Ed. I didn't dye the back or anything. I just put on a dark skin. I also didn't heat treat this one. I just cut it down and let it season for about two years. I added some recurve to.the tips with dry heat pretty early on. I did have to correct the string alignment about three times though. I used shellac for the finish for lots of reasons. One being poly doesn't dry well over cocobolo wood, and tru oil takes to long to dry for me. I put on like fifteen coats. They only take like five minutes to dry so it isn't hard to get a good shine.
I'll be hunting the rest of the season here in Missouri with it so hopefully I'll have some luck.
