You and me both. He puts a lot of work into them. From the looks of them, I haven't gotten to shoot one, they look like they are competition for a glass backed bow. I really like the way osage looks too. And backing it with bamboo, just adds to the overall good looks, speed and quality of the bow.
As long as you bend the limbs evenly when stringing, I personally don't think a stringer is necessary. !!!BUT!!!, make sure you do it safely. A lot of folks have injured themselves stringing bows. Do you have a picture of the bow? I've got some hickory I'll be working on in the fall. Looking forward to making it into something. I am addicted to looking at any and all pictures of selfbows I can, hoping to learn something. If it's only on the handle, you should be able to wrap it or something. I've heard you can sinew wrap a lot of injuries to a selfbow and keep it shootable. I guess backing can save a lot of bows that would be otherwise firewood.
I know how attached one can get to a certain bow. Sorry for your displeasure.
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Tracy Cannon
Old coot in training
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