Thanks for all the kind words guys! My elbows and shoulders have been hollering at me for a while. I haven't worked with the king much lately. The notion of knifing sapwood off gives me the chills. I haven't played with hickory in a good while either. I have zero complaints. It took a bit of set, but not more than any other wood off the same caul. Maybe 1 1/2" or so? Its a fine bow that should last somebody decades.