Thanks ya'll, mulberry is great to work with. It does surprize ya how light it is yet is pretty snappy. Yeah the strike plate is cordovan leather skived on the edges so it lays flat, I use contact cement. David I have been a bow makin fool this year, just haven't showed much. Been playin with little bendy handle "D" bows, Man!! they are fun, I'll post the one I'm working on now soon, they flat smoke an arra, just gotta get a handle area I like yet.