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Sorry...I don't get it.... "Just let it be and enjoy"???

Sorry, I left the bow at a cabin so I don't have to tote it back and forth. No pics.

I've owned a Royal Crown and a Triple Crown. I think they are well designed and built bows. When I shot a Toelke Whip I now own a Whip though. Just personal preference but I love the Whip's grip over the Fox.

Heavy as in physical weight or high spine weight?

I left this selfbow under the tent with 3 jars of ammonia placed around it for about a week. It definitely colored it up to that golden hue that aged osage is known for. I will use this technique again.

I like mine...even if it is a type of torture device.

A man who builds a lot of selfbows told me that you can speed up the age of osage(getting the color darker) by making a plastic tent and putting the bow and some ammonia in the tent. He said it speeds the process up and gives your bow that beautiful hue that aged osage has. Anyone done this or heard...

The one thing that has proven to help those with target panic that I know of is blind bale shooting. You are thinking about your body, form, etc. NOT about "releasing the string at a target"! It will also help in your form. After a few days of this stand at the target and aim at the bullse...

Thanks Bjorn, I'll get the heat gun out and go at it.

Bjorn, when you say the "upper side of the limb" you mean to take the top half and then discard the lower or bottom of the limb? Interesting. I'll have to do some VM sawing. Nice bow! I've got a piece that is well seasoned and roughed out. But it is curved from tip to tip and needs straigh...