Thanks for all the help again, the stave is no longer off center! Needs a few more coats of finish, but it's all wrapped up. 66" n/n and 51# @28", right about where I wanted it to be. Wanted to knock down the red tone that hickory can give off, so I stained with a black aniline dye which actually made it kind of purple and then a nut-brown antique stain that I used on one of my flintlocks. The black calmed the red and brought out the figure in the wood. Unfortunately, my shoulder will not allow me to show a pic with it drawn, but I had my buddy draw it for me the other night and tiller looked real nice.
