Just received 2 beautiful staves from my bud sidewinder (danny) ready to rip into them but of course it's raining to beat the band! Have several board bows and lams put together but folks just don't seem to take to them like staves! Have a 55" osage molly. With big hooks,deflexed through the handle.not sure it will handle what I'm gonna ask from it? I buggered my hhb stave by hitting it to soon with dry heat after steaming recurves,it's fixable with brush nocks or something ,had to go quite deep to remove the tension fracture.the rosewood I keep messing up cuz I can't follow the kiss rule.anyways all is good I have a nice osage self as a back up if need be.