red oak sapwood?

[dylanholderman]

hey guys i have three well seasoned red oak staves with the bark and sapwood still on, what should i do with the sapwood
i haven't used red oak sense my first failed attempt at a board bow lol.

[bowmo]

I chased down and got rid of it in the 3 red oak stave bows I did. They turned out nice.

[Pat B]

Generally red oak is treated as a whitewood and the wood under the bark is the back.

[alwayslookin]

Generally red oak is treated as a whitewood and the wood under the bark is the back.

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[Willibow]

Sounds like you could go either way.  Maybe try both and do some comparison?

[bubby]

The heartwood seems more brittle to me I'd bark it and go from there

[joachimM]

for no reason backed by good evidence I avoid sapwood in red oak.
It just seems a lot weaker than the heartwood.

[dylanholderman]

thanks for the advice guys i'll make one with sap and one without see hoiw they turn out. might have a kinda fake yew look to it by the untrained eye