Don....The key to this post the way I see it is to show that everyone gets to know it's piece of wood while tillering.How it reacts to things being done to it.Going very slowly.Excersizing the wood very well.Paying attention to where wood is needed and not needed.Paying attention to where the most stress is on a bow on it's length of limb according to it's design.
There is no doubt in my mind this type of bow will hold up over the long haul as well as any other design as others have here in the past.
There are other factors the wood itself has helps with this.The fact that most all good elm is very elastic.A trait in wood that Marc has stated along with others many times being of upmost importance for bow making.
It's a good piece of wood.I just wish I had more of it.
