came of as if his way was the only RIGHT way and that is just so not true, lot of way to skin a cat. sorry Del. 
I am trying to pile them up before September. Hope yall had a good one also. Life is Good. we jumped on them and had them cut/fitted and glued up in short order, had to work on the saw a bit but other than that things went smooth, always something in the shop, then Brats for lunch. 
