This bow sufered alot of tranformations unfortunatly, but at least its a functional bow i quess..i had a problem with the boo backing, and now the bow is shorter, had lost alot from the reflex that was put intial into the arms, when was glued, and the upper arm, has a small portion wraped with dacron and resin...now it seams to be ok, but its a pitty aniway..i didnt want to give up on him specially becose of the handle..i worked alot on making that handle..its made of diferent types of wood..massaranduba, walnut, black-locust, and Yew..