If this is your first bow i would keep it simple. once you finished it and have it nicely tillered, then on your next one you can add some more fancy things like recurves and shelfs.
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ive made over 10 working bows so far and still havn't done a recurve from a stave, although that hazel I got today is tempting. Sorry of topic there. my advice is keep this first one simple and maybe even practice tillering on a red oak bow and come back to it, but it's your stave so it's up to you
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what ever you do good luck,
Oh and i think i noticed a bug in your wood, if it bites you, you will be addicted to bow making forever
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