My Osage Orange selfbow

[graygoowy]

I have recently started getting into the traditional bow making art and have gotten a hold of a osage orange limb about 2-3 inches in diameter.
I have got the bow shaved down to the heart wood on both limbs and gradually shaved up to the ends of the handle area. There is a slight difficulty I have encountered with the tillering process. The limbs are somewhat the same in thickness on both sides but there is a bend about six inches from the handle area on both limbs so the rest of the limbs further up the belly are not bending as they should.I was wondering if I should shave the rest of the limbs on the belly side so they bend with the lower bend or if I should shave the sides of the bow down?
Thanks.

[Bowferd]

I've been working on my first osage selfbow for at least 5 years. I don't think I've ruined it yet. In the meantime I've started on 2 more. I'm just not there yet. Hopefully a good friend will come on shortly and guide us through the process.
Possibly Bowaholic will find this post and give us some good advice.
My Dad taught me patience, hang in there. I'm 61 and figure we have plenty of time.

[graygoowy]

Hopefully. There's also a thing about the heart wood. There are some grooves from where I have carved into the heart wood and scraped out the mushy heart wood and by looking at it I was wondering if those grooves would make a crack down the center of the belly? Will the mushy heartwood affect the handle area?
I've just started into the traditional bow business and am very excited to get this first one made.
Hopefully well get some help though.