Too bad. Hickory is great. You know, it doesn't matter what way the board is cut as long as the grain is straight. You can make a decent 45# bow with a 1x1" piece of quarter sawn. I just dropped one off for a buddy. It was 61" 40# 15/16 wide, 3/4 deep at the handle, 9/16 deep at the fade 1/4 at the tips (pointed with wrapped bowstring for nocks). It even had some runnout. You might want to rethink it - 10 staves is 5 bucks a piece. If I found a straight grain dimensional 1x10, or 2x10 for 50$ I 'd buy it now matter how it was cut.
