I used American Elm instead which was a light piece of wood. Flat character back with rounded belly. At 70 inches only weighs 18 ozs. Grip is 1 1/4 by 1 1/4, and has an arrow shelf, so I guess it is a mixed breed. I built it at 40 lbs to use as a target bow. Shoots 154 fps with a 350 gr arrow. Turned out good for what I wanted to use it for. No set,and shooting an 8 strand FF string at 25.5 inches of draw.