Been seeing alot of "white oak questions" popping up well i didnt want to accIdently hijack someone's thread.
White oak is pretty indestructible. For example, here's a replica I made the other day took me all together 6 hrs to make. It's a replica bow from tbb 1 pg.178 (I think)
54.25" long, 2.5"@ midlimb introduced 2" of reflex took 1" of set. Which isnt bad at all for white oak. blah blah blah
Pulls 52#@28" Oregon white.
![](http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh544/bryceott/3D239AF3-A108-4B3F-82A1-428124D08B7A-17484-00001301D25C40E1.jpg)
Heat tempered A LOT! Burned that sucker good. And the wood seemed to agree with the harsh behavior. Though the porous parts of the wood started to blacken and crack open. I did not care. And with good reason.
Right after tempering and reflexing(also with dry heat).
Gave it a quick sand so it would show up better on the photo
![](http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh544/bryceott/CE34AC7D-22DA-445A-B0A6-43CABA39F749-17484-000013021610743A.jpg)
Over night. Closed right up.
![](http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh544/bryceott/AAD8B85D-8AEF-47BC-951F-0E3027E6C789-17484-0000130200693A77.jpg)
String grooves(working recurves)
![](http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh544/bryceott/67528E86-2B95-44C7-82DC-9B5E44A101BE-17484-0000130694DA5E48.jpg)
This bow has not gotten its cherry bark grip or a final finish.
It has in fact passed about 100 arras and is still shooting great.
This bow was more of an experiment than anything.
-Bryce