Thanks for the advice, compliments etc. Lets see, this 'stave' (more of a stick) was dried about 6 months. I harvested it during the late winter/early spring. I roughed it out to floor tiller and let it sit for about another month. When i make another ocean spray bow, i think my plans would be to rough it out so it's just bending, (but evenly) and seal it extensively before clamping it into some reflex. Then i would let it sit for like a month, before letting it dry more. I'm going to try putting some reflex into this bow and let it sit until i get back. As for width, man, it's HARD to find ocean spray with width more than 1 1/4" throughout the whole stem. Next time i'm in those woods i'm gonna try to find one though
Also, this wood is excellent for arrow shafts. Even though the wood is very dense, it doesn't take much wood removal for it to bend. The grain in ocean spray is generaly very straight, but unfortunately it doesn't come in size to split, but very rarely
On this bow i got the tips very thin with simple self nocks or whatever they're called because the wood ins't in any danger of splitting or breaking off even when narrowed down a bunch. The only thing i would change about ocean spray is the checking....but luckily that can be dealt with. I'll post pics when i'm back from my vacation
