How much weight did it gain with the drying and rawhide??
Hard to say really, as I tidied it up a bit with a rasp & file to even the tiller, and I'm also drawing 28" now so it's not a fair comparison.
I think it's about 45pounds now.
I don't think it gained much weight, but it gained cast...that might sound daft, but it felt faster and less rubbery, but not really heavier.
I s'pose I could pop out into the garage and weigh it...
Hang on, I'll go do it...Yeah, it's about 42, it's braced rather high and taken a good bit of set, plenty of crysals on the belly, I'm treating it mean and shooting it a fair bit.
I like the way it shoots, I was field shooting last weekend and handed it to one of the guys to try out, gave him one of my arrows ...thwhack...inner kill at about 25yards.

Sometime I'll make one like it but with some built in safety margin, tad wider, whisker longer smoother tiller.
Del