I had one that I just scraped the rough texture off and had the cambium showing through in some spots. Liked the look of it so proceeded to tiller the bow. Got to where it was shooting at half draw, and suddenly almost all of the bark popped off all at once. Messed with the tiller like El D said. Now I always remove the bark, because when that stuff popped off, I thought that was the end of the bow. It made a terrible crack, and the bow went weak in my hand.
