Bad rings?

[HoBow]

When a stave has deformed rings that are not uniform, will it affect the bow's performance assuming it is tillered correctly?

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[Pat B]

This is a case I would go down to a consistent ring to chase a good ring for the back. If that is not an option I would decrown the stave and back it. I would not normally do neither on a regular stave.
  How are the rings at the other end of the stave? 

[El Destructo]

Run Her through a Planer...and back it...be safe...if them rings look like that on both ends....thats what I would do with it...but then I like working Decrowned and Quartersawn wood....JMO

[sailordad]

if it was my stave (you can send it to me if ya want  )
i would chase it to the 8th,9th, or 11th ring up from the white line at the bottom
all three are good looking rings to work with in my opinion
my prefered would be the 9th one up

easy to get to any of them,grab a draw knife and go to town on that thing
theres a bow in that piece of wood just dieing to come out

[Eric Krewson]

6th ring down from the top looks pretty go to me.

[lowell]

I agree with the 6th ring...I have chased worse!!

[HoBow]

The other side looks fairly good, but it is chased to one ring now. I was wondering if the underlying deformed rings would affect performance ?

[Pat B]

Probably not. You may have uneven thickness but as long as it is bending well and both limbs together there should be no problems.

[George Tsoukalas]

Probably not.  This is selfwood bowyery. The magic is in your hands. Jawge

[HoBow]

Thanks!