I generally make em 2" wide or better. If that is the stave I sent you, I already chased a few sapwood rings off so you could have that nice contrast. Although, if I remember right, you might have to do a little scraping to remove a few small remnants of the ring above the current back ring. I was in a bit of a hurry to get it shipped to ya and didn't do a thorough job. . Josh
On a side note, the main trunk of that tree was part of a shipment that went to Henry to make rifle stocks. I always thought that was a cool bit of history on my walnut. Some of it made gunstocks and the leftovers made bows.
