The first bow I tillered in 8 month gave me quite a few problems
first of all even if it was taken down to just about this thickness for over 6 months when I went to bely temper it it showed a lot of moisture in it.
a knot and matching elbow on each limb about 2 3rds took some time to get the wood to bend around them and tillering was quite a challenge.
stained it with my homemade Lava stain ( and did a poor job at it too
) finished with spar urethane the grip is wrapped Jute overlays are Zebrawood